Works For Me Wednesday

Gifts For The Cook Under $30

November 19, 2008

My favorite gifts to get and to give are things for the kitchen. I would rather give and receive an item I know will get used. My husband and kids and the rest of my family usually get me a kitchen related items or a cookbook when they give me a gift. I was born [...]

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Holiday Planning Notebook

November 12, 2008

I enjoy having groups of people over, especially during the holidays. We always have a large Christmas party for my husband’s staff and their families. We also enjoy having family and/or friends over for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Over the years I have learned what makes these gatherings much easier on me and that is planning, [...]

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Tomato Soup

October 22, 2008

I saw this soup recipe in the November issue of Martha Stewart magazine. It caught my attention because of how easy it was and how good it sounded. It also ia a very budget friendly lunch or dinner. Our family does not eat much canned soup. I keep a few cans on hand for when [...]

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Wraps

October 8, 2008

I needed to take some food to a baby shower last week. We were doing it as a potluck style lunch. I did not have a lot of time to fix something last week, so I needed to pick something quick and easy. These wraps worked great. We made wraps like this for my sister’s [...]

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Jars and Labels

September 30, 2008

The theme of Works For Me Wednesday is kitchen management. I think this is a great theme because I love talking about the kitchen. I have a pretty small kitchen. It is very open so it does not feel small, but it is. It does not have much cabinet or counter space. To help solve [...]

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Blogging: What Works For You

September 24, 2008

I have a question for those of you who blog. I am trying to figure out what is the best use of my time when it comes to blogging. When I first started blogging, I would just blog what was on my mind or what I had cooked that day. I found that the more [...]

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Banana Yeast Bread

September 24, 2008

A friend of mine was recently telling me about a banana bread that she makes in her bread machine that has yeast in it. She said that her family really likes it. I do not use a bread machine, but I was very interested because I am always looking for new ways to use up [...]

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Menu To Do List

September 16, 2008

If you have read my blog for long, you know that I am big on meal planning. I go crazy with out my meal plan. It saves me so much time and money. But I have learned that it is hard to stick to the plan, if you forget to do some of the prep [...]

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Five Ingredients Or Less

July 1, 2008

Works for me Wednesday is having a five ingredients or less edition this week. I decided to pull a few recipes from my archives for it. I couldn’t decide which one to share, so I am sharing two recipes today. Both of the recipes are from the first month or so of my blog so [...]