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Chunka Hunka Chocolove Cookies
Desserts haven’t really been my thing lately, but when my friend Veronica won a blue ribbon at a fair for my chocolate chip version of this cookie I couldn’t resist playing around and making a chunky...
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Shortcut Gnocchi with Vodka Tomato Cream Sauce
My goal this week is to cook all our dinners because we’ve been eating out way too much this month. We’re busy like everyone else, but I need to get control of this time crunch issue.Today’s recipe is...
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Sausage Apple & Red Potato Skillet
This is so stinking easy and tasty that it's going in my arsenal of emergency what-the-heck-am-I-going-to-feed-the-family recipes.A skillet like this will be especially helpful on those days I sneak...
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Cheeseburger Skillet Dinner
I won a battle. Clara walked up to the skillet and said, “Mom that looks good!” She didn’t even notice the vegetables right away. Until she started eating, but she finished her dinner for a change...
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Pork Noodle Bowls
Thursday after school is art day around here. A surprisingly good-natured college student attempts to teach a room full of noisy messy chatty silly 9-year-old girls how to draw.Which is fun for all of...
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Chicken & Dumplings. Weekend comfort food.
Ahh. Hear that? Silence. Or almost.Actually, there’s Wii Pet Sports “music” droning repeatedly in the background, a barking begging dancing dog hoping I’ll drop anything semi edible, the sizzling of...
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Real Chiles Rellenos
A cell phone picture with my half eaten plate doesn’t do this dish justice, but I’m a lazy photographer and didn’t take my camera to my parents’ house this weekend. I had other plans, like golf and...
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“Cream” of Broccoli Soup
It feels like it’s been while since I shared a healthful pure vegetarian recipe.Or maybe I need a break from all the Halloween treat stuff I've been working on. Either way, I'm ready for soup...
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Grilled Ham, Pepperoni and Italian Cheese Sandwich
Have you ever used turkey pepperoni before? If not, give it a try. I like it quite a bit. It’s just as good and far less greasy than the regular type.Grilled Ham, Pepperoni and Italian Cheese...
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Qdoba Copycat Queso & Ghoulish Goodies Giveaway
Halloween being my favorite holiday, I thought I’d kick off October with a giveaway. A winner for the totally adorable and doable monster filled cookbook Ghoulish Goodies will be drawn on October...
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Garlic Chicken Tacos with Lemon Avocado Sauce
Happy National Taco Day!Yes, it’s really National Taco Day. I don’t know how you get to be important enough to get on the list for your own holiday, but tacos probably do deserve their own celebration....
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Wicked Witch Cupcakes
For this fun Halloween project, McCormick and Kitchen Play sent over food coloring and vanilla extract to spark my imagination into proper holiday gear. I think it worked, or I hope it did anyway.With...
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Ghostly Pretzel Sticks
Salty, sweet, fast, cute and fun. This is my favorite kind of Halloween treat!Ghostly Pretzel SticksCandy melts and Wilton Icing are from Michaels.Print Recipe.About 2-3 dozen pretzel rods1 package...
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Slow Cooker Pork Chops in Dijon Paprika Sauce
This slow cooker recipe reminds me a little bit of a past trip to Budapest, or what I remember of Budapest, which is the food of course.Most of the dishes I consumed were meat and potatoes with various...
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Drunk Blood Punch
It wouldn’t be right to celebrate Halloween without some kind of festive vat of red punch. Even Bones, our creepy skeleton night watch seems to approve.For a family friendly Halloween fruit punch just...
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Chicken Noodle Soup
There are many ways to make chicken noodle soup, but I tend to prefer this method. Maybe because I like my soup vegetables the same texture as the noodles, but more honestly it’s probably because I’m...
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Pumpkin Spice Crispy Treats
4 out of 5 children will not eat these treats. In fact, those same 4 out of 5 children will sit about whining loudly that they are absolutely starving to death while these cereal bars sit on festive...
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Monster Mouths
Clara’s 4th grade class is in the middle of their Halloween party right now. The first one where we parents aren’t needed to stick around. The kids had it all under control and it was even their idea...
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Last Chance Snack Mix
I'm sorry, but I need to share my pain for a minute. Near Halloween I get a certain little song stuck in my brain for days and days on end and I think it might be making me crazy. It starts softly...
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Shortcut Butternut Squash Soup
It’s over. It’s actually over. October come back I miss you! I don’t want to take down all my Halloween decorations yet.Sigh… Well at least I have yummy soup.Shortcut Butternut Squash SoupCan’t find...
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