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    A Delicious, Light and Yummy Cake!

    My mom makes the most delicious pineapple cake.  It is my sister’s favorite and has quickly gained more followers as I have started making it.  I never attempted to make it because I assumed my mom always slaved over it.  Seemed complex.  I don’t do cakes often.   But I wanted to know how to make it. Turns out this cake – is easy as pie!  But really, it is so easy!  Make it, trust me, you will love it and so will everyone who eats it.  It is a super light and fluffy dessert.  I asked my mom where she got the recipe and she said that my Grandpa’s sister used…

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    Family Recipe – Green Chili

    The best green chili is here in print, something that has been hard to obtain even though the recipe has been in the family for generations. In fact, I was flipping through our family recipe book and this one is not in there! Being 5th generation Coloradoans we have a rich tradition of food and family.  Try this recipe and enjoy the flavors of Colorado and New Mexico cuisines. 1 lb. of cubed pork 1 tsp of garlic powder/ 1 crushed clove 3 tbsp. of flour 1 can of Rotel with green chilis 1 1/2 cups of diced green chilis 1 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp.  garlic salt 1/2 cup onion…

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    Aunt Sophies Outdoor Oven Spanish Bread

    Every couple of years I end up pulling out the old family recipe cookbook. It was put together for a family reunion in 1984. I learned how to drive a stick shift there, that summer, I was 12 – the good ole days right? It was a small town after all. Every time I pull out the book I usually have a purpose, on a mission looking for an old familiar. Until today. It has turned into quite the snowstorm outside so I decided I want to bake today, fill the house with the smell of bread. I initially went to allrecipes.com, then the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, but…

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    Braided Egg Bread

    Again being inspired by so many awesome foodie blogs I decided it was time I learned how to make homemade bread. We are a bread loving family. My husband was running to the store and I told him to get flour for some cookies I was going to bake (Lemon Spiral), on a whim I told him to grab some yeast. I thought that at least if I have it in the house I would be able to make it when inspiration struck. He brought home Fleishmanns Rapid Rise yeast. I went straight to the internet to find some recipes that specifically called for it. All of those called for…

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    Grandma Sadie’s Family Recipe Tortillas

    Aunt Josie’s Tortillas My Grandma Sadie never wrote down her recipes… Her tortillas were a family staple, I miss them. This recipe is from her Aunt Josie. 3 cups flour 3 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. shortening 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup water Put flour in a bowl, add baking powder, salt and mix well. Add shortening and into flour until well mixed. Make a hole in the middle. Add milk and hot water and mix and knead until smooth. More water may be added if necessary. Dough should not stick to hands. Roll dough into balls just larger than golf balls, roll flat with rolling pin…

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    Mom’s Spanish Rice

    Tootsie’s Spanish Rice This is my Mom’s recipe, a classic, brings back some sweet memories…She would make it with red chile sometimes, sometimes with steak, always with tortillas. I still remember the delicious aroma that filled the house. 1 small onion 1 green pepper 1/4 lb. cubed bacon 1 – 17oz can stewed tomatoes Salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste 1 cup uncooked minute rice 3 cups water Fry bacon, add onion and green pepper, saute. Add stewed tomatoes, simmer about 20 minutes. In separate pan bring water to boil, add rice and stir constantly until rice is done. Drain and rinse well, add rice to other ingredients.