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Tortilla Pizza

by Marie January 11, 2008

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 January 7, 2008

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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 November 1, 2007

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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Taco Soup Ole’

by Marie October 15, 2007

I make Taco Soup at least once a month. It is easy on the paycheck and quick in the kitchen. I first got this recipe from my darling friend, Becca. Of all the recipes I use, she has given me almost all of them. Thank you Becca! Taco Soup: 1 lb. ground beef, cooked 1 [...]

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No Soup For You!

by Marie October 4, 2007

I have learned to eat my tomato soup. I never liked it when I was a kid. But now I love it when a few extra things are added to it. This is a simple recipe that gives plain tomato soup some pizazz! The Soup Nazi would be proud. Creamy Tomato Soup 1 can tomato [...]

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