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Creating a Good Green Salad

by Lindsey

(Mixed greens with strawberries, cashews, feta, and chicken.)
I never thought I liked salad because all I ever saw when I was growing up was insipid iceberg lettuce, dry preshredded carrots and gloppy ranch dressing. Now that kind of salad has its place, just not in my kitchen. Salad can be much more adventurous and [...]

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Fresh Tomato Pesto Salad

by Marie

As our garden is blooming and overflowing with tomatoes, I’ve been looking for some good recipes to use them with. My mother-in-law brought over this fresh Tomato Pesto Salad dish the other night. It was so yummy, I had to share it!

Recipe: Tomato Pesto Salad

4 large tomatoes, cut into small chunks with their juice, [...]

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Grilled Portabello Mushrooms… Yum-O

by Marie

My father-in-law is quite handy on the grill! He’s always testing out fabulous food to BBQ. I have to thank him for sharing this delicious recipe with me. These Grilled Portabello Mushrooms are so easy to make with only 3 main ingredients.

Recipe for Grilled Portabello Mushrooms:

2 portabello mushrooms
2 slices of a large tomato
2 slices [...]

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One Chicken, Two Meals

by Lindsey

This is a fabulous recipe my good friend Liz gave me 5 or 6 years ago. It’s great for summertime when you don’t want to heat up the house by turning on the oven. Plus it’s easy, fast, and really good. My husband frequently requests this. Oh, and it can feed your family for several [...]

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Mini Meatloaves in a Muffin Tin

by Marie

Don’t you just love these cute Mini Meatloaves? I love cooking things in muffin tins. It makes everything so tiny and cute to eat. Remember these Pop Up Pancakes? Yum! Well, these Mini Meatloaves in a Muffin Tin are perfect for dinner served with little mini carrots and baby asparagus!

This idea came from the magazine [...]

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Basil Pesto

by Marie

I’ve been growing Basil in the garden for one purpose, Pesto! With only 4 ingredients, this yummy green sauce is so easy to make. It goes great with pasta, pizza, sandwiches, and is perfect as a dip for a crusty bread. I could probably eat it for every meal, it’s that good.

I’ve been excited to [...]

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Easy Chicken Enchiladas

by Marie

Thanks to my sweet sister-in-law, Cathy, I have been making these easy Enchiladas with this can of sauce for a few years now. The recipe is right on the back. With only 4 ingredients, it feeds my family of 4 for 2 separate meals.

You only need tortillas, enchilada sauce, cooked and shredded chicken, and cheese. [...]

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Tortilla Pizza

by Marie

I have left over pizza toppings from last weeks homemade pizza making. There’s a bottle of pizza sauce and a big package of pepperoni in my fridge that I know is going to go bad by the time we make pizza again. So as I was looking for ways to use them up, I opened [...]

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Rotisserie Chicken Without the Fuss

by Marie

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This brown succulent bird, living in a plastic domed palace, is just waiting for me to buy him pre-cooked and ready for eating. With a Costco right across the street from my house, how can I beat buying their rotisserie chicken? It is just too easy. At $5 a chicken, one feeds my family for [...]

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I Want my Baby Back, Baby Back, Baby Back

by Marie

I worked at Tony Roma’s when this song came out and we all sang it in the back kitchen. I don’t think the managers liked that. This job is where I learned to loooooove pork ribs. The cook would give me the extra little bits that they couldn’t serve to the guests, so ate them [...]

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