Maya Angelou Quotes – Love and Inspirational Famous Life Quotes

Posted by on August 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time” – Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou’s famous quotes on love, courage, success, attitude, achievement and life are amongst the most popular inspirational quotes today. Angelou is a strong and inspiring woman, poet, author, actress and civil rights activist. Maya Angelou’s quotes, poems and famous sayings provide women and girls inspiring words of wisdom to live by.

Born Marguerite Ann Johnson in 1928, Maya Angelou is best known for her portrayals of strong African American women in her numerous writings. Angelou published her first widely-acclaimed autobiographical book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in 1970.
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Easy Homemade Chicken Pot Pie – Easy Yummy Quick Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

Posted by on July 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Making a homemade chicken pot pie is quick and easy, if not downright simple. Chicken and turkey pot pie recipes are so easy that even a beginner cook can easily make any kind of pot pie and quickly realize it’s not impossible at all.

The Bisquick chicken pot pie is quick and easy too, but Pillsbury and Betty Crocker also have their own recipe for chicken pot pie, and both recipes are easy, yummy and super fast. Marie Callender’s chicken pot pie tastes a lot better than the Banquet chicken pot pies in the grocery store, but beef or turkey pot pies are nowhere as good as the chicken.
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Jiffy Mix Strawberry Shortcake Biscuits Recipe for 50th Birthday Cake

Posted by on July 3, 2010 · 2 Comments

Since I’m turning 50, for my 50th Birthday cake I decided to have homemade Strawberry Shortcake, made from the recipe off of the Jiffy Mix biscuit box instead of having a more traditional birthday cake. We’ll still have a traditional, homemade birthday cake for my birthday party too, for putting all the candles on, but I‘m more interested in the strawberry shortcake myself.

In many families, every year for someone’s birthday, whoever’s birthday it is gets to choose the kind of cake they want to celebrate the occasion and I am no exception. This weekend, we are celebrating my birthday with what is often referred to as old-fashioned strawberry shortcake, an American classic dessert loved and adored by young and old. While strawberry shortcake is typically considered a summer dessert, we enjoy this moist and delicious strawberry dessert all year round.
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Turning 50 – 50th Birthday Gift Ideas for Mom or Grandma

Posted by on June 26, 2010 · 3 Comments

I will be turning 50 years old on July 5th of this year, a half a century old. Some seem to feel that turning 50 means you’re officially entering “old age”, a major milestone year in the life of men and women. For me, turning 50 is a blessing, one that I readily accept with joy and anticipation about the opportunities and possibilities laid out before me with nary a thought of what others feel or think about me.

Turning 50 years old offers many benefits, including the pleasure of watching my grown children reach their goals, get married if they choose to, and raise children of their own. The joy of being a Grandma and watching my grandchildren grow up to become happy, productive members of society is just one benefit amongst many that I take great pleasure in each and every day.
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Gaylord Texan’s Mother’s Day Brunch is the Best Mother’s Day Gift

Posted by on May 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Mother’s Day is a very special day for mothers and family, and coming up with ideas on how to celebrate Mother’s Day can sometimes be a challenge. Out of all the possible Mother’s Day gift ideas, lunch or dinner meals, relaxation spa treatments etc to celebrate Mother’s Day, nothing compares to the Gaylord Texan’s Mother’s Day Brunch at Gaylord’s Hotel in Grapevine Texas.

Having researched the many Mother’s Day brunches around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex hosted at most of the nice local hotels or restaurants, deciding on the brunch at Gaylord Texan’s hotel was an easy choice. I didn’t want or need a Mother’s Day “gift” of some kind. I didn’t want or need anything as far as gifts are concerned, but the only wish I had was to enjoy a wonderful, relaxing meal with close friends and family.
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Napa Valley Spinach Salad with Pinot Noir Vinaigrette and Goat Cheese

Posted by on May 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

If you have never tried any of the variations of Napa Valley Spinach Salad, you are really missing out on a delicious salad option. We eat a lot of salad, with a meal or as the main dinner meal all by itself. Typical “dinner salad” that consists of the basics many people include in their salads can get boring real fast, so we always try to come up with healthy recipes that offer different ideas of fruits and/or vegetables to add to our salads for variety and taste.

I recently enjoyed a version of the Napa Valley Spinach Salad with chicken at one of my favorite lunch spots, and couldn’t wait to make the salad at home for my family and visiting friends. To say that the Spinach Salad was a hit for everyone would be an understatement. There are many different ways of making the Napa Valley Spinach Salad, but the differences only amount to what fruits and/or vegetables you like or don’t like, as most of the ingredients are optional according to your tastes and likes.
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Green Bean Casserole Recipes – Classic Green Bean Casserole

Posted by on April 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Easter Sunday dinner meal recipes often includes green bean casserole, deviled eggs, sweet potato casserole, amongst other Easter holiday meal ideas. Our family has always enjoyed the Classic Green Bean Casserole by French’s, but there are many varieties of recipes for green bean casserole in cookbooks, recipe cards passed around family members and your favorite cookbooks.

Today, on Easter Sunday, I’m sharing two green bean casserole recipes that are sure to meet your family’s approval at the dinner table. We usually double the recipe to make sure everyone is able to enjoy this favorite recipe.
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Key Lime Bundt Cake – Oprah’s Favorite Things Recipe

Posted by on March 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Oprah’s 2004 favorite Gourmet Florida Key Lime Bundt Cake recipe is incredibly delicious and has become a family favorite in Grandma’s kitchen. The Oprah Winfrey Show had an annual segment called Oprah’s Favorite Things, or “The O List”, as it is sometimes referred.

Typically aired during the Thanksgiving holiday season, Oprah shared with her audience a list of things she believes are great gift ideas and products, and audience members participating in the taping of the segment receive free gifts to take home from her favorite things on that year’s list.
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