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Friday Favorites: Easter Eggs-travaganza

“Friday Favorites” features my favorite great ideas/recipes/etc., from across the giant world wide webs. Two years ago, I spent my first Easter with the Guy and Kiddo, and we colored Easter eggs. It...

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Freezer to Crock Pot Meatballs

I love meals I can make ahead and freeze. And I love cooking with my crock pot. So it’s a safe bet that I really, really love meals I can make ahead, freeze and then throw in the crock pot. That’s one...

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Easy way to dice an onion

I cook with onion quite a bit. One of my absolute favorite food smells is onion as it carmelizes in the pan. Dicing onions, though, has always been a venture that put my fingertips in a bit of danger,...

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Friday Favorites: Birthday Best

“Friday Favorites” features my favorite great ideas/recipes/etc., from across the giant world wide webs. Today is the last day of the Guy’s 20s. I’d love to celebrate tomorrow by baking an amazing...

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Make Your Own: Perfect Cold Brew Iced Coffee

I don’t drink a pot of coffee a day like the Guy does, but I do need a cup of joe to get me started in the morning. And, unlike the Guy who can drink hot coffee all year long, when the weather warms...

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Friday Favorites: Apps to Organize

“Friday Favorites” features my favorite great ideas/recipes/etc., from across the giant world wide webs. I finally upgraded my phone this week, to a Samsung Galaxy S3. I love high-tech gadgetry, but...

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The Secret to Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs

One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving dinners with my family when I was growing up was eating countless deviled eggs. My grandma made the best deviled eggs EVER. Seriously. Like there is no...

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Friday Favorites: Campfire Cooking

“Friday Favorites” features my favorite great ideas/recipes/etc., from across the giant world wide webs. The Guy, Kiddo and I are headed for our first camping trip of the year on Father’s Day weekend,...

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Make Your Own: Taco Seasoning

This “make your own” is so easy and so much better and cheaper than the store bought version, I can’t believe that I never tried it before–especially after I turned a packet of taco seasoning over to...

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Hidden Veggie Tacos

Now that we’ve covered how to make your own taco seasoning (better tasting, cheaper and with fewer chemicals than those little store bought packets), I’ve got a veggified recipe that will make taco...

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Balance!!! Where’s my $^@*% balance?!?1?

Yep, there are definitely some weeds growing in the zen garden. Which is why I’ve been negligent about posting. Here’s the quick synopsis: I’ve been working slowly to eliminate as many highly-processed...

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Friday Favorites: Journey to Real Food

“Friday Favorites” features my favorite great ideas/recipes/etc., from across the giant world wide webs. When you start really trying to ditch processed foods, you start having to think a lot more...

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Ice, Ice Baby: Making the Most of Your Ice Cube Tray

It’s not just for ice anymore. The simple ice cube tray offers a brilliant way to preserve fresh ingredients for later use. If you’re like me and cooking for just two (three when the Kiddo is here),...

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Time to Weed

The weeds are pretty  high right now.  So high, you probably thought I’d disappeared, right? After all, it’s been 18 months since my last post. 18 months. Hard to believe it’s been that long since my...

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Homemade Taco Seasoning

*Note: This recipe is a repeat of one previously published on this site. I am using a new recipe plugin to present recipes in a print-friendly format, and am re-publishing old recipes to make this...

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Southern Snow

Our backyard this morning. The Guy and I are both Yankees, transplanted to North Carolina. Technically that makes us damn Yankees, because we stuck around. The truth is that us Yankees only get a hard...

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Smoothie Freezer Packs

My weekdays seem to be a blur of crazed days at work and rushed evenings–cooking and eating supper, followed by dishes. laundry and squeezing in a little QT with the Guy and Kiddo. Summers are,...

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What You Don’t Know

I don’t generally wax too philosophical on here, so I hope you’ll forgive me this one time. Five years and a month ago, I drove in an almost trance-like state from North Carolina to Pennsylvania, to be...

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