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I’ve been “confessing” a lot lately here on this blog. I confessed that I used frozen pre-made risotto to stuff my Mushroom Lover’s Risotto Stuffed Mushrooms this past Monday. I confessed I used Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes for my Christmas dinner for family and friends. I’m sure there are many more, but you get the picture. I must be…
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Here we are – the last day of 2014. Tomorrow marks the beginning of another year full of promise. After all, isn’t that what a New Year’s Day celebration is all about – the promise? “The promise of what?” you ask. Well, the promise is whatever you want it to be, make it to be, hope it to be. Yes,…
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Slow Cooker Beef Chuck Roast with Red Wine Gravy couldn’t be easier because, well, it’s made in a slow cooker! I’ve included the word “Chuck” in the title because that’s my father’s name and he taught me to cook. Actually, he didn’t have a crock pot for many years, especially during my formative years, so made his pot roast in the…
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Okay, I confess: I’m a cheater! Mushroom Lover’s Risotto Stuffed Mushrooms aren’t made entirely from scratch! Sometimes I use the easy way out in cooking and use pre-packaged products! Well, actually, I use pre-packaged products quite often; after all, I live a “toot sweet” life! Mushroom Lover’s Risotto Stuffed Mushrooms uses pre-made, frozen mushroom risotto from Trader Joe’s. While I…
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An old friend, Teresa, reached out to me through this blog the other day. She and I worked together about 20 years ago and she moved to another state and we lost contact. Anyway, we’ve been emailing back-and-forth, catching each other up on our lives. In those “chats”, she mentioned that she still has the roasting pan that I gave her as…
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So this is Christmas…baby Sweet Cheeks, in all her red-headed glory, stares in awe at the sight of her first Christmas tree. Taken by her mother, Nicole, doesn’t this photo capture to wonder of Christmas as seen through the eyes of a child? Nicole (my niece) transformed this photo of her daughter (my great-niece) into her annual Christmas card in Shutterfly….
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