A blog about motherhood…
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I know, you are thinking; “come on! It is October! Christmas is still 2 months away”. Wait, think about that. Christmas is ONLY 2 months away. Instead of waiting till last minutes and being at the mercy of what cards might be left is stock, get a jump start now! Shutterfly.com has some beautiful cards [...]
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This is a Public Service Announcement: Sweet Corn on the Cob is a vegetable. Please stop over cooking your vegetables. I grew up a country girl, and if there is one thing I know, it is sweet corn. Corn on the cob was something my whole family looked forward to. First, you must have patience. [...]
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I am not sure if it is me, or if my favorite go to people for recipes are just letting me down. This time I was looking for some sort of fruit baked good, and while perusing The Pioneer Woman’s Cooking Blog I found what looked like a magnificent raspberry crisp. It really is true, [...]
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Over the winter I went on a recipe bookmarking rampage, anything and everything that looked remotely good got bookmarked, and promptly forgotten. In the last few weeks, I have been trying out these recipes. One such recipe is “Oreo Muffins” straight from Kraft Recipes. The ingredient list is simple, but magic happens in these muffins. [...]
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I was hoping today, to show you the gorgeous lemon meringue pie that I made for the hubs. Alas, it was not to be. Aftersome much deliberation if I should even share my fail here in this blog, I decided it would make a great story, and from now on my food fails will be [...]
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You may remember my predicament from last week. The nearly 1 full cup of lemon curd being left over, and me having no idea what to do with it. I decided on cheese cake, just a simple plain cheese cake, swirled with the luscious lemon curd! Here are the step by step instructions on how [...]
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Muahhhahah Ok, that was a bit sinister. Really, though I did try my hand at lemon Curd. Alton Brown’s Lemon Curd to be exact. The recipe was actually pretty easy. Not sure why I was afraid of it. Ok, so I did cheat a bit. Lemons are crazy expensive right now, so I had a [...]
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Easy Homemade Double Chocolate Pudding by Lynn’s Kitchen Advendtures. I was in the mood for some chocolate pudding, so I went to my cupboard, and my cupboard was strangely and sadly barren of any type of pudding mix. My first reaction was to PANIC! How could I be out of such a staple? What was [...]
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My family was in town, so of course that meant pretty much eating 24/7. One of our favorite picnic-y food is what has always been referred to as “orange stuff”. So many people assume it is ambrosia. Please do not make this mistake. It is not ambrosia. I can not stand ambrosia, I will never [...]
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