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Aunt Barbara’s Cheese Potatoes…doesn’t the title tell you everything? It tells you that the recipe was handed down from someone special to someone special, that there is a fair amount of cheese in the recipe and the main ingredient is potatoes! Here’s what it doesn’t tell you: this recipe, shared by my sister-in-law, Missy, was handed down to her from…
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Last month, I flew from California to Western New York to visit my brother and his amazing family. We crammed a lot of living into a short visit; some days we were all together and other days it would be just a few of us. My brother, Glenn, still went to work during my visit plus studied for finals (he’s…
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Are you a fan of classic, spicy, red-hot Buffalo Chicken Wings? Then you’ll love Missy’s Buffalo Chicken Wings Dip! It has all the spicy chicken flavor you’ve come to love with the added bonus of cheesy goodness wrapped up as a dip. And because it’s a dip, it has none of the messy steps involved when making classic Buffalo Chicken Wings! Fair…
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National Preparedness Month is coming to a close. As I write this post, Fly-Away Kit: are you Ready?, the King Fire burning in California’s Eldorado National Forest has burned more than 87,500 acres and is only 18% contained. It has burned 10 homes and 22 other structures, threatening another 21,000 homes and structures. So far, more than 2,800 people have…
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Okay. I admit it. The above photo certainly doesn’t look like it could possibly be Missy’s Fresh Spinach and Tortellini Salad, but rather a bowl of crumbled bacon with tortellini peeking through! But, here’s the thing: the completed salad had salad dressing all over it (see photo below) and you can’t see the fresh spinach in either photo, so you…
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Our great country has so many hidden “jewels” and Genesee Country Village is one of them. Officially named Genesee Country Village & Museum, it’s a historic model recreation of America’s past that comes alive in a 600-acre pastoral park-like setting. On my recent trip to western New York, my brother, Glenn, and I drove over to the hamlet of…
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