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Pin It Good Monday to you! I have a little giveaway business to take care of and then...oh, then. The. Soup. I will tell you about this tasty soup of wonder.  But first and foremost...the winners of the Unbroken book giveaway are Jamie email address jlhspalding @yahoo.com and Nancy email address merrillrn@gmail.com. Thanks to all those who entered and left such great book

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Pin It Hello to you on this cold old Saturday morning. Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner, my friends. And I know that a handful or two of you have plans to watch this very important game of wonder and great anticipation.  I have to admit, it is pretty much the only "game" I watch all year. (Unless you count watching 5 year olds play soccer and 14 year olds play basketball.)

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Pin It   I double dog dare you to make this pretty little recipe.  Then I triple dog dare you NOT to eat 5 of them yourself. Because not eating 5 of them yourself with take skill.  And restraint.  And mental will power.  Of which I have none. See you at the gym, I will be there for the next 10 hours working off these brownies. Wish me luck. Cross your fingers that my knees hold out. :)

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Pin It   In southern Utah there is a quaint cabin tucked into the hillside surrounding Panguitch Lake. It's been there as long as I can remember, with its wide wooden porch, upstairs loft of toys, and lovely owner...who happens to be my Aunt Pat. She is a dear little lady with a knack for fishing, generously giving, and making a mean stack of Buttermilk Pancakes. Which she will happily make

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 THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED No recipe today my friends.  Please don't panic. I have not fallen out of love with food. I'll be sharing two new recipes with you before the week is complete. If you can't wait that long click over to my recipe file where more than 400 recipes are just waiting to become your new best friend.  I am taking a little recipe break, because I have recently read a

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Pin It   This year I am planning on doing a little cleaning up around here. There are some really great recipes lurking way back in my archives that I originally posted in the first few months of this little blogs life.  Back when it was just me, two or three of you...and my mom. :) These early recipes are fabulously tasting...not so pretty to look at and a bit confusing to read.  I will be

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The winner of the Scrabble Game Giveaway is Amanda email address kat_ofthe_night@yahoo.com.  Pin It A few days ago, in the middle of the black night I heard these words whispered from a small boy at the side of my bed.  "Mom. Hey Mom!  Mom, can me and Nate play the Wii?" Um. Are you kidding me? It's the middle of the night. Shouldn't you be sleeping and shouldn't I be sleeping

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Pin It   I know it's January. And some of you have vowed to never look at sugar again, or sniff it...or (heaven forbid) TASTE it for the rest of your entire hard knock life.  Or until February 1st...whichever comes sooner. And to those of you who have taken this vow, I apologize. I am sincerely sorry to be posting this creamy, fluffy, chocolaty pie of wonder when you are within the walls

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Pin It   I'm always on the lookout for new recipes to share with you all. I read all kinds of cookbooks and magazines, watch the Food Network and hit my family and friends up for their best recipes. My very favorite are "Something From Nothing" recipes. You know the kind. They don't have a lot of fancy ingredients. Just basic pantry staples that come together to make meal time divine. I've

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 THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED Pin It   So, you know and I know that this is a food blog, right? Which means I post recipes for you all and then I cross my fingers and hope that you love the food and that your family and friends call you super cook of the universe.  That is my goal, plain and simple.  But today is Saturday and you might have some family and friends near by that want to

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Pin It   So, I had to chuckle a bit at all of the comments and emails I got yesterday, after I posted a little tutorial on Quinoa. I have to admit when I set out to write the post, I wondered how it would be received since Quinoa is a bit of a random and unfamiliar ingredient. Most of you were happy to see the introduction of something new and very healthy. Others were worried that I was

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Pin It   Do you know about Quinoa? Have you ever cooked with it, or even heard of it? The stuff is popping up all the place these days! I see it in my grocery store deli case made into a beautiful salads, I read about it online and MyHandsomeHusband keeps putting it in all kinds of things.  Because the man can not live on Cinnamon Roll Cake alone. And neither can his wife.  Quinoa is

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Pin It   Love me a good crock pot recipe. Love smelling something hearty and tasty just a simmering away all day while I do really important things like go to the grocery store, wipe sticky messes off my counter (I am a professional counter wiper, don't you know. It's really glamorous work) and wrestle around on the floor with my little twin boys. This Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup was

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Pin It January is in full throttle and Christmas has been tucked neatly away. For a time. Blink twice and it will be back. :) Don't you worry.  But for now, we are met with the rest of winter and good old January. Usually, I get a little glum during January with it's gray skies, polluted inversion and tight budget. This year, however. I'm feelin' good. Feeling grand, in fact. The weather

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Pin It    A few days ago I was running errands with MyHandsomeHusband. Nothing big and important...just picking up cottage cheese and carrot sticks. Because that's what I have been craving like mad  lately. And you know how carrot stick cravings go. You've got to get to the store and get some fast, before you kill over dead and all. Anyhow, after we purchased food that will cure cancer and

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Pin It Healthy Oven Baked French Fries  Happy 2012 to you! The New Year is stretching out right in front of us, you know. Fresh with possibility and the hope of good things to come. I have my monthly menu plan up for you today. You'll notice that the recipes are on the lighter/healthier side of things. It is January, after all. :) And we all know in January it feels good to

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The year is quickly drawing to a close, my friends. 2011 will soon be nothing but a memory. Can you believe it! Time just seems to be flying by. Another day gone, a few more gray hairs grown. As a tribute to the past year I've put together TWO Top Ten lists for you. The first is a list of the most popular recipes. The second, a compilation of my own personal favorites from the year. It's been

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Pin It    Hi there.  How is your week going?Have you spent some time just laying around in your pj's? Maybe reading a good book, or playing cards with your kids? I sure hope so. You deserve it! I have a great, very easy appetizer recipe for you today.  My dear friend Tricia has been making this fabulous dip  (and sharing it with me!) for years.  Do you LOVE having friends that are

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Pin It   This is THE CHEESE BALL of my youth, my young adulthood,  my marriage and my life.  If this Cheese Ball didn't show up every year on Christmas day, I'm not sure I'd know what to do with myself and my neglected taste buds. It's one of those treasured family recipes that keeps reappearing throughout the years, because everyone loves it so much. The recipe has been on my site

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Pin It   And now.  It is over.  Just like that.  Christmas has come and gone,  and has hopefully left you will some warm memories!  I hope you all had a marvelous time and  were able to spend the day with those you love most.  We are lucky to live in close proximity to our extended family and had the chance to visit with almost all of them over the past few days, which is always a

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No new recipe today, my friends.  Just a little Merry Christmas wish, from me to you.  Besides wishing you a happy holiday, I wanted to show you something really beautiful and inspirational and breathtaking. It doesn't have any calories...imagine that! I believe I've mentioned to you all before that I'm a bit of a music nerd. Love me a good choir number or a rousing show tune.  Julie

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  Pin It   When I was growing up, my Mom made Christmas really great. She's a gal with a real affection for literature and loves to search out and find stories here and there. She has a big three ring binder full of  Christmas stories that have become a family treasure of sorts. What kind of Christmas stories are they? you might be thinking. They are stories about Christmas miracles,

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Pin It   Well, well, well.  I baked up some ham for you all today.  Do you like ham? How about a lovely Orange Glazed Ham,  or would you prefer Green Eggs and Ham? I really hope you choose the orange variety... because I don't have any idea how to make Green Eggs and Ham.  And I've never really wanted to try them. Sam-I-Am, back off a little bit please... I don't want to eat them

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 So we are getting to the last minute you know.  Or at least the last week!   We are down to the last few days available to give and surprise and show a little love to those in your neighborhood, and at work and to those lucky individuals you socialize with.  It's always fun to get little bags of treats and bottles of pop and platters of goodies this time of year, isn't it?  I have

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Pin It    I really like making Cinnamon Rolls. Love mixing the dough, rolling it out, watching them rise.  I adore the heavenly smell that wafts throughout my house and the sticky gooey-ness of each blissful bite.  But, my friends...there ain't no denying it.  Cinnamon Rolls take a chunk of time to make, don't they.  And it's Christmas is this week, you know.  And you might need

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Hello to you, on this very fine gray looking chilly to the bones day. It's cold and gray here in Utah. Just cold. And gray. And dim. And down right ugly. And since it's bitter outside,  I thought you might enjoying seeing a few cheerful,  colorful Appetizer recipes I've pulled out of my  archives. Seeing as you might have a party or two to go to.  And considering that the jolliest day

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Pin It    Christmas if fast approaching, my friends.  Do you feel merry and bright? Jolly and ho dee ho ho? I bet you're not even the least bit tired out, or worn out or cheered out. I'm sure you're out there shopping with the best of 'em. You've most likely been helping with the community Christmas Pageant, mailed out pretty cards to your friends and family, purchased all of your gifts

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Pin It So, I couldn't have a whole series of  Christmas Treats without including some kind of wonderful fudge.  Nor could I let the opportunity to make something with peanut butter and chocolate pass me by.  Peanut Butter and Chocolate... Chocolate and Peanut Butter... I've been in love with this dynamic duo for as long as I can remember. And so for my final Christmas Treat post

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Pin It    Hey there.  It's Monday and I have a very important question for you... Are you ready.  It's sort of earth shattering and all.  Here it is.  Do you need another cookie recipe for your collection? You already have 20? Wow. That's a lot of cookie recipes.  But do you have a Cherry Cookie recipe, I'm wondering. Do you have a White Chocolate Cherry Cookie recipe that is

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Pin It Hey there guys and gals.  This is my last Christmas Treat recipe post for this week. I'll be taking a little break tomorrow,  but will return next week with  the last two treat recipes for the series.  I just may have saved the the best for last. I hope you have been enjoying all of the goodies! Lucky for you and I... looking at all of these tasty treats is calorie free. Hot

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Pin It   Don't look now.  But it's Friday.  Ahh. That just feels good, don't you think? Because, I'm sure you don't have one earthly  thing to do this weekend and are just planning sit  with your feet up and read a good book, right? No? Not a book, hu.  You must be planning to kick back and have a  Star Wars movie marathon with your family? Wrong again! Ok so maybe the

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Pin It If you are looking for a SimpleHolidayRecipeOfWonder, I would like you to meet these Chewy Gingerbread Bars.  They taste just like a gingerbread cookie...but thicker and chewier and just so darn delicious, you won't believe it. As an added bonus, they are super quick to put together and only take 12 minutes to bake. Did I say they had a lot going for them, or what!? When I made

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Pin It    Hello there.  How are things? Sure wish you talked louder.  I can barely hear you, ya know.  Are you enjoying the holiday season... and have you seen the funny Christmas Commercials from Target?  You know, with the hilarious blond lady all dressed up in Christmas red, sporting a gigantic strand of pearls.  The girl cracks me up.  Just take a look! Try to remember

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Pin It I know a really cool girl.  She's SUPER nice. Very pretty. Dang funny.  Clever and cute.   Do you have any friends like her? I bet you do.  Everyone should.     She's not one to gossip or spread nasty stories.  Who wants to waste time with that kind of poison?    She laughs at my jokes! Takes a special kind of person... She lives right on my very street. What

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Pin It   Oh me, oh my.  It's the holiday season.  And you might want to make a little  goodie or two.  Or twenty.  To share or give, or eat your self.  (Don't eat twenty, I hear it can cause sudden death)  And so I thought since it's the treat making season extraordinaire... I best give you a  new Christmas Treat recipe or two.  Or how about  EIGHT? And eight Christmas

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So...rumor has it that the holiday season has hit.  Jingle Jangle, Ho Ho Ho and pass the fudge!     And according to my precise calculations... YOU, yes you... are in the throws of shopping, planning and plotting, trimming, baking and beautifying every corner of your life...  ...making magic happen, every minute of the day.   Am I right? I knew it.  You are just so nice

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Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip Hello to all you fine readers out there. I hope the dawning of December is finding you well, rested, relaxed...and down right pleasant! December is just so easy going. Nothing much to do at all, is there? You know when there are all kinds of big projects to do...like trim a tree, shop till you drop, make dreams come true, host a party, go to a party, make a lot of

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Hey there, everyone! I hope you were able to enjoy the long Thanksgiving weekend with loved ones and some fabulous food.  And now...we are heading in to the holly jolly season of giving.  Here it comes in all it's glory. Let the good times roll.  I have a lot of new Christmas Treat recipes to share with you. Watch for a plethora of sugary confections coming next week.  Buy some extra

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Earlier this week I was busy making Homemade Suckers. Because my friend Pam made them for our neighborhood bake sale, and once I posted a few pictures of them, 500 of you asked me to please post the recipe.  OK so it wasn't really 500 of you, but enough of you asked that I thought I best get to it!  The confections in the picture above are not homemade suckers. Just wanted to clarify.

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To enter to win the $100 Cooking.com Giftcard from BlogHer and Helleman's click HERE.  If you love the taste of sugar cookies, but don't want spend the entire afternoon flouring your counter top, rolling out the dough, cutting out the dough, baking the dough, decorating the cookies... then these simple Almond Butter Sugar Cookies are for you, baby.  No rolling and cutting necessary. 

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I just wanted to pop in today and wish you all a Happy and Wonderful Thanksgiving.  Good luck with all of your cooking, everyone! Crossing my fingers that it all turns out fabulously... of course I will have to uncross them to make some Pumpkin Cheesecake and eat some good turkey and all. But consider my fingers mentally crossed.  Travel safe, enjoy your day  and see you back

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 This past weekend my dear friends and I held a bake sale. It's an annual kind of thing, five years running now. During the weeks preceding the event we get together and bake and visit and bake and visit and eat five dollar pizza and let our kids play with Lego's and bake some more and visit and laugh and chortle and spill powdered sugar and bake and visit.   Then we head to our own homes

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Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you have had a good week and are making some plans for some rest and relaxation this weekend.  Some of my dear friends and I are hosting a bake sale this Saturday, if you are in the area and would like to drop by to support our cause, please do! We will be selling baked goods...rain or shine! You can find details here.  I have a classic Thanksgiving

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 Thanksgiving Feast week continues with a dreamy recipe for Banana Pudding Pie.  This pretty little number comes together in less than 30 minutes, and has a flavor you won't soon forget! A Nilla Wafer crust is topped with bananas, thick and rich pudding, Nilla wafers, more pudding, more bananas and cool whip.  It's a tasty way to bring your Thanksgiving meal to a finish. I made this pie a

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 Last year during November I recieved a lot of emails and comments full of ROLL questions. How could a person make them on Thanksgiving Day without taking up so much TIME and oven space, would they be good made the day before, would it be possible to freeze the dough and would it be possible for the government to end the war and get us out of this recession. I can't do much with that last

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When I was considering recipes for this weeks  Thanksgiving Feast theme, I was reminded of something. Most folks don't like a lot of change and experimentation and unrecognizable ingredients coming along to join in their holiday celebration.  People like traditional, classic dishes like... Turkey with Cranberry Sauce. It is Thanksgiving you know.  Many people I know would be pretty put

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Happy Monday everyone! Thanksgiving is just around the bend, can you believe it! There are already many great classic Thanksgiving Feast recipes in my archives. I've organized them into a single page you can access here if you would like to take a peek.   I have also been working on some additional great Thanksgiving Feast recipes I would like to share with you and so... I will be posting

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We all know the joyful holiday season can be a little bit stressful. Getting quick, delicious meals on the table regularly can be a challenge!  Well, never fear. Hellmann's® has helped put together a fun little program called the Hellmann's® Turkey Challenge to help moms like us re-think main dish meals and leftovers by offering easy, delicious recipes that are great for the busy holiday

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Every year my dear friend Cindi hosts a fantastic bake sale. She and I, and many of our neighbors bake up a storm and then sell our stash of goodies in front of Cindi's house the weekend before Thanksgiving. We have had increasing success as the years have gone by and were able to earn over $2,300 last year. The money was given to a family living close by who has a daughter suffering from

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Did you know  there are a lot of  different kinds of  EASY.  There's the kind of slow and easy that's nice to listen to.  There are days that are easy breezy, where you get to sit under a tree, eat a picnic lunch and watch your kids run in the sun. There's cheap and easy that should only be instigated at the grocery store while purchasing things that are on sale.  And then there 

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 Today is the last day to enter to win $100 Visa Gift Card from BlogHer and GE. Click here  for details. Ah, the beauty of a simple Spaghetti Dinner. This meal can really put a smile on my face.  A smile, because it just tastes so darn good.  A grin, because every person living under this roof loves it. And when children enjoy the dinner handed to them... the almighty dinner hour seems

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When I got married some 17 odd years ago, I was given this lovely trifle dish as a gift. Inside it were several recipes for trifle and a little note from the giver of the gift. Would you like to know what it said? I thought you might.  You are just so nice and attentive like that. Here it is... "Making trifle is a really easy way to make  everyone think you are a gourmet cook."

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Interested in winning $100 Visa Gift Card? Click here to read about the GE Cafe Appliance Progressive Meal and enter.    I've got a wonderful, simple side dish for you today.  Yams, potatoes, carrots and onions are chopped, coated with olive oil, some simple seasoning and then roasted in the oven.  The end result is flavorful, hearty and delicious... a great addition to any fall meal.  I

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 If you have read this blog for a while now, you know that sometimes I throw in a little family story or two. Not because I want to bore you with talk of piano recitals, parent teacher conference and bear lake trips!  Heavens no. I just like to write about funny things, and cute things, and things that I might tell one my sisters if she were sitting here next to me. So...with that said. Here's

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Creamy Pumpkin Pie   Well hello there you Halloween lovin', candy bar sneaking readers! Did you know that if you eat chocolate candy bars on Halloween...they don't have any calories.  This is not a joke. Would I lie to you?  Not a chance.  Just thought you'd like to be let in on that little secret. I bet you wish I would have told you yesterday, right? Keep it in mind for next year,

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 Today. Is the day, for spooks and goblins and witches and bats! I thought you might like to see my Halloween costume this year.  You can tell from the picture above that I'm a handcart pulling green faced warty witch. It only took me 5 years to sew this pioneer dress, paint my face green, hammer the handcart together and grow 50 pumpkins to sit in it.   Ok...so it's not really me.  But

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Hello to you, one and all.  The weekend is upon us  and a mighty beautiful one it is, at that. I thought you might be in need of a few dinner ideas for a  certain up and coming holiday that involves  darling children ringing doorbells,  chocolate candy bars flowing freely  and excitement streaming from every corner.  Chilly Halloween nights call for a hot bowl of soup, some homemade bread

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Interested in winning $100 Visa Gift Card? Click here to read about the GE Cafe Appliance Progressive Meal and enter. Do you   love   using a candy thermometer to make... fudge caramel toffee pioneer taffy and homemade suckers...? You do! Well, bless your beautiful hide. You are truly amazing.  I hope you won't be too disappointed...but this recipe DOES NOT CALL FOR A CANDY

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I have a wonderful little recipe for you today, my friends.  Soft Bread Bowls... simply perfect for serving tasty soup in. Tasty soups is what we like to eat this time of year, isn't it? Go ahead and nod your head.  I know we agree... Soup season is upon us.  Happy days are here again. :)   :)   :) Soft Bread Bowls Time: about 60 minutes Yield: 6 bowls Recipe adapted from

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You are never going to believe this... but Halloween is just one week away.  Just plain crazy, isn't it! October has been absolutely GORGEOUS here in Utah.  Gorgeous and golden, with all the beautiful changing colors and lasting warm weather. We have been spoiled with the beauty of the season, and my family and I have been drinking it right up.  The for cast for this coming week looks a

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The two winners of the  Ronco 25 Piece Six Star Knife Set  are  Robyn mrsrobynharris@gmail.com and                           Steph Thomas  sthomasaz@yahoo.com  Thanks so much for entering everyone. I have loved reading your sweet comments and truly appreciate all of the feedback! To finish off Pumpkin Recipe week,  I have the grand old big daddy of pumpkin recipes  to share with you all.

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All right guys and gals.  I've got a couple of things to tell you about before we talk  Pumpkin Pie Sheet Cake! First, I am giving away two sets of wonderful kitchen knives. Today is the last day to enter. Interested? Click here for the details.  Second, I am happy to be participating in the GE Cafe Appliance Progressive Dinner.  I am sharing a great recipe from my archives... 

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                             THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED  Happy Fall, everyone! Or , should I say, Happy Baking Season.  Which is, of course, my favorite season of all. (Say a special prayer for my hips, would ya?) I'm happy to be sharing this recipe with you today as part of the  GE Café™  Appliance Progressive Meal Campaign.   GE Café™    has recently put two new

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Sometimes I dream about food.  Why I would admit to this, is a mystery to you and me both. But there it is, regardless of how weird and crazy.  Food in my dreams.  Just billowing in and out of my subconscious.  Cookies, cake, pie....winner winner chicken dinner.  Anyhow, I had a little dream  about these cutsie pumpkin cookies.  I thought they would be fun. I knew they would be seasonally

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Don't look now...but this recipe is made with  Whole Wheat Flour.  I am not even joking here.  These muffins are moist, flavorful, packed with raisins and pecans and can be made in just about 30 minutes from start to finish.  They would be perfect to make for a weekend breakfast,  or even as quick bread to add to dinner.  Let's make them, okie doke? Pumpkin Spice Muffins Time:

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 I'm giving two knife sets away, because I love ya. And because my blog is 2 years old this week.  Click here to enter. Happy Monday, everyone! I have a lot of great recipes to share with you this week,  and will be posting everyday for the next five days.  It will be a theme week of sorts. The occasion? Well.....I just can't seem to get pumpkin out of my mind. I love the stuff

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This Giveaway is now closed.  Two years ago... on this very day.  I started stock piling recipes onto this little blogspot of mine.  I had NO idea what I was doing... the Internet is a tricky beast to maneuver you know! What with HTM...L? is it? And hyperlinks and social media and page ranks and how do I even add a link to a post and what about making a little money and how do you

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Just a note.... I'm being featured today at SimplyUtah.com., an informative blog featuring a directory for creative online businesses. They've got a lot of great information over there. You may want to give it a try. Sometimes it's the simple things that make life great. A kiss on the cheek from my sweetheart on his way out the door... Snuggling up with little twin boys to read a

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I have a simple dinner recipe for you today.  Simple and easy and tasty and smile provoking... an all around treasure.  I love it when smiles are provoked.  Heck. I'll take a smile from my kids even without provoking it! It's just so much nicer when people smile instead of whine.  Do you like whining? Not a fan, myself.  Speaking of my children...the other day we were watching a

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Hi there.  It's me again.  Just me and my pile of recipes. and 6 big baskets of laundry.... would you like to help me fold them? You have your own big pile of laundry to fold? Dang it. Well...at least we can think of each other while we fold.   Boy, oh boy do I have a tasty treat for you today. Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Frosting, to be precise.  There is already a Cinnamon Roll recipe

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Well, my friends.  I guess it's official.  Officially soup season that is.  The Rocky Mountains have been dusted with snow and I'm trying really hard not to shed a tear each time I look at their doomly covered winter approaching faces. That dusting of snow just seems to call out....get ready to bury yourself and your children inside your house where whining and fighting is likely to triple

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Hello there! It's October now, in case you weren't aware.  And when October hits I just can't help but bake something cute. The season just calls for it! I have been seeing all kinds of "cute" Halloween baking ideas on  Pinterest lately. Do you know about Pinterest? It's a lot of fun, I'll tell you that. Pinterest works as a virtual pin board where you can keep track of all the fun,

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Yesterday my family and I went for a drive through  Butterfield Canyon.  The leaves are just beginning to change and the air was crisp and cool. We had a great time and the scenery was  absolutely beautiful.  Fall is really such a glorious time of year, isn't it? And here you and I are...lucky to be living and breathing in the month of  October all ready! Time really flies when you are

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Easy Cream Cheese Danish Soon. Very soon.... it will be the weekend. And on weekends don't you always find your self  kicking back taking it easy sleeping in reading 10 books lounging around for hours and eating bon bons while your servants fan you with  big fat billowy  feathers. Ok, me either.  We can wish, can't we! Weekends around here can sometimes wear this old

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Hi.  How are you. How's your life... and your dog and your cat and your pretty little children? I hope they are all well.  And if not... well. I wish they were.   And that's the darn spanking truth.  Would you like to know the truth about this Zucchini Bread? It's good and  sweet and  crispy along the edges moist in the middle  flavorful and  uses 3 cups of shredded

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Several weeks ago I watched the lovely  Pioneer Woman  make a batch of these heavenly  Ground Beef Enchiladas on Paula Deens Food Network program.  Oooooo, they looked good.  I couldn't help but make some,  she made it look so easy and all.  It was the right thing to do, my friends. These babies are melt in your mouth delicious... Isn't that what you want to serve for dinner?

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I've been extremely blessed  in this life to have many many sisters. Some I've had for a long while... we grew up together and all. Others are sisters I've gained through marriage. Let me be clear....they are the sisters of my husband and the wives of my brothers.... not my sister wives.  :) :) :)  Just throwing that out there for clarification.    Between them all I'm sitting

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 The winner of the Flowergirl Bowtique Giveaway is  jenn@dancingprincessdesigns.com  Congratulations! Hello to you all! I wanted to let you local readers know that tonight (Wednesday) I'll be teaching a cooking class at The Pleasant Grove Maceys.  I will be making Homemade Caramels,  Caramel Apples Dipped In Chocolate  and these Apple Pie Caramel Apples I am posting today.  If you

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 Do you like peanut butter and chocolate? Me too.  Oh boy.  Me two, me three and me ten million.  You may have tasted this  Peanut Butter and Chocolate Krispie Treat recipe before.  I believe folks have been making it for years.  Maybe not ten million years or anything,  but years.  Years and years.  And why wouldn't they?  It's easy, simple, quick, tasty, chocolaty, peanutbuttery

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 Hello and happy weekend to you all.  I have a fun little giveaway for you today. Hold on to your hats....it has nothing to do with food.  It just has to do with cute, and pretty and lovely and darling.  Will that do for today?  Never fear....I've got a great recipe coming up for you bright and early Monday morning.    I am happy to be partnering with a fun new website called Flower

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Pin It    Over Labor Day weekend my sister in law Erin  made me one of the best burgers I've ever eating in my whole life.  Wasn't that nice of her? I couldn't help but come home and make one just for you! Ok...I know you can't really reach into the screen and take a bite... but I wish you could.  Then you and I could just sit for a while,  savoring each beefy bite of  this French

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Peach Cobbler.  Moist buttery cake meets juicy fresh peach. A bite of sheer heaven.   Seriously. This is hands down the best peach cobbler I have ever eaten.  The ingredients are simple... the taste  divine. Make it today.  Or make it tomorrow.  Love it. Don't ever leave it.  Dream about it if you want! I know I have been.  Peach Cobbler Time: 15 minutes hands on + 45

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 There's really nothing like a fresh juicy peach.  The flavor is divine, isn't it? I bought a big box of peaches at a roadside produce stand last week, and believe me....it was the right thing to do. The only peaches left in my possession.....are these pictures.  The kids and I have been eating peaches and cream every morning.  And sometimes at night.  And often in the sunny afternoon.

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Last spring, I made some lemon bars.  They were sour and gooey...and not good at all.  I wrote a little post about it here.  Afterwords I had a lovely reader send me a recipe for  "The best lemon bars ever....tried and tested.... they turn out perfectly every time!" Well, lucky for you and I the lovely reader was correct.  These lemon bars are wonderful. They are the perfect blend of

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Breaded Chicken with Tomatoes and Zucchini Oh the beauty of September! It really is one of the most  glowing and delightful months of the year,  wouldn't you agree? I love all of the wonderful produce that is available in such bounty.  I love it even more when I plant a big garden, which didn't happen this year...but I'm trying NOT to be depressed about it and am supporting

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 Planning an end of the summer Labor Day Holiday get together? Oh good! Maybe you can make some of these...  Stuffed Mushrooms Rosemary Focaccia Bread Creamy Spinach Dip Cream Cheese Toffee Fruit Dip   Or maybe you need a side dish idea or two...  Creamy Macaroni and Cheese Olive Garden Salad with Homemade Dressing Raspberry Cream Cheese Pretzel Salad Lumberjack

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The winner of the Egglands Best Eggs Prize Package is  Heidi hneslo@gmail.com Congratulations!   Love me a good glass of Orange Julius.  Frothy... Sweet.... A little bit tangy... Morning breakfast drink of wonder.  I think your kids will like it. I think your husband or wife will like it.  The mailman...the UPS guy....your aerobics instructor... You might be tempted to run around

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Just a few short years ago when I was a young girl and my Mother was well.....my Mother.... Still is, lucky for me.We just don't happen to live in the same house anymore.  Because she is done raising her kids...And because I am in the middle of raising 5 million kids..... Give or take a few.Say a small prayer for me, would ya?Thank you ever so much. You are truly so thoughtful.  Mom used to

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Hello and how the heck are ya?Doing well, I hope!This morning dawns the beginning of a new school year for my two oldest kids. My poor middle daughter Emily has been back to school for five weeks now.Oh the blessing of year round school.  Not really fair is it? The dear girl has reminded me no less than 7 bazillion times how unfair it is that she is"......the ONLY one who has school, Mom. My life

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Ah....the Chinese Cabbage Salad. Seen at many a BBQ, Potluck Party, Baptism Luncheon, Blessing Day....Baby Shower...Wedding Shower...Please don't eat it in the shower....Or prepare it in the shower....Holiday Party....Get together and chit chat....You name it.  Chinese Cabbage Salad seems to make a regular appearance these days, doesn't it? If you've never heard of it, just disregard the first

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This pretty little lady just happens to be my daughter.Anna. Anna the sweet, the funny, the kind hearted,  soon to enter the hallways of junior high... girl of wonder. She had a birthday this past week and turned the ripe old age of Twelve. If you are tired of reading about all my children and all of their blah blah birthdays....never fear. We are nearing the end of our family birthday season. 

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                            Today is the last day to enter to win a $100 Best Buy Gift Card. You can do so HERE. The winner of the 101 Gourmet Cake Bites Cookbook is MISSY definingdesignsbymissy@gmail.com Thanks for your input on the printable page everyone! To read about how Subway is helping Little Leage out click HERE.   Last Saturday I happened to be sitting outside a frozen yogurt shop at

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 To view a Buttercream Frosting Tutorial click HERE.Want to make an easy Spiderman Birthday Cake? Click HERE.Spiderman not your thing? How about Buzz Light Year?  Once upon a time...I had two little twin baby boys.   They were really somethin'!Cried on occasion. Slept a lot.Ate a lot. I cuddled them a lot.Sometimes I felt like crying. Just tellin' it like it is. Newborn twins can wear a girl out,

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 Hungry?Mad hungry for something savory...smokey....crispy...and stuffed with cream cheese? You are!Me too.  I came across this recipe for Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken while reading a Taste Of Home magazine a few weeks ago. As soon as I read the title, I knew I was in. Then after reading the ingredient list which included Smoked Paprika and Chipotle Chile Peppers....I was sold. I have just

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                      Just a reminder about the $100 Best Buy Gift Card Giveaway going on over on my Review Blog. To enter and to read my review of the new Samsung 4-Door LCD Refrigerator click HERE.  Happy weekend, everyone!I hope you are enjoying a little fun in the sun...A little breeze through the trees...And maybe even a little nap by the pool. The days of summer are limited, you know. We

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Itis Wednesday!Time for another simple, fun, tasty recipe that your kids can help you make in the kitchen. Click here to view past kid friendly posts.  Now, when I said SIMPLE...I reallllllllly meant it.  This fabulous Homemade Ice Cream has very few ingredientsand the best part...YOU DON'T NEED AN ICE CREAM MIXER.  It's true. Unless you count yourself as the Ice Cream Mixer. And then, well....

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 A week or so ago I went to lunch with my lovely motherand two crazy and wonderful sisters. These two sisters of mine have birthdays just one day apart. It happens like that every year, even. This is not a joke.  Years ago when these two ladies were still living at home, they used to frequent a local bakery that sells some wonderful Mint Chocolate Whoopie Pies. They loved them so much they named

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Just a little reminder about the $100 Best Buy Gift Card Giveaway and the Samsung Refrigerator review I have going on over at my Review Blog. Take a look, it you would like!   Chocolate Ganache.Smooth, velvety and delectably divine. You've seen this beautiful chocolate glaze before, haven't you?It can be poured over cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes or cookies. You might even love it as a luscious

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Just a reminder about the $100 Best Buy Gift Card Giveaway going on over on my Review Blog. To enter and to read my review of the new Samsung 4-Door LCD Refrigerator click HERE.   Sometimes...bright colors are abeautiful thingto behold. Even(especially!)in acupcake.  If you are looking for a fun-kid-loving-kitchen-project,this recipe from my archives is just the thing for you. Here is the

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Teriyaki Chicken and Noodle BowlWouldn't you know it...another brand new month is upon us. Time just seems to zoom on past doesn't it?Some mornings when I wake up I'm pretty sure my kids have grown at least an inch a piece during the night.Funny how that happens.I have my August Menu ready for your viewing today. Colored titles are recipes linking to previous posts from my archives. Black titles

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