Sauteed French Green beans and Grape Tomatoes

4 Slices of Bacon cut into small bits

1/2 pint on grape toamtoes cut in half

1/2 lb thawed fine green beans.

pinch of salt


In a large skillet over Medium heat add bacon. Let the bacon cook until it is almost completely cooked.
Add tomatoes and green beans and sautee allowing everything to get coated by the bacon grease. add a pinch of salt and serve.  This is a very quick side dish!

Are all butchers taught the same cuts?

My sister in law a native Texan now lives in Maryland and she recently went to see her local butcher to see if she could find flank steak. Since she has 5 kids and flank steak is generally a cheaper cut of meat. Well the butcher told her there was no such cut of meat. Well she called me and  ..  this is what I sent her.

Looks like a flank to me!! So here is the question... Are cuts of meat regional?  Hmm Food for Thought!

Farrell's Fudge Cookies

This recipe was my grandmothers I not sure how it got its name but I know these are yummy thats all that counts right?


1 stick of Butter
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 Cup milk
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup chopped nut ( grandma used spanish peanuts)
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
3 cups quick oats
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon of salt

In a sauce pan combine butter,cocoa powder,milk and sugar. Cook on medium heat until all sugar desolves. remove from heat and add nuts,peanut butter,quick oats,vanilla and salt. Mix well. Drop by spoonful on wax paper or parchment paper. Let cool and enjoy.

Big Easy Stuffed Peppers

4 Bell peppers,tops and seeds removed
1 Box of Red Beans and Rice
1 lb Chicken Sausage diced small
8-10 Saltine Crackers crushed
1 Cup Mozzarella cheese, grated
 Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Cook red beans and rice per package instructions. Add in diced chicken sausage and cook until sausage is cooked.
Place bell peppers in baking dish and scoop chicken sausage, red bean and rice mixture. Add crushed crackers then top with cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until cheese has become melted and bubbly.

Grandma V's Peanut butter kitchen sink cookies

1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks butter, softened
2 eggs
3/4 cup peanut butter
2 cups flour
2 cups corn flakes or rice krispies
2 cups quick cooking oatmeal
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda


Preheat oven 375

Cream together sugar,brown sugar,butter,eggs and peanut butter. Add flour, baking powder and baking soda and salt. Mix well, them add corn flakes or rice krispies and oatmeal and mix. Roll dough into balls the size of a walnut. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet. Then take a glass and wrap the bottom of it with a damp paper towel. Press each ball to flatten cookie.


Bake 12 minutes or until golden brown.

The I remember as a kid just loving how they smelled. I was always excited to go to my grandmothers house because you knew she had  either made them for your the day before or she had them in the oven just as well were pulling in the drive way. Grady says theses are milk dunkers!!

Hatch Green chile Turkey Casserole

2 lbs Turkey sausage
1 lb Hatch green chiles ,roasted seeded and diced
4 Cups Monterey Jack cheese shredded
8 Eggs, beaten 
1 5 oz can Evaporated milk
2 Tablespoons flour
1 Tablespoon olive oil

In a skillet over medium heat add olive oil. Add  sausage and brown. Drain and set aside. Heat your oven to 325 degrees. In a 13x9 baking dish layer 1/2 of the chiles, 1/2 of the sausage and 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat. Combine eggs,mil and flour together and whisk. Pour mixture over dish and bake uncovered for 45 minutes.


Serves 10

Oatmeal Blueberry Cookies

2 Sticks of butter,softened
1Cup firmly packed brown surgar
1/2 Cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 Tablespoon lemon zest
1 1/2 Cups AP flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 Cups quick cooking oatmeal
1 Cup dried blueberries ( soak in warm water 5 min, drain)


Preheat oven to 350

Beat together butter and sugar until it becomes creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla and beat to incorporate.
Combine flour,baking soda,cinnamon and salt,mix well.
Add the dry ingrediants to the wet and mix well. Add oats and fold in blueberries, mix well.
Drop by spoon into ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 min.

Approx. 4 dozen