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Broccoli, Bacon & Fruit Salad

This is a Broccoli salad that checks all the boxes. It is a great year round salad that can be served for a special holiday dinner, a summer picnic or a simple family dinner. I have brought this salad to ladies luncheons and it is always a winner. This salad is packed with apples, red onion, raisins, toasted pecans, broccoli florets, and topped with crisp crumbled bacon. The salad can be served with or without the delicious dressing. 


Whats For Dinner Next Week, 3-17-24

Happy St.  Patrick's Day everyone! We have been enjoying our Irish food for the last week and celebrating the big day this week. Meal planning sometimes takes me down memory lane and it can be a very special time. Spring has arrived here in our area and we are busy with spring plantings and cleaning out the dead vines and plants from the winter. I am a seasonal cook and sure looking forward to transitioning to wonderful fresh spring recipes, and continuing our tradition of garden to table meal plans.


Full Plate Thursday, 685

  Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 685! We will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day on Sunday along with many of you. We have some great features for you today from last weeks party. Next week we will be looking forward to Easter which is March 31st this year. Our grass is getting so green, we have some vintage roses that are blooming and spring is certainly arriving. Thanks so much for coming to the party today, I always look forward to seeing you here on Thursday!


Slow Cooker Bread Pudding

  This is the most delicious bread pudding and makes a wonderful dessert for any occasion. The recipe is very easy to put together with very few ingredients. It is definitely one of my favorite go to desserts when I don't have a lot of time to spend on a fantastic dessert. 


Whats For Dinner Next Week, 3-10-24

Hello everyone and welcome to my week of the Irish. I love to set aside the week of St. Patrick's Day as my week of the Irish to celebrate my Irish heritage. This week we will be having Irish food, with our great family recipes that mostly have been handed down through the generations. I am so excited to enjoy the meal plans for this week and I am so happy to share them with you!


Full Plate Thursday, 684

Welcome March to Full Plate Thursday, 684! I am so happy to see you today and to begin to open the door to spring. We have spring recipes popping up all over the party from last week that we will be featuring today. I sure hope you enjoy the features and stop by to give these bloggers a big hello! Come on back to the garden patio where we will be today, it is a beautiful day to enjoy the great outdoors. Thanks so much for coming to the party to share with us today, you are very special to us and we have saved you a seat at the table!


March Food and Recipe Basket 2024:

  I am so excited to share the March Food and Recipe Basket with all of you today. Weather is such a big factor in March as to weather we will have a early spring planting season or late. So far this year it looks like we will be able to plant early because we are having some real consistent warm days with some rain which is what we look for when planting.   We grow our own vegetables here at the cottage, which allows us to have either fresh, home canned or frozen vegetables available the year round. What we don't have available here, we usually find at one of our local farmers market. I have always been a seasonal cook and enjoy the transitions of the seasons so I hope you will enjoy these ideas and inspirations as we transition into another season.


Whats For Dinner Next Week, 3-3-24

  Hello everyone and welcome March! Planning meals this month is always a joy, we get to honor our Irish heritage. I always look forward to enjoying some of my families Irish recipes that have been passed down through the generations. Then on the last day of this month we celebrate Easter. This  month will be packed with amazing foods that our family just loves. 


Full Plate Thursday, 683

  Hello everyone and welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 683! Here we are in the last week of February already and it is time for our TOP TEN POST from last weeks party. I am always excited to see the entries our readers have given the most views to during the week. You really have some good ones this month so I hope all of you enjoy them. We have actually been able to be out in our yard and gardens doing some work for several days and now we are back in the house by the fire, and that's Texas weather folks. Thanks so much for coming to the party today and being a part of this great blogging community that we have here!


Irish Shepherd's Pie

  This is our Irish families recipe for Shepherd's Pie. We use ground beef rather than lamb with a mix of vegetables that is simmered in a rich gravy. We top it with creamy cheesy mashed potatoes then bake it in the oven. It is a heavenly casserole and will serve a hungry family with a very satisficing meal.


Whats For Dinner Next Week, 2-25-24

Hello everyone it is so good to see you today. I am actually able to sit on the screen porch and write this post. The weather is just beautiful, and we are getting a little taste of spring. Looks like we will have some great weather next week. It will be fun to make some spring like recipes. I know for sure that I will be going to the market looking for some fresh vegetables and maybe some salad products. I do have some fresh greens in the winter garden that will be good for some recipes. I am off to find some recipes and then we will create the meal plans that will hopefully keep my family happy!


Full Plate Thursday, 682

  Hello everyone and welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 682! I am so excited to see all of you today. We are still having some really cold days, but the temperatures are starting to warm enough that all the weeds are starting to get green. I actually have some flowers that are starting to peak through with little tiny bits of green. Spring is definitely on the way. We had a fantastic party last week with some really talented bloggers. The features are amazing and I sure hope you enjoy them. Come on in the cottage, we have saved a place at the table just for you!


Unstuffed Cabbage Casserole

If you love stuffed cabbage and don't have time to make it, then this is the recipe for you. This unstuffed cabbage will give you the same full flavors of the old fashioned stuffed cabbage in a simple casserole. We use the same flavors and the basic ingredients to present this delicious casserole. This is a winter garden to table recipe for us. We take a walk out to our winter garden and cut the fresh cabbage that we use in this recipe.


Whats For Dinner Next Week, 2-18-24

  Hello everyone, I sure hope you survived our Super Bowl, Madri Gras and Valentine Day events! When I begin to think about planning for a week of meal plans, the first thing I do is check out my inventory in the pantry, freezer's and cold bins in the barn. The second thing I do is check the weather and we will be having some low temperatures jumping to grilling weather at the end of the week. Now I am going for  the recipes, checking what will work well for all of those factors. I am hungry just thinking of all the possibilities.