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Colombian Arepas

Sunday, March 10th, 2013 in cooking, Our Travels Worldwide, recipes

We have this sweet woman coming to the house to help 20 hours a week. Mainly it is for the girls and I to learn Spanish faster. But she also helps me keep up on cleaning the kitchen, an extra hand during crazy times during the day, etc. When I want to go somewhere fun
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Tyler’s Marinara Sauce

Monday, December 10th, 2012 in recipes

We got this system down-Tyler and I-splitting up the household to-do’s. He swears that he cooks and does the dishes more than I do, which is kind of true. So I ask him if he spends almost four hours a day feeding a baby. But there are a few main things we make every week
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Summer Grape Salad

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 in recipes

My mother in law made this during our visit to California and it is the perfect summer salad. Cool, refreshing, simple, fresh, covered in cream cheese…YA KNOW…perfect summer salad. So easy…. Ingredients: 4 lbs of grapes 1/2 cup of sugar 8 ounces of cream cheese 8 ounces of sour cream 3 T. brown sugar 4
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Meal Plan with Homemade Tortillas

Thursday, May 31st, 2012 in recipes

First I am going to show you how to do homemade tortillas. Why even bother doing that you ask? They are cheap, they are easier than making cookies, they taste so much better, and they make the meal! Try it. Second I am going to tell you of 5 different meals (some vegetarian options) you
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Cucumber Mint Lemonade Punch

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 in recipes

Someone brought this punch to a get together I went to and was nice enough to leave the recipe card right by the punch bowl. She probably knew a lot of people were going to be asking her for it, I added the mint when I made it myself at home. Wow this is good:
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Dessert OR Breakfast Smoothie

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 in recipes

Another food post for you. I am still not feeling the best (or even good, or even normal, or even just doable) pregnancy wise BUT, I think I am starting the… “I AM STARVING, GIVE ME FOOD” stage. I tried to make a special drink out of coconut WATER a few weeks ago and did
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Peanut Sauce Stir Fry with Coconut Rice

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 in cooking, recipes

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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Abby’s Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 in recipes

Abby had to come up with a recipe for a healthy dessert for school. Here it is: Abby’s Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie This makes a whole blender full! Ingredients: 1/2 cup of almonds 1/2 cup of oatmeal 1/2 cup of water 1/4 cup of cocoa powder 1 1/2 to 2 cups of almond milk (or any
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Tyler’s BBQ Chicken Sammie

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 in recipes

I love Station 22 down in Provo, but it is far away! One day I really wanted my favorite sandwich from there and my husband figured out how to make it. We haven’t found the best bread to put it on yet BUT other than that I like it better than Station 22′s version! Although
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Authentic Tacos (that we had for…Easter)

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 in recipes

We had tacos for Easter, it is all I had the energy for and I just don’t enjoy the ham-funeral potato-bland rolls business that goes on for Easter. But, listen these are AUTHENTIC tacos and you want the recipe. The important thing you need to know is you need to head on into a Mexican
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