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What’s for Dinner Wednesday: Tracey’s Pork Schnitzel
This was a delicious new meal for us! My mom discovered the Tracey’s Culinary Adventures blog several months ago and since then she has tried some of her recipes. When she loves them she passes them...
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What’s For Dinner Wednesday: DIY Pasta
Choose your own toppings. You can have all of it, some of it or none of it! I know I’ve said it before, but it’s awfully hard to come up with new and exciting meals AND please the taste buds of five...
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Fun Friday: Spanish Flan
Subliminal message for me. Elizabeth wanted me to make flan. Really badly. She saw flan featured on “Sabrina The Teenage Witch,” and figured if it was so great on the show, enough that an entire...
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Monday Musings: It’s over and done…have a cookie.
All’s quiet as we prepare for the first day back to school, back to routine. Well folks, that’s that. Summer’s over, at least for us. The best two months of the calendar year have flown by, but they’ve...
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After School Snack: Nutella Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
This is a great treat for (me) the kids after school! Recently a friend passed along a recipe for a Nutella Frosty which sounded delicious. It called for milk and vanilla ice cream and Nutella. It...
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A Once-a-Year Dessert: Plum Crunch
I try to convince myself that if I could have this dessert more than once a year, it would not be as special. I’m not quite convinced yet. Originally Posted September 14, 2012. Reposting this recipe...
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What’s for Dinner Wednesday: Anything I can crock pot
On the table and ready to eat! It’s back to school time. Back to sports time. Back to scouts time. And of course, back to work time. That makes cooking dinner time quite complicated. This fall, for the...
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Fun Friday: Cook once, eat twice. After school snacks and breakfast
These were healthy and a huge hit. Definitely a keeper. Cook once, eat twice. I love that old adage. You cook once, and live on the leftovers. Or, you make double, since you’re cooking anyway, and have...
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Monday Musings: Remembering our summer
Even though it’s not officially over, it’s over. I know. You’re going to say, “But it’s not over yet! It’s not over til it’s officially over!” It’s over. Finished. Done. Gone, but luckily, not...
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Fun Friday: Is it a cupcake or a muffin? You decide!
Looks like a muffin, tastes like a cupcake. What was I serving my family for breakfast? ORIGINALLY POSTED OCTOBER 26, 2012: This summer, one thing I wanted to do was try out some of the recipes I’d...
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Monday Musings: Will you “Go Orange” for No Kid Hungry?
September is No Kid Hungry month. There’s lots you can do! Unfortunately, we probably watch more TV than we should. I’m sure we’re not alone. However, on occasion, you catch something television that...
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What’s For Dinner Wednesday: Asian Lettuce Wraps…in the crock pot
This was by far, one of my favorite crock pot meals from the first week. Every single one of us loved them. I’ve been keeping you all up to date with our ongoing crock pot meals experiment as the...
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Fun Friday: Our new after school snack obsession: Flatbread Pizzas
My impulse purchase earlier this week has led to some fun after school snacks this week! It all started earlier this week when I went grocery shopping on an empty stomach. That’s the worst. In this...
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What’s for Dinner Wednesday: Mongolian Beef (Take Two)
This was so good, I almost forgot to take a picture of it! If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. As you probably know by now, I’ve been making crock pot meals approximately four times a week,...
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Fun Friday: Bread and Jam
“Mom, you *have* to share these recipes on your blog!” As a reporter and writer, I have a wacky work schedule, I’ll be the first to admit it. Flexible, but wacky. It’s different every single day, night...
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Monday Musing: Celebrating the difference a year can make
This cake signified more to me than just a birthday cake. Caroline is about to be 14. Her birthday is next weekend, but we celebrated with our family this past weekend. As I was thinking about her...
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What’s for Dinner Wednesday: Cranberry Chicken
You can serve this over rice for a perfect combination of flavors! ORIGINALLY POSTED NOVEMBER 6, 2011: *To make this recipe in a lower fat version, we use a mix of 1/2 wheat and 1/2 white flour and we...
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German Apple Cake
German Apple Cake is a recipe I loved, growing up. ORIGINALLY POSTED OCTOBER 17, 2011 **I decided to re-post this today, November 18, 2013 because I made it this weekend for our friends who came for...
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Pumpkin Palooza Recipe of the Day: MaryLou’s Sweet Potato Casserole
This is MaryLou. She makes a kickin’ Sweet Potato Casserole! ORIGINALLY POSTED NOVEMBER 22, 2011: Who is MaryLou, you ask? She’s my mother-in-law and she makes the best sweet potato casserole EVER!!...
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Pumpkin Palooza Recipe of the Day: Pumpkin Cranberry Bread
Done…. Originally posted on November 14, 2011 The recipe I’m sharing today is one of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes. Each year this is what we have for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning, and we grill...
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