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Midwest Sausage Stuffing Recipe

Wednesday, November 9, 2005 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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My mom started making this midwest sausage stuffing many years ago when I was a child and it is one of the three things I still look forward to at Thanksgiving. (The other two are pumpkin pie with real whipped cream and pecan pie.) For a couple of …

Category: Main Dishes | Simple Holidays & Traditions

Ham and Cheesy Potatoes Recipe

Monday, November 7, 2005 (Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2026)
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These ham and cheesy potatoes are Comfort Food with a capital C and a capital F. There aren’t too many things I could sit and eat and eat and eat, but this is one of them. I got this recipe from a woman I taught with several years ago. It is …

Category: Main DishesTag: Ham Recipes | Potatoes Recipes

Content at Home Amid the Tyranny of Change

Sunday, November 6, 2005 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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I’m a homebody. Although I was a go-go-go person when I was college-aged and just out of college, I’m most happy now when I am at home. I do need to get out from time to time and once in awhile I even get in the mood to go to the mall. …

Category: Contentment | Our Family LifeTag: Laura Ingalls Wilder & Little House Books

Quotes About Anxiety & Faith

Monday, October 31, 2005 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. –Hebrews 11:1 (ESV) God delights to increase the faith of his children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience, to be …

Category: Christian LivingTag: Anxiety | Faith
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Our Favorite Sunday Meal

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 (Updated: Saturday, April 1, 2023)
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One of our favorite lazy Sunday meals is Sweet Basil Rub Roasted Chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and Maple-Glazed Carrots. Every bit of it is so delicious. I should, however, clarify that by lazy I mean Sundays when the pace is slow and I have …

Category: Our Family Life

Sweet Basil Rub for Roasted Chicken & Gravy Recipe

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 (Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2026)
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I found this sweet basil rub for roasted chicken on a chicken package and it is now one of our very favorite things to eat. And I mean favorite as in choose this above anything out of any category of food. I use this rub on a whole roasting chicken …

Category: Mixes & RubsTag: Chicken Recipes

Maple-Glazed Carrots with Pecans Recipe

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 (Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2026)
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These maple-glazed carrots with pecans is such a simple recipe, but so tasty! It can be served with many different types of comfort food meals such as roast beef. This is a great compliment to the wonderful Sweet Basil Rub Roasted Chicken. …

Category: Veggies & SaladsTag: Pecans Recipes
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I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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