Getting Ready for Chicago

Get things ready to head to Chicago tomorrow morning for the casting call for The Next Food Network Star. Friends have been so supportive and encouraging. This would be the next in line for the best job I could ask for. I sooooo loved owning and running the newspaper for those 4 1/2 years. I meet people that I would have never met and saw things I would have never seen had it not been for the Gazette. Looking back over the years of my work history brings back things I had forgotten. Like the time I cooked meals for working mom's. Me and my sister did the Once A Month cooking. The cooking I did for the gentleman who had the heart transplant. The weddings I decorated and catered. I can say I have never been lacking for a way to shape my creativity. I have been very blessed. So Tomorrow remember me in your thoughts and ask pray I do my best. Cause Win OR Lose. That's all I can do and enjoy the ride.

Here is a quick recipe to enjoy come of those apples I sure all of you still have.  Just cook the apples in a little sugar and butter until tender and substitute them for the canned ones.


1 can of prepared apple filling  (or any flavor)
1 stick of melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup self rising flour
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Pour a small amount of butter in a 9' baking dish and coat the bottom and sides of the dish. Place pie filling on top of butter. Place remaining ingredients into a mixing bowl and pour in remaining butter. Combine and pour over apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes until golden brown and center is done. ENJOY served with Half & Half or vanilla ice cream