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Nosh Time – Black Bean & Pumpkin Chili

October 21, 2010 45 comments
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I haven’t posted about menu-planning in quite awhile — the reason is I am playing with the game of “Monthly Menu Planning.”  That’s right; I spent one day planning meals for the entire month. It was exhausting. Actually — I jest.  It wasn’t difficult; it was easy.  Easy to sit down, calendar by my side [...]

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Tasty Tacos for Tuesday (or something like that) Recipe

October 18, 2010 23 comments
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“I will NEVER eat a fish Taco.” This weekend, I ate those words. And . . . this: My verdict?  OH, MY WORD.  WHY . . . why . . . why did I wait so long to try these?  Why did I assume (*just* because I am most decidedly NOT a fish person) that [...]

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Spicy Brown Mustard Pot Roast

August 24, 2010 99 comments

Alternate Title #2: The Crock-Pot — A Girl’s Best Friend I am IN LOVE with my crock-pot; the subdued, elegant chrome and black color scheme . . . it’s soft to the touch buttons . . .the way light bounces off the clear glass lid. Not only is it good looking, it has a great [...]

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Easy (I mean EASY) Bread Pudding

August 16, 2010 53 comments

Alternate Title #1: Cooking with the Little Lady Alternate Title #2: Teaching the Little Lady NOT to Lick the Spoon while Cooking If you know me . . . and I mean really know me . . you know two things: I used to be addicted to Dr. Pepper I love, adore, cherish, incessantly CRAVE [...]

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Black Bean and Mango Salsa

August 15, 2010 14 comments

As I mentioned last Monday when I talked about school lunches, when it comes to making lunch for my Little Lady, I stick to a couple of rules: Wrap it up pretty — I use a fun lunchbox and put all of the lunch components in colorful little containers.  She LOVES it because everything is [...]

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Roasted Tomato and Artichoke Pasta

August 14, 2010 17 comments

I’ve talked about them before, and I’m going to talk about them again. Why? Because I love me some tomatoes! (Seriously.) A few weeks ago,I came across instructions for roasting tomatoes (from Jane Maynard at This Week for Dinner) and discovered my love affair with this cheery red fruit (yes, it’s a fruit) could actually [...]

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