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Deep Dish Mexican Meat Loaf Pie

August 24, 2010
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This one might sound a bit strange, but it really is absolutely delish.  If you love Mexican (and we do), then you should really enjoy this one.  It’s a one dish wonder and you gotta love that.  Put it all in one pan, bake in the oven and add some tortilla chips to the mix.  [...]

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Tuscan Cheese Potato Bake

August 17, 2010
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Found this new recipe in my Better Homes and Gardens, March 2010 issue and decided it looked too good NOT to try.  I love different cheeses together and this one has Fontina, Parmesan, and blue cheese.  How’s that for an interesting combo.
It’s really tasty!  I loved all these flavors together and anything [...]

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Delicious Peach Cobbler & Meal Planning Giveaway

August 10, 2010
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This time of year, the peaches are still coming in strong and I have to say, peaches are at the top of my favorite summer fruit list.
Last week, our Whole Foods here in town had a special price of 69 cents a pound on fresh peaches from our peach-growing county, Chilton, so I stocked up [...]

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Green Beans and Fresh Tomatoes

June 9, 2010
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It’s officially bean season at our house.  They are pouring in now and we are enjoying our meals of fresh green beans.  The Blue Lakes are coming in first, with the pole beans right behind them.
The Blue Lakes are really producing and my hubby has been keeping them picked.  I snipped off the ends and [...]

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It’s That Time Again

June 1, 2010
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You know what this is, right?
It’s our first tomato of the season, plucked from our very own garden, just in time for a Memorial Day lunch of this year’s first tomato sandwich.  Can I get an AMEN!?  That little slit to the right is where I was about to slice into this beauty, before I [...]

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Drool-worthy Strawberry Cake

May 11, 2010
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And I’m not even kidding with that title! It totally is.

My mom grew up in the Plant City, FL area, which if you were not aware, is the strawberry capital of Florida, if not the US.  So she was raised picking strawberries and eating an abundance of them.  Maybe that’s why I love strawberries SO [...]

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PW’s Pot Roast

March 30, 2010
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My mama cooked many a chuck roast when we were growing up.  In fact, I think that’s about the only cut of beef we ever had except an occasional steak and of course, hamburgers.  So, I know my way around a chuck roast.  I’ve been cooking them in the crockpot and they do great in [...]

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