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Chocolate, Banana, and White Chocolate Chip Muffins

It’s so good to be back!  We had a very busy last few weeks.  First we had friends come stay with us for the weekend before Christmas.  My sister, her husband, and two boys came the following week to...

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Baked Egg with Tomato and Dill

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… simple food is the best food! I had planned to make a lovely baked egg dish with feta, spinach, tomatoes, and dill but ended up being out of spinach and...

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Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies

I saw these on The Curvy Carrot and bookmarked them to make for my son’s Boy Scout’s cookie exchange. They were fairly easy to make, smelled amazing while the baked, and my children LOVED them! My daughter told me...

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Soy Sesame Sugar Snap Peas

I wanted a healthy and tasty side dish to serve with the Asian-Glazed Chicken Thighs I made for dinner recently. I saw a bag of sugar snap peas in the refrigerator and so I decided to cook them like I...

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Asian-Glazed Chicken Thighs

I found this recipe in an old Cooking Light – March 2011 issue. It looked really simple to make and I had all of the ingredients on hand so I made it for dinner. The recipe called for bone-in...

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Pork Fried Rice

I needed to make a quick and easy dinner because I was going to a movie with my girlfriend. After looking through the refrigerator I grabbed some leftover rice, the Garlic Crusted Pork Roast, a few eggs, some bacon,...

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Baked Donuts with Chocolate Glaze AND a visit from The Fairy Hobmother

My daughter recently celebrated her 9th birthday (gulp, is she really that old -time is flying way too fast!) and she wanted me to make homemade donuts for her party instead of a cake. I just got a new...

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Garlic Crusted Pork Roast

I had a pork top loin roast to cook up so I decided to try cooking it like I do my prime rib. I mixed my favorite prime rib seasoning (which happens to be amazing on pork too) with...

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Roasted Green Beans

This is such a quick and easy way to prepare green beans. I love roasting vegetables because they taste so much better to me than steamed or sautéed. I simply seasoned these green beans with sea salt, freshly cracked...

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Swedish Meatballs

I was craving simple comfort food and I remembered my friend Currié saying she loved making Swedish Meatballs so I decided to give them a try. They were fairly simple to make and had just a little bit of...