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Progresso Soup Giveaway
Soup weather! Yep, it’s that time of year again and the timing for this giveaway couldn’t be better. Progresso knows it’s that time of year again too, so here’s a great big reminder of where to get your next soup fix. We received this awesome gift package from My Blog Spark and in it are the two beautiful blue soup mugs with matching branded spoons. Best of all, we also received a can of delicious Progresso Chicken Tuscany Soup. The Chicken Tuscany is part of the Progresso High Fiber line of soups. As with other Progresso products, these do not have any added MSG (monsodium glutamate) or artificial flavors. They are made just like I would make them, chock full of good for you veggies and natural flavors. This high fiiber … Read entire article »
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My Best Apple Pie Yet!
I love apple pie! My favorite one is either Mrs. Smith’s dutch topped or Marie Calender’s deep dish Yeah, I’m not ashamed to admit it. I liked the frozen kind that you just pop in the oven kind. My previous attempts at making apple pie always ended up with filling that was too runny, undercooked, overcooked, cloyingly sweet or not sweet enough. And always, I always used the frozen pie crusts. I didn’t think it was worth the effort of rolling out your own dough and all that when you can buy perfectly good crust for a dollar and something. Well, OK, I was also too timid to make my own dough. I’ve tried it before, mind you. One came out hard and thick, once, it was too doughy, … Read entire article »
Make Ahead Lasagna
Inspired by Jane Doiron’s book, Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms, I have been trying to be more organized and cook something ahead of time so that I’m not always so harried to get dinner on the table during the week. Some of the tips on the book are really helpful and I have started utilizing some of them including the one about freezing a pan of lasagna for another day. That’s what I did when I made this double batch of lasagna that is loosely based on Jane’s recipe in the book. You know me, I just can’t leave any recipe well enough alone. I have to go and mess with it. Jane’s recipe is really simple and easy to follow AND easily adaptable which is what I did here. It … Read entire article »
Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms
I have a full time job outside the home, a busy husband and three very social teens so my schedule gets a little hectic sometimes. Sometimes it’s easier to just pick up some fast food and call it a meal. But we are not really all the crazy about eating fast-food all the time and eating out to a decent restaurant is not practical at all on our budget. So what’s a busy mom to do? Well, I rely on quick and easy meals that I can whip up on a weekday and I try to plan meals ahead. For instance, Sunday at our house is usually roast day. I would roast a couple of chickens or big chunks of beef or pork, and use the leftovers to create quick … Read entire article »
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Coconut Flavored Pork Stirfry
Because we’ve been enjoying the virgin coconut oil that we received from Tropical Traditions, I have been using it in almost every dish I cooked in the last week or two. This is one dish that was quickly put together on a weeknight and a delicious change from our usual stirfry dish. You can taste and smell the coconut oil but it’s not overpowering. It’s just the right balance to make you think about what that different flavor is. If you’d like to try some virgin coconut oil, make sure you enter the Virgin Coconut Oil Giveaway on my review blog, Found Not Lost. … Read entire article »
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