September 2010

Lasagna Pizza

September 20, 2010

Lasagna Pizza sounds a bit odd I know, but my kids loved this. This is definitely going to be on the menu plan again soon. It is really just a cross between lasagna and pizza. Basically the noodles are your crust and it works perfectly. It was so different from normal pizza and yet it was so [...]

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Grocery University

September 20, 2010

Several months ago I posted about how much I enjoyed the audio series Grocery University. It is full of information on how to save money on groceries. This course is over two hours and covers not only things like stockpiling and budgeting, but also where to find coupons, how store sales work, and lots of other money [...]

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Menu Plan: September 19th-25th

September 19, 2010

Last week I had five new recipes on the menu plan. I ended up making four of the five and we enjoyed all four. The problem is that I forgot to take pictures of two of them. What kind of food blogger am I forgetting to take pictures of my food? So, the Asian soup [...]

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I Love Cookies

September 17, 2010

I love to bake. I find it relaxing and fun. I know I am strange like that. One of my favorite things to bake are cookies. If you have read my site for long you probably already know that. I love to bake them and I love to eat them. Cookies are one of the [...]

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Kitchen Tip: A Watched Crockpot Does Not Cook

September 16, 2010

We have all heard the saying that a watched pot never boils, but did you know that they same thing can be said about a crockpot? A watched crockpot does not cook the same. Every time you open the lid of a Crockpot you add about fifteen minutes onto your cooking time. Yes, taking off the lid [...]

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Loaded Mashed Potatoes

September 15, 2010

Can you tell that I have been on a potato kick lately. I think this is the third or fourth potato recipe that I have posted in the last couple of months. I guess you can tell I like potatoes a lot. Two of my favorite ways to eat potatoes are twice baked and mashed. [...]

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Best of the Best State Cookbooks

September 14, 2010

Several years ago I picked up a cookbook at a used book sale called The Best of the Best from Texas: Selected Recipes from Texas Favorite Cookbooks. I instantly love this cookbook. It reminded me of the church cookbooks that many of us own. It even looks a lot like the church cookbooks that so [...]

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Banana Waffles

September 13, 2010

If your house is anything like mine I am guessing that you often have an over ripe banana or two sitting on the counter. I have one daughter who love bananas and will eat hers when they look so bad that no one else will touch them. However, the rest the family prefers our bananas [...]

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Menu Plan: September 12-18

September 12, 2010

This week I am trying several new recipes. Well, more than several I have five new recipes on the menu plan this week. Let’s hope my family likes them all. Breakfast Banana Waffles-regular & gf version coming tomorrow eggs and toast yogurt and granola bars pancakes (gf version) Dinner rice noodle soup spaghetti mexican chicken [...]