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2011 Pink Together Giveaway
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I’m sure you’ve been seeing a lot of pink around. If you have and didn’t know what it’s for, then this is your notice. This is also your notice to go and have a mammogram done especially if you’re over 40 like me. As much as it pains me, I have made October be the month to be squished. But that’s OK. I want to be around as … Read entire article »
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Rice Noodles with Beef & Mint
My husband just brought to my attention last week how lush the mint plants have gotten in the backyard and brought me a couple of leaves to smell. I haven’t gotten that fresh aroma out of my system and I just had to come up with something to cook it with. This recipe came about based on what I had in my pantry and what I knew would appeal to both my meat eating husband … Read entire article »
Betty Crocker® Fun da-middles™ GIVEAWAY
Would you ever admit to loving Twinkies? I would! I’ve always loved Twinkies and Ho-ho’s, Ding-dongs and Sno-balls. But then all that craziness about junk food being bad for you became the rage and all my treats were relegated to faint childhood memories. Thank goodness to blogging and obsessive foodies, there are now ways that you can make your own home made twinkies, ho-hos, ding-dongs and even snow balls! Imagine that! But of course my propensity to … Read entire article »
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Chili Lime Steak Fajitas
It has been a blissfully blistering summer and especially when the girls were away on vacation, my husband and I depended on fast and easy meals like plain ol’ steak and potatoes. As good as it is though, that soon gets old and one of my favorite ways of sprucing up a steak dish is to create a fiesta out of it! My husband loves fajitas because of the intense flavors. I love the flavors … Read entire article »
Breakfast Burger
I’m not that crazy about burgers but my family, especially my husband, is. So I make burgers once in a while and when I do, I capitalize on my efforts and make a ton and freeze them. And when you’ve got a ton of frozen burgers, why not also have them for breakfast? After all, that’s what I do when I have leftover cooked burgers. I usually have mine with rice though as in this Loco … Read entire article »
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Cheese Grits with Shrimps & Mushrooms
This is an update on one of our favorite dishes and it’s also our contribution to this week’s Food Quote Meme. “A man full of grits is a man of peace.” ~ South Carolina’s declaration of grits as the official state food With it just being me and the husband for the last few weeks, it has been easier to cook simple dishes for dinner. Sometimes we have breakfast for dinner! That was just the case the … Read entire article »
German Pancakes or Dutch Baby Pancakes
We found a recipe for Dutch Baby Pancakes in one of those parenting magazines a long time ago and it has become a favorite of my daughters’ since we first tried it. They loved how the batter puffs up and the flavor is really fantastic. It looks like a souffle’ when it comes out of the oven but the flavor and texture is very close to crepes. Now I had misplaced that magazine page when my … Read entire article »
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Chicken Stewed in Coconut Milk
My wandering blogger friend Sha posted this recipe on facebook and I just had to try it. I had all the ingredients on hand, and the process was easy enough for a weekday meal, so why not? This was a very tasty dish and my family love it! Their verdict? “It’s like chicken curry without the curry!” LOL! Leave it to them to sum up a seemingly exotic dish with one pronouncement! : Chicken Stewed in … Read entire article »
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