An old Cowboy’s Recipe for FryBread

  In the 1960s, an old cowboy gave this recipe to my mom when we lived on the Mesa Redondo Ranch, Concho, Arizona. To each cup of flour, add: 1 tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt Enough milk or water to make a stiff dough, or ¼ cup powdered milk and warm water to...

Not Your Mama’s Meatloaf

We’ve been making this meatloaf with slight variations in my family for as long as I can remember. When people say they hate meatloaf, I’m astounded. This meatloaf is delicious enough to serve to your snootiest company!  1-1/2 to 2 lbs. hamburger or a combination of...

Two-Crust Blackberry Cobbler (Crowd Size)

  This is the cobbler your family and guests will remember and ask for time and again! Blackberry Filling:  10-12 cups blackberries (3 quarts)    3 cups sugar  1 tsp. cinnamon  2 tsp. vanilla  1-cup flour, or use instant tapioca as a thickener. Mix together and let...

Skillet Cookery: Country-Style Squash

  This dish is so easy to make, and anyone who likes squash will love it. 3 to 4 slices chopped bacon 1 large onion sliced med. thin 2 med. tomatoes, chopped 6 medium-sized zucchini, sliced 2 yellow crookneck squash, sliced, (or use 8 small to med. zucchini squash...

Texas Hot Chili Popcorn

Popcorn ½ cup uncooked popcorn 3 Tbls. cooking oil (grapeseed or peanut oil works great) Add 3 or 4 kernels of uncooked popcorn to heated oil and cover with a lid. When kernels pop, add rest of popcorn kernels in an even layer. Cover, remove from heat and count 30...

Series: Soups On! ~ Homemade Chicken Soup

Wikipedia says Americans consume approximately 2.5 billion bowls of Campbell’s canned Tomato, Cream of mushroom and Chicken Noodle Soup each year. Canned soup . . . really? Perhaps it’s because they never tasted really delicious homemade soup? My mission, if I...