This is simple, delicious and easy. Great for the summer. I can’t wait until I have fresh peppers and onion to use. I used fresh young garlic from my garden and they are soo sweet and tasty. Boneless Chicken breasts (however many people you are feeding) 1 Box Pasta (favorite type, I used Barilla Rotini) [...]

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I cobbled this together from a few different recipes from a few different sources and then added a bit more flavor to it. The recipe consists of 2 different parts, frying the chicken and then stir frying it all together. The sauce isn’t very saucy. It’s more like a glaze. If you want more sauce [...]

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This recipe is from the Fanni Farmer Baking Book. It is ridiculously simple and easy to make, taking no more than a half hour (if that) from beginning to end Preheat oven to 450F 2 c all purpose flour 2 Tbl sugar 2.5 tsp Baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 c shortening (I use butter) [...]

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These are light little airpockets of sweet nummy-ness. They are fairly easy to put together and (according to the book) freeze well. Preheat oven to 350F 2 cups cake flour (I use KAF cuz it’s unbleached) 1 cup sugar 1 tsp salt (which I always forget to add but in this you should, since saltless [...]

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This recipe was inspired by the Olive Garden’s Chicken con Broccoli dish. It’s a delicious dish of chicken breast, pasta and a garlic-parmesan cream sauce and brocoli. It’s by far my favorite dish. Get or make some bread sticks to serve with it (focaccia is very tasty with). This serves about 4 people Ingredients: 2-4 [...]

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I made this a few weeks ago and it was delicious. They are twice baked potatoes but the above title sounds so much fancier. My 2 year old toddler loved these Ingredients: 8-10 Russet or other good baking potatoes 1/4cbutter some Milk 1 can of salmon (or fully cooked fresh salmon, whatever you have on [...]

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This has been the best Lemon Square I’ve had. Preheat oven to 350F, prep an 8″x8″ square pan (I usually line it with parchment paper, makes clean up alot easier). Crust: 1 Stick/1/2 cup Butter (softened 1/4 cup confectioner sugar 1 tsp lemon zest 1 tsp salt (optional, I usually omit) 1 cup flour Lemon [...]

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I love mocha and so I have been playing around with different ways to make it. But this is by far the best recipe I’ve come up with. Ingredients: makes about 3-4 cups 1 cup Rich dark coffee (brewed) 1 packet of hot chocolate mix 1/4 – 3/4 cup sugar 2 oz unsweetened baking chocolate [...]

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Made fudge this morning and realized almost all the fudge recipes out there call for corn syrup and/or marshmallow, which in my opinion, make the fudge too sweet. So I make my grandmother’s fudge which is easy and contains only 5 ingredients 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter 1/3 cup cocoa 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup [...]

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