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Thanksgiving Menu 2013
It’s that time of year again, and I’m excited to cook up a big meal! Of course, it’s most likely just going to be my little family of 4, but we will still go through the leftovers in no time! This...
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Bacon Cheeseburger Soup
Today, I wanted soup and I also wanted to use ground beef. So, I decided that cheeseburger soup sounded good, if it even existed. It does, but most recipes I found have celery, carrots, potatoes....
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No-Can Green Bean Casserole
This was a new recipe I tried out this year. Before, I would just used canned green beans, canned cream of mushroom soup, and canned fried onions to create this yummy casserole. However, I had a...
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Pecan Pie
Oh my. I have never made a pecan pie before, and honestly, can’t even remember that last time I ate it. I had some pecans in shell that I had been needing to use for a long time. When my friend,...
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Leftover Turkey Dinner Ideas
After our big Thanksgiving day meal, we took a few days off from turkey. So, last night and tonight I wanted to get through the leftover turkey. Turkey Pot Pie and Turkey Noodle Soup. Both turned...
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Baked Cheeseburger Spinach Macaroni
I came up with this on a night that my older daughter wanted Spinach Bacon Shells and Cheese. I didn’t have any bacon thawed, but I did have ground beef thawed, so I made the shells and the cheese...
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Snowball Swirl Cookies Recipe
My sister usually has 1 or 2 new cookie recipes she finds each year, and this is one from this year. She and my older daughter made these together. They came together really easily, and have a short...
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My Current Favorite Apps for Organization
I have to confess, I’m getting rather forgetful. I think it’s a combination of getting older and having a lot going on with 2 kids, their school, and all their activities. Plus, I have some daily...
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Suave Family Beauty Products
Recently, I received an Influenster Vox Box with 3 Suave Family Beauty products. We received: - Suave Moroccan Infusion Deep Conditioning Shine Mask for me - Suave Kids Apple Detangling Spray for my...
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Baklava Two Ways
I am surprised that I haven’t ever posted this recipe! Most likely because I haven’t made it in a while. I really enjoy baklava, but like Spanakopita and Tiropita, it’s somewhat time-consuming to...
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Un-Stuffed Peppers
I really enjoy Stuffed Peppers, but no one else in my house really likes them. I think it’s the texture of the peppers after they are cooked that is the problem. So, at today’s Market on the Move...
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Easy Appetizers
My sister and I made some yummy, easy appetizers for New Year’s Eve. The nice thing about these is that one uses crescent rolls and the other uses biscuits, which tend to be on sale fairly often....
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Honey Orange Baked Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans
I’m not sure how, but I had a lot of sweet potatoes. I think I forgotten I had some and just kept getting more. Anyway, I have made chicken and roast potatoes many times, but just with russet or gold...
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Eggplant Lasagna
I’ve always wanted to try Eggplant Lasagna, but just hadn’t gotten to it. After we got eggplant at a recent Market on the Move event, I decided it was time to try it. Now, I have made Moussaka, so I...
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Rosemary Garlic Chicken with Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes
This meal was inspired by an episode of Jamie Oliver’s 15 Minute Meals on TV one Saturday morning. While it’s a little disappointing that cartoons don’t dominate weekend basic cable TV anymore, my...
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Meatballs in Creamy Dill Sauce
This dish was inspired by the other part of Jamie Oliver’s 15 Minute Meals. His dish was Swedish Meatballs with Celeriac and Spinach Rice. I liked that he used dill, since I had some fresh dill on...
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No-Bake Chocolate and Mint Cheescake
My younger daughter found this on a tear pad at Target yesterday and insisted we needed to make it. Of course, it calls for a limited winter type of morsels, dark chocolate and mint, which they didn’t...
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Our 2013 Recipe Book!
I finally found the time to sit down and share this! This photo book was our gift to family and to teachers this year. I used to do a photo book of pictures throughout the year, but it became too much...
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Pesto Pinwheels
For the Super Bowl, we didn’t really watch the game or have a party, but I wanted to still have some party food. So, I made Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip, and then was trying to decide on what else. I had...
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Finger Puppet Valentine Hearts
It’s been a crazy start to the month in our house, and Valentine’s Day crept up on me. I had wanted to make Valentines with both girls for their classes, but hadn’t really looked at ideas. I had seen a...
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