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Recipes and Cooking

Home-Cooked Lima Beans from Dried Beans

November 2, 2011
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A staple in our family, my mama has been cooking lima beans from dried beans for as long as I can remember.  If you’ve never had them like this, you’re in for a treat.  Now, I’ll admit that I haven’t always loved these beans.  When I was younger, lima beans and cornbread for dinner made [...]

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Hearty Beef Chili

October 27, 2011
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Here’s another hearty comfort food for these Fall days:  Fill up the tummy Beef chili from a Williams Sonoma recipe. My friend, Tammy, and I cooked this at her house recently and it made for a delicious meal.  A side salad was the perfect companion, as well as Fritos corn chips. Who doesn’t love Frito [...]

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Carapelli Olive Oil: Taste Test

October 22, 2011
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Olive oil is a staple at our house, how about yours?  Do you use as much olive oil as I have used in my time in the kitchen? I’d love to share my taste test with you. Did you know there are 4 S’s to tasting olive oil?  Yeah, I didn’t either, now I do! [...]

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Sausage and Rosemary Risotto

October 13, 2011
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With another tried and true delicious dish, I’m back to share another recipe using Knorr’s fabulous Chicken Concentrate stock.  This time my friend, Tammy and I decided on a comforting risotto for our dinner.  I’ve cooked risotto a few times in the past and I will tell you that this one is packed full of [...]

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Beef Bourguignon with Knorr Beef Concentrate Stock

September 30, 2011
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Did you see the movie, Julie and Julia? I loved that movie, about a blogger who decided to blog her way through Julia Child’s iconic cookbook in a year. She cooked her little heart out for a year and it was a cute and heart-warming adventure. I loved it cause it was about a real-life [...]

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Black Bean Soup with Knorr Chicken Concentrate

September 19, 2011
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It’s been awhile since I shared my Cuban black bean soup recipe, so I thought it was time to get it out again, just in time for Fall weather.  This time, I used the Knorr Chicken Concentrate to make the stock and it was very flavorful, as always. Dried black beans. Soak overnight. Drain, add [...]

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The Knorr 4 Prize Pack Giveaway!

September 6, 2011
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After my win in CA with the Knorr 4, I’m excited to be a part of this team of ladies who will be representing Knorr products.  The Knorr concentrated chicken stock was a perfect fit with my mom’s chicken and dumplings recipe and evidently the judges thought so too. Here are 7 out of the [...]

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Strawberry-Wine Sorbet

August 30, 2011
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Hi, girls (and guys, if you happen to be reading)! Take note of this one, this recipe will knock your socks off and make everyone think you slaved in the kitchen for hours coming up with this gourmet sorbet that is so tasty and delish! My friend, Tammy, invited me over for dinner one night [...]

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The Knorr 4 Cook-off at BlogHer 11!

August 10, 2011
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So, my weekend in San Diego was exciting to say the least! Meeting up with some blog friends, hanging out in a beautiful city like San Diego, and getting geared up for a cook-off.  What could be better than that? It truly was a very fun experience and one that I will not forget.  I’m [...]

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Canning Tomatoes

July 27, 2011
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My parents have canned tomatoes for so many years, yet I have never stopped long enough to see just how they do it, so this summer I finally did.  And you know what?  It’s not that hard at all.  If you have always thought canning tomatoes (or anything for that matter) is really hard, it’s [...]

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I’m Going to CA, Baby!

July 23, 2011
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Right now, I feel like that athlete who shouted after the Super Bowl win…..I’m going to Disney World. Only it’s not Disney World and It’s a Small World, but BlogHer 11 in San Diego and a great big blog world! I blogged this week about my mama’s homemade chicken and dumplings and now I get [...]

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Iris’s Homemade Southern Chicken & Dumplings

July 20, 2011
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My mama has been making homemade chicken and dumplings for as long as I can remember and I have LOVED them for as long as I can remember.  Talk about comfort food.  These are it! I have tried on several occasions to make her dumplings and did pretty well at them and now I’m going [...]

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Sunkist Valencia Orange Smoothie Recipe

July 9, 2011
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Today, I’ve got a yummy smoothie recipe that I’m sharing over here, so click over to see it all!

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