Pin It Last week Paula Deen {probably my most favorite TV foodie} revealed during a Today Show interview that she was diagnosed a few years ago with type 2 diabetes. And, boy did that open the floodgates for the dog pound to pounce all over her! Visit msnbc.com for breaking…
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{recipe}: Sour Cream Cake with Whipped Vanilla Frosting
Ok so this recipe came to me in a dedicated email subscription from The Cottage Journal. I searched and searched everywhere online for a link to the actual recipe and photo but could not find anything. Even the link in the newsletter that should have led to the recipe did…
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Throwback Thursday: Best-ever slow-cooker pot roast + veggies
One of the coolest things about blogging (in my opinion) is being able to go back through years and years worth of posts and take a peek into what life was like way back when. I find myself doing this a lot lately, especially when I'm finding that my kids…
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{Review} Healthy Choice Café Steamers
I'm pretty sure I've alluded to the fact that I'm a busy mom of three boys. What that translates to every afternoon is that I rarely have a chance to sit and enjoy a meal during lunchtime here at home. What's more is that when I do actually have that…
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{recipe}: Crock pot Italian Sausage + Spinach Bowtie Pasta
Pin It A few weeks ago while browsing online, I came upon a Pinteresting recipe that I sort of modified to make as my own last week. The original recipe called for 1.5 pounds of lean ground beef, but we all know that's not enough meat for the four males…
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{recipe}: Easy Oven-Roasted Potatoes + Carrots
Pin It The other day I found myself with such a craving for oven roasted potatoes and carrots. My oldest son is not one for potatoes, so I don't usually make them for regular inclusion in my weekly meal plans. But, on this particular day, I didn't care. He'd have…
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{recipe}: Tex-Mex Beef + Bean Casserole Bake
Pin It My sister shared a wonderful recipe with me a few years ago for a yummy taco soup, and for the life of me I couldn’t remember what the exact ingredients were. Lately I’ve been really missing the Tex-Mex flavors of my hometown. So, last week in an effort…
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Perfect cinnamon + sugar
Pin It I'm totally bummed about today being the last full day of summer. Anyone who knows me, knows that I adore summer and hot weather. But recently since temps here have been so mild, I've found myself eating oatmeal in the morning fro breakfast, and if you give a…
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{recipe}: Authentic Homemade Flour Tortillas
Pin It So clearly, my tortilla rolling skills are lacking. But who really cares about the shape of them when their yummy goodness is all that matters?! During a recent visit, my wonderful mother not only cooked up some of her down-home traditional Mexican dishes for me and my family,…
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{recipe}: The most perfect homemade guacamole
One of the most wonderful things about cooking Mexican food (in my opinion) is the infusion of guacamole in just about every dish I make! Not only are avocadoes wonderful antioxidants, they are wonderfully tasty! I cringed the other day when I was in the grocery store and a woman…