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Sea Salt Roasted Green Beans

Roasted Green Beans with Sea Salt

When my kids were little, I couldn’t get them to eat a fresh vegetable to save my life. I mean, sure they’d eat carrot sticks and celery, but if I cooked up some green beans, they had better be canned or they wouldn’t eat them. Well, not too terribly long ago, I put a stop [...]

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Veggies with Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce Recipe

Veggies with a Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce

It’s time for This Week’s Cravings again. I am absolutely loving this. Our theme this week is Thanksgiving Dinners and Desserts. I am very proud to be co-hosting This Week’s Cravings along with Tina over at MOMS CRAZY COOKING, Kristen from From My Tiny Kitchen, Angie from Big Bear’s Wife  & Kristi from Veggie Converter. [...]

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World’s Best Creamiest Mashed Potato Recipe

Yes, it’s time for a delicious recipe that I created for the Crazy Cooking Challenge. Tina from Mom’s Crazy Kitchen hosts this challenge every month and the reveal date for the third month of the Crazy Cooking Challenge has finally arrived. I actually made this awhile ago and tortured a friend back then because today’s [...]

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Zucchini Tomato Mozzarella Recipe

Zucchini Mozzarella Medley Recipe

After trying for a year or more, to get my kids to try/eat Zucchini in something other than chocolate cupcakes or muffins, I gave this delicious recipe a try and was surprised to actually see several of them eating it and getting seconds. It’s hard to find recipes for vegetables that aren’t “normal” in a [...]

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Homemade Ranch Macaroni and Cheese

Homemade Ranch Macaroni & Cheese

Who doesn’t like a traditional comfort food? Macaroni and Cheese in all it’s cheesy, ooey, gooey goodness! Regular homemade macaroni and cheese is super yummy, but try adding a twist and see what happens. My kids ate the whole pot minus a single scoopful which my son then took to school the next day with [...]

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Easy Homemade Mashed Potato Recipe

I spent years looking for the perfect recipe for home-made mashed potatoes. We simply love potatoes at our house, and it doesn’t matter how they are served. I just wanted an easy recipe for them, that wouldn’t take a load of time, but would taste like it had. So here ya go…. Our Favorite Easy [...]

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Cobb Salad Recipe

My children actually eat salad. I know. I was amazed too. But they seem to enjoy it. So based on that, I like to play around with ingredients and try different kinds of salads and ingredients to see what they will eat. This one was a big hit, and we’ve made a few modifications to [...]

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7 Layer Salad Recipe

7 Layer Salad Recipe 1 head Lettuce, torn into smaller pieces 1 c. onion, sliced 1 pkg. peas 6 hard-boiled eggs, diced 2 c. miracle whip (some substitute mayo) 2 tbs. sugar 8 slices crisp bacon 8 oz. pgk of shredded cheddar cheese Using a trifle bowl or something similar, layer the ingredients as follows: [...]

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Ramen Noodle Salad Recipe

This blog is known for it’s frugal way of feeding a family, and a ramen noodle salad recipe is one of the cheapest meals you can make. Here is one of our favorite ramen noodle salad recipes that costs only a few dollars. I have several, so I will put them up periodically. Ramen Noodle [...]

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Traditional Green Bean Casserole

Traditional Green Bean Casserole

I know I’m a bit odd, but for some reason I am really not very fond of the recipe for Green Bean Casserole that calls for Soy Sauce. I love soy sauce, so I have no idea why I don’t like that particular recipe, but since I don’t – this is the one I use. [...]

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