August 2009

Easy Homemade Berry Yogurt

August 31, 2009

I have been eating homemade yogurt since I was a kid. I was a very sickly child. I had a lot of health problems and allergies,that are to long to describe in this post, but because of this my mom made almost all of our food from scratch. She made the majority of her baked goods [...]

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Thai Beef Over Rice

August 31, 2009

My family really enjoys stir fry type recipes. My girls love rice and will eat just about anything I serve over it. So, they are always ready and willing to eat my stir fry type dishes. I like stir fry type dishes because in general they are healthy. Now, not all stir fries are, but [...]

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Marinated Tomato Salad

August 31, 2009

I still have a few tomatoes coming from my garden. They are mainly cherry and grape tomatoes, but I have quite a few. And do you know what? I am tired of tomatoes! I know, I know, many of you would love to have garden fresh tomatoes. But for the last month I have had [...]

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Meal Plan

August 30, 2009

Last week I tried several new recipes and they turned out great. So this means I will be posting recipes for Thai Beef over rice and Black Bean Soup soon. In fact I will post the Thai Beef recipe tomorrow. I did not get a chance to fix the chicken spaghetti. My mother inlaw took [...]

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Challah By Artisan Bread In Five Minutes

August 27, 2009

I love making bread. It is one of my favorite things to bake and one of my families favorite things to eat. I discovered the book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking last year. I love this book and I have posted about it several times. I love [...]

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Chocolate Chip Muffins

August 27, 2009

I bought the Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes cookbook several months ago. I love the cookbook, but I have not used it very much yet. I loved the two recipes that I have tried so far and I have quite a few more that I want to make. But I have not had the time to do [...]

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Buttermilk

August 25, 2009

Whenever I post a recipe that contains buttermilk, like my cookie recipe yesterday, I usually get a few comments or emails from readers who say they do not keep buttermilk on hand. You can almost always find buttermilk in my fridge, so not having it on hand seems odds to me. This got me thinking [...]

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Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies

August 24, 2009

I am always looking for new cookie recipes because I love to make cookies. They are one of my favorite things to bake. I enjoy eating them, but many times I make them and give them away. I recently saw a recipe for butterscotch oatmeal cookies. My husband loves oatmeal cookies and since I love [...]

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Creamy Black Bean Quesadillas

August 24, 2009

I love cooking magazines. I love to look through them to not only find new recipes, but to find new ideas and techniques to incorporate into my cooking. The other day I was looking through the newest issue of Paula Deen’s magazine, by the way I love her magazine, and I saw a recipe for quesadillas [...]