January 2010

Kitchen Essentials-Wooden Spoons and Spatulas

January 19, 2010

Last week I posted on why I love my kitchen knives. This week my kitchen essential is several tools that are used all the time in my kitchen, but are much less expensive than my knives. Today I want to talk about wooden spoons and spatulas. If you haven’t guessed by now, I love kitchen gadgets, but I [...]

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

January 18, 2010

There are a lot of Flourless Chocolate Cake recipes. I have seen many of them over the years. They are all similar and yet different. Each one is it’s own take on a classic recipe. I found this version for Flourless Chocolate Cake in a Gourmet Magazine cookbook and I made it for dinner on Christmas Day. [...]

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Slow Cooked Chili Chicken Tacos

January 17, 2010

One of my goals for the New Year is to post more slow cooker recipes on my site. I love my crockpot and use it all the time. I actually have several crockpots in different sizes and I use them all a lot. I think most of us enjoy the convenience of using a crockpot. We can put something [...]

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Menu Plan

January 17, 2010

I am still trying to use up some of the meat in my freezer and to be honest I am getting tired of pork, but I am determined to use it up. I know many of you would love a freezer full of pork and I do enjoy having a lot of meat, but I [...]

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Gluten Free Peach Cobbler Dump Cake

January 16, 2010

Yesterday, I posted my mom’s recipe for Peach Cobbler Dump Cake. I love that recipe and it is a childhood favorite that I still enjoy. Now that I am eating gluten free, I can no longer eat many of the desserts that I used to enjoy. I am slowly learning new favorites, but I miss [...]

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Peach Cobbler Dump Cake

January 14, 2010

This is a recipe that my mom made all the time when I was growing up. We always called it peach cobbler. It was not until I was married and had other versions of this dessert, that I realized it is really a version of the dump cake that many people make. This dessert is [...]

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Kitchen Essentials: Quality Kitchen Knives

January 14, 2010

When I started thinking about the most used tools in my kitchen, I immediately thought of my knives. There are many days that I do not use my mixer, my blender, or my crockpot, but rarely is there a day that I do not use my kitchen knives. I don’t even know how many times [...]

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Creamed Spinach

January 13, 2010

My husband and girls love spinach, my son and I, not so much. I like it in things, but not usually as a side dish. One way I do like spinach though is creamed spinach. I mean who doesn’t like it when you add so much unhealthy stuff to it that you can’t taste the spinach. This [...]

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Mexican Rice in the Rice Cooker

January 12, 2010

I love my rice cooker. It is becoming one of the most used small appliances in my kitchen. I use it for cooking plain rice, but I also use it for things like my rice cooker macaroni and cheese. I love the convenience of my rice cooker, especially for recipes like this one. I can [...]