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Kitchen adventure: Buche de Noel

Kitchen adventure: Buche de Noel

I have an interesting project slated for today. We’re having a birthday party for our daughter’s boyfriend tonight.  When I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he first joked about avoiding squirrel parts.  Then almost as an afterthought he mentioned a cake his high school french teacher had told him about.  Buche...
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Fish sauce, sriracha and soy– oh my!

Check out my take on these Asian food essentials at MyRecipes.com
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Sesame Chicken and Veggie Stirfry

Sesame Chicken and Veggie Stirfry

I made Sesame Chicken and Veggies the other night and had to get a picture!
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Pasta Carbonera

Pasta Carbonera

This recipe uses very little meat, but even die-hard carnivores love it.  When I make it, I double the amounts given here, and we rarely have any leftovers.  I sometimes add diced tomato or sweet pepper for more color and flavor. Pasta Carbonera Prep Time: 20 minutes Serves 6 One pound of spaghetti, cooked...
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Recipe: Greek-style yogurt

Recipe: Greek-style yogurt

Today I posted my recipe for greek style yogurt over at myrecipes.com
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When you don’t have enough eggs

When you don’t have enough eggs

The other morning I wanted to make scrambled eggs, but didn’t happen to have enough eggs. I remembered I had a 2-pound package of frozen hash browns from the dollar store. I fried the hash browns up with onion, garlic, jalapeno, and cilantro.  At the last minute I added the 4 eggs I did...
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Dinner, maybe?

Baked Herb-Crusted Chicken ~~~~~~~~ Also, don’t miss an interview and giveaways of THREE COPIES my books happening this week at: Cultivating Home and Making Home Now I’m off to swim lessons– as soon as I fix the failed elastic in my son’s swimsuit, that is.  Such a glamorous life I lead.
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Freezer cooking this weekend!

Freezer cooking this weekend!

This weekend I’ve decided to join Money Saving Mom and Life As Mom‘s freezer cooking challenge.  I’ve got lots of ingredients in my freezer and pantry.   I just need to translate those into some meals that will come together easily in the next weeks. Here’s my plan: 3 Hamburger Enchilada casseroles (Thursday) 3 dozen...
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Recipe: Spicy Crab Dip

Recipe: Spicy Crab Dip

On any given day, I’ll have 3 or 4 ‘gotta try this’ recipes open in my internet browser.  And often when I do get around to trying something, I won’t have all the ingredients called for in the recipe. Do I let that stop me?  Hardly ever.  Some of my most interesting recipes happen...
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Helpin’ with the groceries!

Grocery Spending (10-11 people)

2009

  • Aug-$860
  • Sept-$350
  • Oct-$845
  • Nov-$728
  • Dec-$747
  • 2010

  • Jan-$770
  • Feb-$847
  • Mar-$835
  • April-$935
  • May-$798
  • June-$858
  • July-$700
  • Aug-$702

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