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Taco Recipes – Add Some Spice to Your Cinco de Mayo Celebration
These taco recipes are perfect for an easy weekday meal and the obvious choice for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Tacos are a popular Mexican recipe. Who can resist the traditional hard taco shell filled with ground beef and your favorite toppings? It is one of my favorites and my family’s too. Here are a […]
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Dip Recipes – Easy Appetizer Party Starters for Your Next Gathering
These dip recipes are the perfect way to start any party or gathering. It will soon be time to start thinking about summer parties and barbecues. (I know, I know…will this winter ever end?) But it is never too early to start planning for the next big event. Start your celebrations off right with one […]
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My Favorite 30 Minute Meals
There never seems to be enough time in the day for me. Especially during the week. Weeknights are so busy for me. I am always on the look out for recipes that just won’t take much time after a busy working day. 30 minutes is as much time as I want to spend in front […]
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Favorite Peanut Butter Dessert Recipes
I have to admit. I am a huge fan of peanut butter. Sort of like Claire on the series Lost. There are days when I could just dive into a jar and eat just that for the day. Add to the peanut butter some chocolate, like many of these recipes do and that is a […]
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Potato Recipes to Highlight your Next Meal
Enhance your meal time with one of these potato recipes. I’ve always been a meat and potatoes kind of gal. No matter how I do them, I always feels as though the potatoes are the star of the dish. Potatoes can be cooked so many ways. They always make a great addition to any meal […]
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Baked Lamb Chops – Baking Lamb Chops in the Oven
These baked lamb chops are beautifully tender and have a delicious rosemary cream sauce. The recipe makes a nice main course alternative to pork or beef. I’ve you’ve never tried baked lamb, you are in for a treat. Lamb loin chops are a tender cut of meat and much less expensive than the fancy rack […]
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For Your Sweet Tooth – Candy Creations
Got an impulse to cater to your sweet tooth? These candy creations will tempt even the most ardent candy lover. Making candy at home is a great way to try new tastes and save money, to boot. Fortunately, it is not too hard to do! From fudge to truffles, and in between, here are some […]
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Favorite Strawberry Recipes – Spring time Desserts
It will soon be time for the abundance of fresh strawberries to start appearing at the farmer’s market. Well, maybe not soon, with the winter we have had but I have a bad case of spring fever. When strawberries are available, I always buy them in bulk and they last well just for eating, but […]
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Seasoned Baked Chicken Thighs
These chicken thighs are so easy to prepare and yet taste as though you spent hours in the kitchen. And they are perfect for those following a Paleo diet. Chicken thighs are made from the dark meat, so are naturally moist and removing the skin saves calories but does not lessen the juiciness of them. […]
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Crock Pot Vegetable Beef Soup
I love making crock pot recipes all the time, but particularly in the winter months. One of my favorite things to make in it is a great tasting crock pot vegetable beef soup recipe. Having a big bowl of soup is a great way to warm up on early spring days when the weather is […]
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Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts
Are you looking for a recipe that will give you the moistest chicken you have ever made? Use bacon! Not only does the bacon give the chicken a delicious taste, but if wrapped around the chicken breasts, it will make them moist and very juicy. This is another easy recipe. I make the marinade early […]
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Favorite Chocolate Dessert Recipes – Part 1
Feeling your Sweet tooth wanting something special? Try one of my favorite chocolate dessert recipes. They are all rich and flavorful and will delight even the most ardent chocoholic. Whether you are looking for a piece of chocolate bark or something as elaborate as the chocolate blooming onion, one of these desserts is just perfect […]
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Dunk that sweet Treat – My Favorite Cookie Recipes
Grab a Glass of milk for one of my favorite Cookie Recipes There is nothing quite like dunking a cookie into a glass of milk. This round up of delicious cookies features everything from a basic shortbread to a decadent peanut butter cream filled whoopie pie that is for the most sugar yearning person out […]
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Caramelized Mushrooms – How to Make Savory Caramelized Garlic Mushrooms
Caramelized mushrooms are one of my favorite side dishes. Who doesn’t love the delicious taste of these slowly cooked mushrooms that take on a lovely caramel color and a boat load of amazing flavor. This recipe is super easy to make and a must have addition to any side dishes recipe collection. Cooking mushrooms this way […]
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Pork Chops with a Balsamic Rosemary Reduction
Ah…the other white meat – pork! I really love the taste of it but some of the cuts don’t really agree with me. When shopping I choose very lean medallions of pork, or even cut my own from a pork loin roast, which is what I did for these recipes. If you are looking […]
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Olive Garden Copy Cat Chicken Breasts with Roasted Garlic, Mushrooms and Rosemary
This Olive Garden copy cat chicken breasts recipe is basically a chicken in white wine sauce, which I make all the time, but the star of this dish is the whole cloves of roasted garlic. Olive Garden Copy Cat Recipe I went to the Olive Garden recently and had the most delicious whole garlic […]
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Baked Chicken Recipes
I love chicken. It’s moist and tender and can be cooked in so many ways. Chicken is relatively inexpensive compared to other proteins and can be as plain or as fancy as you like in a recipe. Cut the Calories with one of these Baked Chicken Recipes I make chicken several times a week, so […]
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Copycat Samoas Dessert Recipes
One of my most appetizing memories from when my daughter was young, was the day she brought home Girl Scout Cookies. Those Samoas and Thin mints were so tempting. I had to freeze them to get them out of sight! Thankfully, now that there are so many wonderful cooks who also run cooking blogs, the […]
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St. Patrick’s Day Recipes – For Good Luck and Cheer
These creative St. Patrick’s Day recipes will help you celebrate in style this year. St. Patrick’s day is a day steeped in tradition. This year, on March 17, millions of people will wear green and celebrate the luck of the Irish at parades, with good cheer and even drinking a pint of green beer. Cooking up […]
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Cheesy Pasta with Ground Beef – Easy Weeknight Recipe
This cheesy pasta recipe is flavored with ground beef, fresh garden herbs and onions. It is super easy to put together and ready in 35 minutes. Forget Hamburger Helper casseroles. Why put all those chemicals into your body when you can make a hamburger casserole that is almost as fast and twice as delicious. (and […]
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Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms and Cream
This recipe is an adaptation of a Julia Child recipe. French cooking at its best. Julia Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I have lightened up the recipe slightly, (less butter […]
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Raise the Bar for These Dessert Bar Recipes
Dessert bar recipes are a favorite of mine. They are usually quite easy to make, and they are also easy to slice, and pack up to take somewhere. What makes bar recipes so great is that you can eat them with your hands, with no utensils. A great tasting, easy to make recipe that is also […]
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Today’s Featured Recipe: Olho de Sogra – Brazilian Sweet
My friend Regina who used to blog at Molly Mell is the star of today’s featured recipe – Olho de Sogra. Regina has been experimenting with Brazilian sweets lately and came up with this scrumptious looking dessert that makes the perfect afternoon snack. Olho de Sogra is basically dried prunes with a sweet coconut filling. […]
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Mushroom and Wild Rice Pork Roast – Easy Recipe
There will be no reason to ask your family to have a seat at the table when you serve this delicious mushroom and wild rice stuffed pork roast. They will come running! The wild rice gives the recipe an exotic look and elevates it from a normal week night meal. Keep reading to find out […]
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Having a Party? Try one of these appetizer recipes
Every party needs great appetizers to start it off well. If you are looking for tasty appetizer recipes, check out this group. Nothing starts a party off on the right foot like a line up for both hot and cold appetizers. Many of these take just a few minutes to prepare but all are delicious. […]
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Viva Italia! Favorite Italian Recipes
Are you ready for some comfort food? Here are a few of my favorite Italian recipes. I am very fond of Italian cooking. It is hearty and delicious and the recipes are normally fairly easy to do. Since I cook with fresh herbs most of the time, I can make use of the oregano and […]