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Around the Supper Table
Print Nana discovered this little treasure to add to the garden a couple of years ago when ordering seeds. Zipper peas are a fat round cream pea that is easy to shell, thus the name. Just pull the fibrous strand.....
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Caramel Apple Glaze
Print This glaze was created as an experiment when Aunt Alisa made apple fritters one time. After cooking the apples, Nana couldn’t bear to see the apple juice thrown away. The glaze turned out delicious and beautiful, so we wrote.....
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Apple Fritters
Print Nana enjoyed making corn and jalapeno fritters, and she would change the “mix-ins” when she wanted a sweet fritter. Now that the apple harvest is in for the year, she and Aunt Alisa wanted to try a new sweet.....
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Accidental Applesauce
Print We are aware that this recipe may not be helpful unless you have a couple of apple trees or access to a friendly neighbor. We still wanted to share, because the result was delicious and exciting to discover. Before our.....
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Lemon Sugar Cookies
Print As much as Nana loves to cook, she enjoys her kitchen even more when she is surrounded by her grandkids. Through trial and error, she has discovered that Michaela enjoys making cookies. There is something about watching each batch.....
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Chop Suey Cake
Print Who had this growing up? Aunt Alisa has fond childhood memories when her Nanny made this for her. Hope your family can enjoy it as well. Ingredients Cake 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 – 20-ounce can crushed.....
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Apple Pie
Print We harvested enough apples this year to can more apple slices and make applesauce for the first time. Nana has made apple pies for years, but of course, it tastes so much better when you know how much blood,.....
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Cheesy Corn Grits
Print Are grits only supposed to be eaten at breakfast? If not, when? We love them at any meal. Sometimes it is a simple side, and sometimes it is part of a scrumptious main dish. Aunt Alisa often serves these.....
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Old-Fashioned Pot of Beans
Print Pinto beans are another dish that seems like everyone around here knows how to make. We all know that Nana decides how to season them as she is doing it, but she said if she had to write something.....
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Blackberry Cobbler
Print Anyone that has ever labored with love knows that something you’ve made yourself just seems to be better. Well Nana often experiences this in her kitchen, but everyone that has helped weed, water, prune, or trellis the blackberries got.....
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