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Culinary/Cook’s Mary Garden for Mother’s Day and Cream Mints

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

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Fried Fish like Church Fish Fries

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

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Marcella’s Simple Pasta Sauce

It was fun chatting, as usual, this morning, with Matt Swaim on the Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart radio about foods eaten during Biblical times. After the heavy eating of the holidays, we’re going with simple. And I mean simple. This sauce recipe from famed Marcella Hazan for pasta uses 4 main ingredients: butter, onions, salt and, of course, tomatoes. Now the butter, onions and salt … Continue reading Marcella’s Simple Pasta Sauce

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Trends for 2026: Collard Greens and Ham Hocks

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

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Leftover Holiday Ham? Make Ham & Bean Soup!

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!

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Jalapeno Poppers Two Ways

As I do every Thursday morning on Sonrise Morning Show/Sacred Heart Radio, I chatted with Matt Swaim about Halloween. Now for us Christians, Halloween has this meaning (along with the fun dressing up and ” begging” for treats): Halloween refers to the Feast of All Saints. The word itself is taken an older English term, “hallows,” meaning “holy”; and “e’en”, a truncation of the word … Continue reading Jalapeno Poppers Two Ways

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