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  • Recipe 10 Budget-Friendly Dinner Party Ideas
    10 Budget-Friendly Dinner Party Ideas
    Baking at my friend Jolon's "A Chocolate Covered Christmas" party It’s easy to throw a dinner party on an unlimited budget (catering, anyone?), but when funds are tight it’s time to get creative. Potlucks are a[...]
  • Recipe Zucchini Bread
    Zucchini Bread
    It's summer and what to do with that oversized Zucchini from your garden...or your neighbors?  Make bread, that's what.  Last summer my father in law brought over some beautiful vegetables and the zucchini was huge.  I[...]
  • Recipe Stuffed Shells
    Stuffed Shells
    I haven't made these in a long time, in fact, I forgot I have made them in the past.  I like this recipe because it is prepared in 3 basic steps and can be done at once or in stages.  Mine are ready for the oven and took all of 40[...]
  • Recipe Pizza made Simple
    Pizza made Simple
    I don't care for the show, Semi-Homemade at all.  I don't think it's appropriate to cut all manner of corners then take credit for something a 4th grader could make, but that's my honest opinion.  I like to make pizza dough from[...]
  • Recipe Egg Salad Sandwiches
    Egg Salad Sandwiches
    The other day, I called my son for lunch and before I got back to the kitchen, he was already eating the presentation plate I photographed!  Lucky for me I was done taking pictures.  'Tis true, we eat with our eyes and he ate it all[...]
  • Recipe Pork or Chicken in Peanut Sauce
    Pork or Chicken in Peanut Sauce
    I'm not going to lie. This is one of my all time favorite freezer meals. It's freezer Friday and I have been holding out on you. It's one I share with a lot of friends and family members when they have need of meals, because it is essentially so[...]
  • Recipe Adding Interest to Weight-Loss Meals
    Adding Interest to Weight-Loss Meals
    Sara Sullivan is making very public her weight-loss journey on her website SeeSaraShrink . Having reached the half-way mark, on her way to losing 100 pounds, Sara is determined to lose another 50 pounds! Several weeks ago, she was frustrated[...]
  • Recipe Enchilada Tortilla Skillet Casserole
    Enchilada Tortilla Skillet Casserole
    Hey Wednesday is a good day to post a quick middle of the week meal. I for one am running around like a super geek. I think if I really wanted to, I could pull off wearing the Super Geek tights and cape (in a lovely lilac color) complete...with[...]
  • Recipe Fruit and Rosemary Stuffed Pork Loin
    Fruit and Rosemary Stuffed Pork Loin
    The first time I ever smelled fresh rosemary was as a nanny. I was fifteen years old and had been hired as a caretaker and cook for two year old twins the summer of my Junior year in high school. In Arizona, rosemary grows in bushes the size[...]
  • Recipe Vegetarian Verde Tamale Cornbread Pie
    Vegetarian Verde Tamale Cornbread Pie
    Has anyone noticed I haven't done anything vegetarian on my blog yet for Freezer meal Friday?! How totally lame is that? My dear husband pointed it out, along with eyebrow raise and look of disgust. So...I'm going to totally redeem myself (at[...]