The Turquoise Table

Kristin Schell

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Gene Stallings Twice Baked Potatoes

One of best recipes I’ve collected from my mother-in-law is for Gene Stallings Twice Baked Potatoes.  I remember the first Thanksgiving I had these at the Schell’s home.  Unbelievable.  My mother in law got the recipe out of the newspaper years ago and they have become a tradition at the holidays.  I spread the love to my family several years…
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Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa

Don’t tell my mother, but I have the original Cranberry Salsa recipe. The one clipped from a newspaper long enough ago for the paper to be yellowed. True confession. For the past couple of years she has called frantically asking if I have the recipe copied down because she can’t find hers. I manage to pull it out of my…
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Spicy Pecans

Last week my mother-in-law sent me home with pecans from her front yard.  You would not believe the amount of pecans the old tree produced this year.  She has pecans in buckets, cardboard boxes and grocery sacks.  I’m talking a ton of nuts people. Of course I knew immediately what to do with the first batch she gave me.  I’ll…
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Meatball & Zucchini Soup

A friend called around 2pm today and asked if I was home because she had something to drop by the house. A little while later she shows up with a complete dinner for our family.  See, Littlest is having an MRI and CT-scan early in the morning.  Because Littlest is only six months old she’ll have to be put under…
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Recipe Swap

I’ve been missing in action the last couple of days.  See, I woke up on Monday morning and got it!  You know that sentimental, holiday glow feeling.  It hit me head on and quite unexpectedly.  It’s hot outside here in Texas, we are knee deep in school plays, house renovation plans and daily logistics of running a family of six. …
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