Lynn's Kitchen Adventures :: wholesome and delicious meals from my table to yours

Building My Cookbook Collection With Swagbucks

July 21, 2010

I will admit that I am a little late to the whole Swagbucks thing. I really thought it was too good to be true that I would get paid for searching the Internet, so I put off signing up. Then once I signed up, I was unsure if it was going to really be worth [...]

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Chocolate Ice Cream Soda

July 20, 2010

I love these chocolate ice cream sodas. They are a perfect old fashioned summertime treat.
Not only that they are quick and easy to prepare and my kids love them.
Have you ever made Ice Cream Sodas?

Chocolate Ice Cream Soda

1/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons chocolate syrup
1 cup ( or so) chocolate ice cream
seltzer water

Place milk, chocolate syrup, and chocolate ice in [...]

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What Is The Best Steak For The Price

July 20, 2010

I have received several questions over the last few months about steak. Questions like what is the best cut? What is the best price? What is your favorite cut?
These are all great questions, but here is where I admit that I have not bought beef in a grocery store in over four years. Each year we buy [...]

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Teriyaki Steak Salad

July 19, 2010

Since we love salad in the summertime, I am always thinking of new ways to serve it.
I recently served some leftover teriyaki steak with lettuce and other vegetables, and it was so good. An Asian style dressing works perfectly with this salad.
I like to make steak salad because it is an inexpensive way to serve steak. [...]

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Menu Plan

July 18, 2010

If you have not checked out my new recipe index, you should. It made menu planning so much easier for me this week. It is so nice to have all my recipes listed in one place.
I also have a new search feature on my site. When you search through the box in my sidebar it [...]

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Managing Your Time In the Kitchen

July 17, 2010

Have you ever thought about how much time you spend in the kitchen?
I cook almost every meal at home. That is 3 meals a day, 21 meals a week, 90 meals a month, and well over 1,000 meals a year. And that is not including snacks, cookies, cooking for company, and anything else you might [...]

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Office Lunch

July 16, 2010

Yesterday, I took another lunch to my husband’s office. It has actually been a few months since I have done this, because last time I cheated and had them order pizza.
It has been really hot here so I did not want to do a lot of baking. I decided a Mexican type burrito bowl/taco bar [...]

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Lemon Mousse

July 14, 2010

I love anything lemon, from lemon bars and lemon pie to lemon curd, I love them all.
So, when I saw a recipe in Martha Stewart’s Dinner at Home (which is a great cookbook) for lemon mousse, I knew that I had to try it.
I marked this recipe months ago, but just recently took the time to make [...]

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Grocery University

July 14, 2010

I think we are all looking for ways to reduce our grocery budget. I know I do not talk about budgeting and couponing often on this site. This is a food blog and I try to stick to mainly recipes and tips, but cooking involves food, which means we all have to go shopping to buy [...]