February 2010

Cake Mix Cookies

February 28, 2010

I know most of my readers eat and love gluten, so I thought I would reassure you all that I am still baking some regular, every day, gluten filled treats. Most of the baked items I have posted recently have been gluten free, but I do plan on posting regular recipes as I make them. [...]

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Breakfast

February 26, 2010

I know I have been complaining a lot about breakfast lately, but I really am trying to improve in this area. This week has been better because I actually menu planned breakfast, and I stuck to the plan. That is something I have not been very good at recently. I also have a few other [...]

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Lemon Fruit Salad

February 25, 2010

Fruit salad, I have always wondered if it is a side dish or a dessert. It seems like some people consider it one and some the other. But let’s leave that debate for another post and talk about the reasons I love fruit salad. Fruit salads are great because they are easy and always popular. [...]

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The Importance of Presentation

February 25, 2010

I will admit, that not only do I love cookbooks, I love dishes. I am not a minimalist when it comes to my dishes. I have been collecting them since I was first married. I believe simple and unique dishes are an important part of a kitchen. My grandmother used to say that presentation is [...]

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Cookbooks and Giveaways

February 24, 2010

I love cookbooks! But you might have already guessed that. Several years ago, my children were discussing their “collections.” They were talking about rock collections, button collections, penny collections, etc. One of my daughters turned to me and said, “Mom, what do you collect?” As I was thinking about the question and how to answer it, my [...]

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Overnight Eggs

February 23, 2010

I have posted many times how I struggle with making breakfast for my family. I am not a morning person. Not only am I not a morning person, I am not a breakfast person. I have no desire for food first thing in the morning. The problem is that even though I don’t like to eat [...]

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Kitchen Essentials – A Citrus Juicer

February 23, 2010

This is not exactly an essential for the kitchen, you can make do with out it, but it definitely makes life in the kitchen easier. I am talking about a juicer and I don’t mean a big juicer that makes apple or tomato juice. I am talking about a small, hand held, citrus juicer. This makes juicing lemons and [...]

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Taco Soup

February 22, 2010

There are hundreds of versions of taco soup. Almost everyone I know has their own way to make it. In fact I have several versions that I make. I have a chicken version that we really like. I also have several different beef taco soups that I have been making for a long time. This [...]