October 2009

Banana Upside Down Cake

October 21, 2009

My nine year old daughter loves bananas. She loves anything banana. She is the one that choose a banana split cake for her birthday. So, when I saw a recipe for a banana upside-down cake in an old magazine that I bought at a used book sale, I knew that she would love it. And [...]

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Three Kids and A Lunch

October 21, 2009

Three Kids with three different tastes means three different sandwiches and that means it takes mom three times longer to fix lunch. Three different answers is why I don’t usually ask my kids what they want for lunch. And yes that is unhealthy store bought potato bread and potato chips I am feeding my kids for [...]

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Apple Bread Pudding

October 19, 2009

I had a few apples left from my trip to the orchard. They needed to be used up, but I wanted to try something new. I also had some bread, that wasn’t the freshest, that needed to be used up. I looked for a recipe for apple bread pudding, but I could not find one [...]

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Slow Cooked Shredded Chipotle Pork Tacos

October 19, 2009

I need to start using my slow cooker more. I now have several days each week where dinner time is a bit crazy with trying to get everything done. My slow cooker works very well for these days. However, I am tired of my regular slow cooker food. It seems like it is all basically [...]

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BlogFrog

October 18, 2009

I added BlogFrog to my site, you can find it in my sidebar. BlogFrog helps us interact more with each other. You can join my community, participate in forums, ask questions, and answer questions. Right now we are discussing crockpot recipes in my forum. So come join my community and add your thoughts. I would [...]

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Meal Plan

October 18, 2009

Last week’s meal plan went well and we have several new favorites from the recipes that I tried. I also made a really good Paula Deen chocolate cake. It was so good, but then what Paula Deen dessert recipe is not good. Look for those coming soon. Here is this week’s plan. Breakfast crockpot grits overnight [...]

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Spicy Chipotle Chicken and Rice

October 15, 2009

I like chicken and rice dishes, but many of them are the same basic recipe. I like them, but they were getting a bit boring for me. I wanted something with a little more flavor and kick. I wanted something different. I thought something with a spicy Mexican type flavor would be good. I wanted [...]

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Chocolate Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

October 15, 2009

As you probably know by now, my family loves muffins and I love trying new muffin recipes. We eat muffins at least once a week. So, I like to find new and interesting recipes. I know chocolate and pumpkin may sound like an interesting and strange combination, but it is really good. My kids loved these and [...]

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