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Happy Cinco de Mayo and a King Ranch Chicken Casserole

05.05.2011 Chicken

Happy Cindo de Mayo, even if you don’t care about it, I’m still going to give you a few good recipes that I like and consider worthy of the celebration. This dish is what I would call Tex-Mex being that it originated from Texas, named after a cattle ranch the “King Ranch”, strange that its […]

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Easter Menu Game~ Tag…”I’m it”

04.22.2011 Tidbits & Miscellaneous

Hello everyone and Happy “Good Friday” and “Happy Easter” I’m doing this post because I was tagged by another food blogger Curry and Comfort. The idea of the game is to create a menu for Easter just from my blog recipes. Although I’ve been blogging for a year I realized that I hardly have any […]

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A Bouquet of Peeps for Easter

04.15.2011 Sweet Things

Peeps an Easter icon in edibles that is, I wanted to share with my “peeps” a fun and creative way to use those peeps as a centerpiece for your Easter table. I really don’t even like peeps but they are so cute and festive and I can do them as a cupcake topper. I saw […]

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St. Paddy’s Day Cookie Dough Truffles

03.17.2011 Sweet Things

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How to make Stollen-A Daring Bakers Challenge

12.23.2010 Breads

Ingredients: 1 cup packed mixed dried berries (cranberries, cherries, blueberries) 1/4 cup white grape juice 1/4 cup orange juice 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 6 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1 cup milk 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 3 tablespoons, melted […]

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Peanut Brittle-without a thermometer

12.19.2010 Sweet Things

Tips: It’s helpful to have oven mitts handy while stirring the peanut brittle and pouring it onto the pan. The candy is very hot and the pan it is poured on will also get hot so be careful. Do not double the recipe. Make sure the peanuts are raw or they will be over cooked […]

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Oreo Truffles

12.15.2010 Sweet Things

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What’s on my Thanksgiving table this year?

11.24.2010 Tidbits & Miscellaneous

Since 2002, we’ve hosted Thanksgiving at our house. That was the year we moved in, and my in-laws left the country for three years, leaving us “out-laws” in charge of the ranch. Even though they’ve long since returned, my sister-in-law and I never handed back the reins when it comes to this holiday. Each year, […]

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