*UPDATE:  I recently made this for family that are vegetarian.  It still had all the wonderful flavor. 
To make it vegetarian just replace the cream of chicken soup with cream of mushroom!*

This was the first time I’ve ever made this dish and I have to ask myself, “WHY, did it take so long?”  Maybe because it is so good that I was afraid I would want to eat the entire 13 x 9 dish!

Yes, it’s that good.

This Macaroni and Cheese recipe has been around in my family for years.  It has showed up quite a bit at family gatherings.  Maybe that’s why I’ve never actually made it – I have just enjoyed it when someone else makes it!

What is more comforting than Macaroni and Cheese?  We loved it as kids and we still love it as adults.

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This is a great recipe to make with your end-of-season tomatoes and basil!

It’s quite simple and delicious as a topper for some homemade french bread or store bought baguettes.

I used a mixture of red and yellow tomatoes. I think heirloom tomatoes would be wonderful in this recipe but we didn’t plant any this year.

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UPDATE:  The last time I made this Golden Milk Paste,  I turned the heat off, left the saucepan on the hot burner and then added the coconut oil.  It was a little easier to incorporate the coconut oil into the paste mixture.

This magic mixture has really helped me!

And you can drink it at bedtime to help with sleep.

Back in October of last year, I did something silly and was not exactly acting my age.  Fun, but paid the price when I heard something pop in my hip (or was it my leg, or my back??).  I tried to act as if I was OK and go on as normal since we were on vacation in Mexico.  BUT the next morning when I could hardly walk to breakfast was when I realized I had done some damage.

I was hardly prepared for how much damage I had actually done.  It didn’t get better upon our return home, only worse.
So, long story short, 10 months later and 3 months of physical therapy, I will admit surgery has entered my mind.  I’ve had an MRI which showed nothing significant….but the pain has been significant!  It’s really haltered my life – or I should say OUR lives.  We’ve canceled several things and done a lot of things differently since October due to my inability to enjoy things I was enjoying prior to.

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Just 75 miles or so south of St. Louis and right off of Interstate 55 South, sits the small community of Perryville, Missouri. With a population of only about 8500, you wouldn’t expect to see a replica of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall that’s located in Washington D.C., but, unbelievably, the wall in Perryville is an exact replica of the incredible black granite wall in our nations’ capital.

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This pretty salad with sliced pickled beets, feta, walnuts and red onions with a red wine vinaigrette is very tasty and COLORFUL!

We’ve started eating beets.  Yea, I know, you probably either love them or hate them.  For many years I definitely fell into the hate category.  I’ve never given them a chance.  I always thought I didn’t like them but actually I had never tried them.

Now, I’m in love!

They just keep showing up on our table.  Thank goodness my husband, Paul, will try anything.  He actually didn’t think he was much of a beet fan either.  Every time we discussed them, he always told me how much his mother loved beets.  I just didn’t get beats- Of all the wonderful foods available, why would anyone choose beets?  Now I completely understand.  Unfortunately I never met his mother since she had already passed away when I met him.  Now every time we have beets, I think of her.

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