Doesn’t this look good? We went out to a Thai place awhile ago as a family and my girls have been talking about that “yummy peanut dipping sauce” ever since. So I tried looking at quite a few recipes but didn’t find one that sounded that good to me. My sweet cousin was over and
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Yes! Let’s talk croquetas/croquettes. Yes, they are easy and you can pull them off — be brave and try something new! Croquettes are a Spanish appetizer (tapas) and my husband orders them at restaurants whenever we see them. You can make seafood croquettes, potato croquettes, vegetable based, cheese based, turkey based. I mean, it’s basically
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Boy oh boy. Pinterest is fun! When I try to explain it to people (which is kinda hard), I always tell them I love it for two reasons: #1 Using it as a Search Engine: Lots of times I will just use it as a search engine for things like fun kids activities, recipes, crafts
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My middle child (ahh! I can say middle child; I feel old) and I like to sit together and watch cooking shows. Then we talk about the recipes and decide which ones we should try out. When she saw the Dulce de Leche Pie on Marcela Valladolid‘s cooking show, she begged me to make it. Also,
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Here is the recipe for the Corn Avocado Relish I have mentioned a few times on the blog: Corn Avocado Relish Ingredients: 4 ears of corn 2 poblano peppers 5-6 avocados 2 limes 1/3 of a large white onion, chopped 1/3 of a large red onion, chopped 1/2 bunch of cilantro 2T. Olive Oil 2
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What could be better than dinner only taking 15 minutes? Someone bringing you dinner? Alright, you got me there. Eating chocolate chip cookies for dinner? Yeah, I wish I could still pull that off. My metabolism has gone down the crapper. So let’s say a 15 Minute Meal WOULD be pretty awesome. I’ll show you
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Sometimes I don’t feel like cooking something new or trying something new with the girls. Sometimes I really don’t want to involve them in cooking that much. At these times, I want something easy that won’t create any whining or extra work at dinner time. But at the same time, I want it to be
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OLLO. How ya doing? Good. Well today, I am going to try to talk you into trying curry for family dinner. Ha, wait did you already click off my blog? No really, I want to try to talk you into trying something new. Curry is a strong flavor, curry can be spicy and curry can
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Tomorrow night I have put together an activity for the ladies in my church on “Home Management 101″ where we will attend 3 “Mini Classes” on Couponing, Meal Planning and Household Cleaning Tips. Seriously, I know sometimes we don’t mind it and then sometimes we can’t stand it, but shopping, cooking and cleaning are things
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It is almost June…it should be warm enough to worry about heating up your house too much when cooking dinner…right? Well since it isn’t that hot here, how about you save this idea until it is? You just heat up a pan for a few minutes and that is all the heat you have to
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