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Looking ahead to Valentine’s dinner
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Full speed ahead, STAR readers! That’s how this New Year has taken off. January is almost gone and Valentine’s Day is near. I guess it
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Breakfast on-the-run
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Happy New Year, everyone. What a year 2018 was! So may things got in the way of my pot-and-pan rattling. It interrupted my bi-annual visit
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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
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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,