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Nervous Breakdown before Dinner
Yesterday started like every other. Up and at’em early, coffee, breakfast, swattin’ (flies that is). I got a lot done and I took a nap with the baby! The hubs took the boys over town on errands and...
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Mini apple pie on a roll
Today I should be finishing the Royal Design Stencil makeover in the Powder room… I had to go to the grocery store and our sitter suggested we make apple pie cupcakes. Sure, why not make a fancy...
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P.F. Chang’s lettuce wrap knock offs
I’m making a simple Sunday afternoon lunch for Jim and I. I’m not serving it to the children because I don’t want to hear, “oh barf” when I place it on the table. One of my favorite restaurants is P.F....
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A Slice of Saturday with a Cherry on top
Today was a good day. My sister came to visit. Funny how we lived together for years and years and now we ache for a little time under the same roof. It feels good to be together. It is loud and...
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Hungry in Haiti
I had no idea what the hubs would encounter in Haiti. I sent nuts and granola with a $$$ water bottle filter. I thought the worst that could happen is that he comes home with Malaria, diarrhea and 20...
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Crazy Quick Fresh Peach Cobbler and Sharing some Summer
They say,”life is short, eat dessert first” Well, I thought I would talk about dessert first. I don’t need much dessert really. I like to eat dinner and snack on something salty in the evenings–Don’t...
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Feast Ala Middle East.
I have a vision for the “Master” – Moroccan. I’m not exactly sure what that looks like…yet. But I found 2 items that were dirt cheap when Sincerely and I went junkin’. I got the table on sale at Target...
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Having Herm for dinner
Have you ever been away from home and ran into someone you know? I love that. We were on our vacation and ran into the friends that have the stone cottage we have stayed in. Herm, the owner invited...
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The world’s best chicken noodle soup! At least that is what my kid’s tell me.
I’ve served my kids all kinds of meals. Most of the time they are received with, “What is it?”,”I don’t like that!” or “Oh Gross!!” But when I serve up my semi homemade chicken noodle soup they sing...
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Late summer supper and one of my best childhood memories
When I was growing up we had enough. Not everything I wanted and sometimes I had to wait for what I needed. There were times we had plenty and times we had enough. One dinner late summer when I was 10...
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The Holiday Hamburger
The weather had been down right chilly here. 51 degrees last week…in August! It felt like late September and that got me thinking about fall. I do still have the grill handy–what have I not grilled...
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Crock Pot Chicken Enchiladas-from one Sister to another!
Tex Mex doesn’t feel like Labor Day food but it was 100 degrees here in North Central Iowa this past weekend and I wanted Mexican. My folks came to visit for the weekend and I didn’t dare turn on the...
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Black and White cupcakes
Hostess may have closed but we are still craving those cream filled cupcakes around here. When I volunteered at the girls school a couple of years back I baked a “knock off” and they turned out ok....
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3 Meals of Modified Caveman Fare
So my legs are killing me (emotionally and physically – we’ll get into more of that another time). The 00:5:10 workout at that torturous, dirty, hot place called “crossfit” has turned my thighs into...
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Call me Maple? Maple Pecan Apple Crisp
I admit it…I may have jumped the gun this year. I have made apple crisp 3 times already and once when the A/C was on. My new “Make and Take”plan is going well. Every time I make a dessert I make one...
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A Serving of Garlic Breath…
I’ve wanted to try this recipe for eva but didn’t. Until It was two days before pay-day and I was running out of options. I have a bag of garlic (yes, a 1 1/4 lb bag – I heart garlic) and a whole...
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Creamy Garlic Spinach & Roasted Chicken Soup
Member a couple posts ago when I confessed my love affair with garlic? And I made 40 clove chicken? Well, apparently my family wasn’t feeling like warding off vampires so I ate on it for a couple of...
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Wonton Soup and Lo mein, that’s whats for dinner…
I use to get this wonton soup at a little chinese kitchen downtown Rock Island, IL. I called up Sincerely and reminisced about that soup. Sara says, “you can make it, it’s not that difficult”. She was...
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From the patch to the plate…..Pumpkin lasagna with wild mushrooms and kale
We have pumpkins everywhere. Our Uncle Sam grows acres to sell in the fall. I have never cooked a pie pumpkin before and it seems silly to go buy cans when these are all over my house! I did a little...
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Hot Potato Super Soup
Did you ever stand in front of the open fridge wondering how you were going to pull off dinner? I am always trying to do more with less–faster! The hubs and the boys have been cutting down trees all...
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