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Tasty New Year’s treats and eats
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Happy New Year! Did Santa put something special in your stockings? I was hoping he’d send me a little elf to help me take
Paula Dream
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Soul food to warm your tummy and spirit
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Happy Holidays to everyone. This issue, I decided not to feature holiday food, but to feature some of my favorite foods. Soul food! All
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A trip to the holiday salad bar
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) It looks like the holidays are at our doorstep: Traffic is terrible, people are fighting for that last parking space, little old ladies are
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Recipes for pre-holiday home cooking
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) I’ve already said it many times. Can you believe we are already in the holiday season? Paula’s gonna have to do overtime on her most profitable
Colorful and flavorful fall recipes
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hey, guys! Where has the year gone? Halloween has come and gone; I thought about giving you some belated spooky recipes, but figured everyone
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Hot and tasty chicken, three ways
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Welcome to the fall season! As the seasons change, so do our appetites. In this issue I’m concentrating on giving you some easy chicken
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SLOW COOKER: Cranberry and pork… or chicken
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well, folks, fall has arrived and before you know it, Christmas will be here. The daylight savings time change coming up makes the change
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Perfect Balance: Spicy casserole and sweet cobbler
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello again, STAR readers! For this issue, I’ve got some interesting dishes for you that fit the fall weather that is coming on. First,
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A Cajun twist on burgers and fries
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well folks, another summer has come and gone, so let’s start with a couple of recipes that are easy enough to “fall†into. How about
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Sliders for summer’s end
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hey, guys! Can you believe we are already in the middle of August? Seems just like yesterday I was giving you recipes for Christmas. Well, we have
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Pot pie, patties and cups
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) How you guys doing? Hope you are doing well with this sweltering heat. It don’t help much when you are going through menopause. But enough of that. Let’s
![Chicken wings covered in sauce and garnished with chopped herbs are arranged on a piece of parchment paper with a lime wedge. A corner of a partially visible snack bag is seen to the side.]({"jaw_blog-16_9-small":{"file":"https:\/\/montrosestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chicken-Wings-Peanut-Sauce-1-170x95.png","width":170,"filesize":0},"jaw_blog-16_9-middle":{"file":"https:\/\/montrosestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chicken-Wings-Peanut-Sauce-1-270x152.png","width":270,"filesize":0},"jaw_blog-16_9":{"file":"https:\/\/montrosestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Chicken-Wings-Peanut-Sauce-1-475x267.png","width":475,"filesize":0}})
Easy, breezy hors d’oeuvres
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well readers, Paula just returned from a “triangle†bar tour. Longview, Dallas, and Austin. What an eye opening experience. It makes you appreciate our drink prices. It