August 2010

Menu Plan

August 22, 2010

I am loving having a recipe index on my site. I know it has been up for a few months, but it has made menu planning for me so much easier. I hope you are enjoying it too. Here is this week’s plan. I am keeping it simple. Dinner cheese and bean quesadillas with salsa, [...]

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Managing Your Time In the Kitchen

August 21, 2010

Today is Saturday, which means I was planning on posting another tip for managing your time in the kitchen. However, I decided instead do a keeping it real post. I thought keeping it real and sharing my failures might be the best tip of all. None of us are perfect or have perfect plans. I [...]

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Kitchen Essentials: Pepper Grinder

August 19, 2010

Today’s kitchen essential is a simple one. You can easily find it for around ten dollars at almost any store that sells kitchen and housewares type items. Yet, this item makes a big difference in your kitchen and how your food will taste. It is a simple pepper grinder. If you have not tried fresh ground [...]

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Frozen Chocolate Mousse

August 18, 2010

If you like chocolate as much as I do, than you will love this Frozen Chocolate Mousse. It is so creamy and good. Not only is this dessert really good it is so easy to make. You really cannot get a summer dessert that goes together easier than this one does. This is perfect for [...]

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Homemade Whipped Cream

August 17, 2010

Have you ever made homemade whipped cream only to have it not hold up until you needed it? For years the only real solution I found was to make it right before I needed to serve it. However, it is not always convenient to whip the cream right before I need it. Recently though I read a [...]

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Key Lime Pie

August 16, 2010

Recently I was wanting to make a cool and refreshing summertime pie. I did not have much fresh fruit on hand and I did not want to go to the store to buy any. I did have a few limes that I thought would be perfect for a lime pie. I looked through a few [...]

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Menu Plan

August 15, 2010

One of the things that I love to do to save time in the kitchen is to cook once, eat twice and this is exactly what I did this weekend. Well, I actually cooked once and we will eat for three or four days. I have been wanting to use my Weber Smoker again, so [...]

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Managing Your Time In the Kitchen: Grocery Shopping

August 14, 2010

Today’s tip for managing your time in the kitchen is a simple one, but one that many people skip. Grocery shopping is a necessity of kitchen life and my number one tip for saving time while grocery shopping it to take a list. The time it takes me at home to sit down and make [...]

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Summertime Salads

August 12, 2010

Summertime is the perfect time for salads. We eat them as main dishes and side dishes. We enjoy vegetable salads and pasta salads. Here are a few of our favorites. Tomato Salad Tomato Pasta Salad Creamy Fruit Salad Greek Pasta Salad Here is a dessert salad for you. Snickers Apple Salad ( My kids are going [...]