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Tuna Macaroni Salad Like Mom Made

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Hamburger Macaroni Casserole: My Mom’s Casserole Supreme

A blue pottery bowl filled with orange cheese puffs. The bowl is on a cutting board with a cheese puff on it cut in half to reveal a pimento-stuffed green olive inside.

Mom’s Cheese Olive Puffs Recipe

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Mom’s Oatmeal Raisin Bars

A bowl of Christmas trifle topped with whipped cream and red and green sprinkles on a glass plate.

My Family’s English Trifle Recipe

Ritz Carlton Blueberry Muffins | Why the Method is So Important

Ritz Carlton Blueberry Muffins | Why the Method is So Important

Stacked angel slices with thin, white glaze, dark pecan-coconut filling, and sable crust.

Angel Slices (Pecan Slices)

A whole chocolate pound cake with white and chocolate glazes on a baking tray.

The Best Chocolate Pound Cake | My Mom’s Recipe

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The Best Sauce To Pour Over Cream Cheese

Chocolate Cheese Pie for Greg

Chocolate Cheese Pie for Greg

Mother Leavee’s German Plum Cake | Plum Kuchen

Mother Leavee’s German Plum Cake | Plum Kuchen

A white paper tray of 12 slider buns filled with poppy seed and butter filling, ham, and cheese.

The Best Ham Biscuits

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Southern Chicken and Flat Dumplings

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So Happy you are here. I’m a passionate cook and baker. After teaching special education for 16 years, I left teaching and attended the Orlando Culinary Academy in 2005-2006.

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