There are some recipes that are shared again & again. Like the recipe for easy grilled chicken legs that a listener to my radio show on Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart radio heard about last week. I don’t have a photo – well, I did but dang if I can find it…so here’s the recipe, and it really is delish. EASY GRILLED CHICKEN LEGS Three ingredient … Continue reading Easy Grilled Chicken Legs
Chatting with Matt Swaim today on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio was so much fun. With Mother’s Day coming up, we talked about Mary Gardens and how to incorporate this ancient, lovely project into your everyday. Mary Gardens were started during medieval times and were usually gardens that were enclosed, often in monasteries. Today Mary Gardens are popular, but in a different form. Think … Continue reading Culinary/Cook’s Mary Garden for Mother’s Day and Cream Mints
1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup milk – the proteins in milk help batter adhere and helps browning 1/2 cup very cold water – helps with crispiness 2 tablespoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt OR 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon or so of your favorite fish seasoning – how about a bit of garlic and onion powder! About 2 pounds white fish, like haddock, cod, … Continue reading Fried Fish like Church Fish Fries
Today Matt Swaim, Sonrise Morning Show host on Sacred Heart Radio, chatted about St Valentine and Fat Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was traditionally a time of fasting and the tradition on Shrove Tuesday in England was that Christians went to confession and were … Continue reading Valentine’s Day and Fat Tuesday
Oh gosh, I don’t know how I misplaced the email from a reader whose mom used to work at The Heritage Restaurant with my husband, Frank, back in the day. So much of the restaurant’s recipes were famous and one of the most loved was their mornay sauce. I have the quantity recipe for their “white” sauce which I’m assuming is the basis for mornay. … Continue reading Mornay Sauce like Heritage Restaurant
As we start another year of cooking and chatting together, it’s time to reflect a bit on the lifestyles we choose and the food we prepare for ourselves and others. You’ve heard me many times talk about this little patch of heaven that we’re blessed to call home. Nothing fancy, rather plain really. We built the home we live in decades ago. It overlooks the … Continue reading Trends for 2026: Collard Greens and Ham Hocks
As promised, here’s a nice ham and bean soup recipe for those of you with leftover holiday ham. This is a real basic recipe, so use as a guide rather than a recipe set in stone. If it’s a honey glazed ham, you’ll notice a slight difference in taste – not exactly sweet but maybe a bit more mellow. Now if you don’t have leftover … Continue reading Leftover Holiday Ham? Make Ham & Bean Soup!
Today, as I do every Thursday morning, the chat with Matt Swaim, Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio, centered around food and its Biblical roots. We talked about Thanksgiving and our favorite foods. Matt shared his roasted Brussels sprouts recipe (check out the Sacred Heart site for that) and Annie is sharing her family’s stuffing (that’s below). For Thanksgiving, now even though fowl/chickens were part of … Continue reading Thanksgiving Family Favorites
With all the recipes I could share for Thanksgiving, I didn’t think pumpkin pie would be top of mind with some of you, but I’ve been getting a fair amount of queries so let’s get the pumpkin pie situation under control. Some questions were about dairy – evaporated or condensed milk? And there were spice questions – can apple pie spice be used? First, pumpkin … Continue reading Pumpkin Pie 2 Ways!
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