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Baked Cheeseburger Spinach Macaroni
I came up with this on a night that my older daughter wanted Spinach Bacon Shells and Cheese. I didn’t have any bacon thawed, but I did have ground beef thawed, so I made the shells and the cheese...
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Snowball Swirl Cookies Recipe
My sister usually has 1 or 2 new cookie recipes she finds each year, and this is one from this year. She and my older daughter made these together. They came together really easily, and have a short...
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Baklava Two Ways
I am surprised that I haven’t ever posted this recipe! Most likely because I haven’t made it in a while. I really enjoy baklava, but like Spanakopita and Tiropita, it’s somewhat time-consuming to...
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Un-Stuffed Peppers
I really enjoy Stuffed Peppers, but no one else in my house really likes them. I think it’s the texture of the peppers after they are cooked that is the problem. So, at today’s Market on the Move...
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Easy Appetizers
My sister and I made some yummy, easy appetizers for New Year’s Eve. The nice thing about these is that one uses crescent rolls and the other uses biscuits, which tend to be on sale fairly often....
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Honey Orange Baked Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans
I’m not sure how, but I had a lot of sweet potatoes. I think I forgotten I had some and just kept getting more. Anyway, I have made chicken and roast potatoes many times, but just with russet or gold...
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Eggplant Lasagna
I’ve always wanted to try Eggplant Lasagna, but just hadn’t gotten to it. After we got eggplant at a recent Market on the Move event, I decided it was time to try it. Now, I have made Moussaka, so I...
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Rosemary Garlic Chicken with Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes
This meal was inspired by an episode of Jamie Oliver’s 15 Minute Meals on TV one Saturday morning. While it’s a little disappointing that cartoons don’t dominate weekend basic cable TV anymore, my...
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Meatballs in Creamy Dill Sauce
This dish was inspired by the other part of Jamie Oliver’s 15 Minute Meals. His dish was Swedish Meatballs with Celeriac and Spinach Rice. I liked that he used dill, since I had some fresh dill on...
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No-Bake Chocolate and Mint Cheescake
My younger daughter found this on a tear pad at Target yesterday and insisted we needed to make it. Of course, it calls for a limited winter type of morsels, dark chocolate and mint, which they didn’t...
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Our 2013 Recipe Book!
I finally found the time to sit down and share this! This photo book was our gift to family and to teachers this year. I used to do a photo book of pictures throughout the year, but it became too much...
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Pesto Pinwheels
For the Super Bowl, we didn’t really watch the game or have a party, but I wanted to still have some party food. So, I made Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip, and then was trying to decide on what else. I had...
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Rosemary Garlic Chicken with Mushrooms
Yes, this is very similar to another chicken dish I recently made, but there are some slight differences. First, I paired it with mushrooms instead of green beans and cherry tomatoes. Second, I added a...
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Ham and Broccoli Pie
I actually made this a few weeks ago, just after Easter, but finally have the time to share it. I had made a 10 pound Zaycon ham for Easter, so we had plenty leftover. I decided I wanted a breakfast...
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Chicken, Spinach, and Wild Rice Soup
A few months back, my younger daughter insisted we get a soup cookbook at the grocery store checkout. I’m sure you’ve all seen them, and sometimes I will flip through one while we wait if something...
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Cabbage, Kielbasa, and Pierogies
Yesterday, I got my Zaycon order of kielbasa. It was a 10 pound box, most of which I will grill with the hot dogs I also got. However, I caught part of a clip on TV of someone preparing kielbasa and...
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Italian Wedding Soup
This is a soup that I have wanted to make for a long time, and finally did! It was a big hit in our house, too, so this will be made again soon. Not many ingredients, cooks fairly quickly, and a...
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Loose Meat Gyros Pitas
So, I have wanted gyros for a while, and just never make it to the place in town that has them on the menu. I really liked the Gyros Meafloaf I made a while back, but I didn’t want all the cooking...
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Slow Cooker Chicken and Green Bean Casserole
My husband went to the store a couple of days ago, and brought home 2 big cans of cream of mushroom soup, 4 cans of green beans, and 2 bags of fried onions as a “suggestion”. I guess it has been a...
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Sloppy Joes with Ground Beef and Lentils
I have been wanting to make sloppy joes for a while, and really wanted to try using lentils instead of ground beef. Of course, my family was a little hesitant to try it with lentils, so when I found...
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