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Crockpot Tex-Mex Chicken Stew
Nothing is better than having dinner practically done when you get home from work. I really need to start using my crockpot more during the work week. This soup has a bit of prep with chopping all...
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Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
We all know the dilemma of a very over-ripe banana that just needs to be used before it starts to attract fruit flies in your kitchen. These cookies are perfect – especially if you have just one...
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Chocolate Scotcheroos
Peanut butter, butterscotch, chocolate and rice krispies = chocolate scotcheroos! I had no idea that you could make rice krispie treats without using marshmallows either! I was trying to make a...
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Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies
I was about to make some chocolate chip cookies but realized I was out of brown sugar, I searched through my mile-long to-bake list and realized that I had everything on hand to make these cookies....
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Cinnamon Buttermilk Muffins
I feel so lucky that a Penzeys spice shop opened up in my area – and even more so that its close enough to my work to run over there during my lunch break. Penzeys fans will know that they send great...
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Marshmallow eggs
When I realized that this year for our Easter gathering I had a gift for everyone that was there (mostly because of birthdays) except for my Mom – so I wanted to buy her some chocolate covered...
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Blueberry Muffins
It’s that time of year when I start getting anxious to get some fresh, local fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately living up north, we still have a wait before we’ll see any of those. Luckily, I still...
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Maple Pudding w/spiced pecans
We are big maple fans in this house – we even go to the yearly maple festival to visit local maple farms. You’ll never find a bottle of that ‘fake’ syrup in this house – I can promise that! So for my...
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Carrot Cake
There are so many carrot cake recipes out there – with all sorts of mix-ins – raisins, pineapple, nuts, currants, etc. – but I wanted to find a recipe that really showcased the carrot in carrot cake....
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Chicken and Spinach Flautas
My husband is a fan of ordering flautas when we go out for Mexican food (although it is rare that we do – excluding Chipolte, of course!). So I was happy when I found this recipe – my husband was sad...
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Crockpot Honey Sesame Chicken
I’ve said this time and time again – but there is nothing better than coming home from work and having dinner practically ready for you. Unfortunately there are not tons of crockpot meals that I...
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Chicken Parmesan Baked Pasta
I tend to gravitate towards any meal that is called “chicken parmesan”. Something about the combination of breaded chicken, pasta, tomato sauce and lots of cheese gets me every time. The combination...
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Rocky Road Ice Cream
I hope everyone had a great week – I had an amazing vacation in Seattle – with lots of great food and dessert. I had a few amazing ice creams as well – a honey flavored from an ice cream truck (not at...
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Greek Pizza
This was one of those meals that I kept moving around on my menu plan for one reason or another. And then when I finally made it I regretted every second that I didn’t make it sooner. Even though it...
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Oatmeal Fudge Crumble Bars
I *love* having an excuse to bake – I really do not need much convincing. So when my husband requests treats to bring to a group he is working with – I am more than happy to oblige. The hard part for...
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Chocolate Toffee Shortbread bars
One of the ‘difficult’ things about having a food blog is when you bake something to give away you need to make sure you have time to photograph and taste each item that you bake before its gone. I...
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Weeknight Spaghetti and Meatballs
Whenever I make meatballs– the first night we always have meatball subs or ‘bombers’ as we like to call them. Partly because it’s enough work to mix the meatballs and cook them and I often don’t want...
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Layered Mediterranean Dip
We had a birthday party for my Mom a few weeks back – it was a nice, casual picnic with our family. I knew that my family would love this dip – it has everything you could ever want in it. Hummus,...
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Mediterranean Chicken and Rice
We had a very unusual winter this year for Buffalo, NY. You know – the place that people think is buried in feet of snow every day in the winter. Well, we barely had any this year – and if we did it...
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Funfetti Cupcakes
Umm – you really do not need a good reason to make these cupcakes – you just need to make them! They are so much fun to make and to eat – who doesn’t get a smile on their face when they see colorful...
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