Cookbooks

Why I Love the Martha Stewart’s Pies and Tarts Book

May 24, 2011

It is no secret that I love Martha Stewart recipes. Her cookie and muffin cookbooks are some of my favorite. A few months ago I mentioned that I had bought the cookbook Martha Stewart’s New Pies and Tarts. Since then several of you have asked how I liked it, so I thought I would post a [...]

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Slow Cooker Revolution

May 2, 2011

A few months ago I posted about my new Slow Cooker Revolution cookbook. Since posting about the cookbook, I have had several readers ask what my thoughts were on it. I waited so long to give a full review of the cookbook because I wanted to have a chance to use the cookbook and try [...]

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Martha Stewart Pies and Tarts Book

March 24, 2011

It is no secret that I love Martha Stewart Cookbooks. They are always full of such great recipes, information, and tips. Several years ago I bought the Martha Stewart’s Cookies cookbook and I love it. I have made many of the recipes from it and we have enjoyed them all. About a year after I [...]

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Cook’s Illustrated Cookbooks

February 22, 2011

I love Cook’s Illustrated and have many of their cookbooks. My favorite cookbook that they have done is the The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook. It is one of the most used cookbooks in my collection. I love this cookbook because it contains basic everyday recipes. Many of these recipes have become favorites in my family. [...]

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The Cookbooks Swagbucks Bought

January 28, 2011

It is no secret that I love cookbooks. One of the ways that I have been adding to my cookbook collection is by using Swagbucks. I love swagbucks and have posted about it before. You will not get rich by using Swagbucks, but it is a fun way to be able to purchase a few [...]

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Pork Cookbooks

January 17, 2011

You might just live in the southern part of the United States, and raise hogs, if your latest addition to your cookbook collection looks like this. You mean not everyone buys cookbooks like this? I am sure I am not the only one with The Bacon Cookbook and Pig: King of the Southern Table as part [...]

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Bon Appetit Cookbook

January 10, 2011

My love of TJ Maxx, Ross, and Marshalls started years ago when my sisters and I realized that we could find brand new, and often name brand clothes, for not much more than thrift store prices. Over the years I have found all kinds of things from clothes to housewares at stores like TJ Maxx [...]

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What Have I Been Reading?

December 2, 2010

Cookbooks of course! We love going to the library and one of my favorite things to get at the library is cookbooks. It is a fun and frugal way to find new recipes. This week I found some very good cookbooks at the library and I spent part of yesterday going through them. I found [...]

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Top Secret Recipe Cookbooks

October 28, 2010

Some of my favorite things to cook are copycat versions of our favorite restaurant foods and store bought items. Over the years I have made Panera Broccoli Soup and Panera’s Potato Soup. I have made homemade Orange Julius and homemade taco and enchilada sauce. Some of my other favorite make at home recipes like cornbread are [...]