May 17, 2012

Magic Bullet Snack Recipe Ideas

Jul6

Ideas from my Magic Bullet Recipes Contest scaled over 130 strong, and I invite you to read through the comments if you need some great snack ideas this summer. There were some of you who added quite a few recipe [...]

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Tasty Tuesday Parade of Foods

Jun29

I’ve been having so much fun being inspired by all the wonderful ideas on what you all love to grill from yesterday’s GIRLS GRILL TOO Weber grill giveaway post, that I thought I would continue on with that theme. (That [...]

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Breakfast in Bed…take two for Tasty Tuesday

Jun22
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A few weeks ago I shared about our special family tradition of serving breakfast in bed. I encouraged you to take the time to be intentional with your family by sharing creative ways of saying, “I Love You” …just because. [...]

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Magic Bullet Recipes, Magic Bullet Recipe Ideas

Jun14
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If you’ve come here looking for great Magic Bullet Recipes, scroll to the very bottom of the posts where the comments are located. 100 people have added some amazing Magic Bullet recipe ideas. With summer here and the kids out [...]

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What’s Your Favorite Cookbook?

Jun8
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One of my family manager goals this summer is for the kids to all master a few recipes. My girls were browsing some of my new cookbooks trying to decide what they wanted to learn and to them, it’s all [...]

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Breakfast in Bed – Not Just for Special Occasions

Jun1
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Breakfast in bed for birthdays are an annual tradition. The “You Are Special” plate or any number of our personalized plates are dusted off. Candles are lit and typically waffles topped with ice cream, whipped cream and lots of other [...]

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Healthy Eating Choices – Tasty Tuesday

May24

For the last year, I have vacillated on writing about my weight loss journey throughout the years, but something always stops me. Bottom line, women and weight issues hold a lot of emotional baggage, and there are NO easy answers [...]

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The Technology Rub with Reality

May17

(Oops – Comments are now open…did NOT mean to have them closed. This was meant to spur an interesting discussion.) I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately and with that has come a sobering realization. My life is completely tied [...]

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Tasty Tuesday – Sharing Some Bedlam Kitchen Moments

May10

Welcome to Tasty Tuesday’s Parade of Foods – Bedlam Kitchen Moments. We’ve all had them, haven’t we? Think back to that moment in the kitchen where chaos reigned supreme and that recipe creation you were working on either flopped, failed [...]

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Mother’s Day Extravaganza

May3

Reading the comments from my “When did you learn to cook?” post has been a true privilege. If you haven’t done that and need some motivation in the cooking department, there were some motivating stories. My desire was to summarize [...]

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When Did you Learn to Cook?

Apr27
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(daughter  using our Frigidaire range) Don’t miss the comments on learning to cook…it’s fascinating to see the scope of learning. I just love hearing your heart on this topic. When did you learn to cook? Let’s be honest. I’m curious [...]

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Food Presentation – Tasty Tuesday

Apr20
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Food presentation…it’s something I know about, something I’ve studied,  something I appreciate, but something that is often on the low end of my meal making priority list. Seeing these elegant touches reminds me that when I take a few extra [...]

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What Appliances Do You Use the Most?

Apr13
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Appliance reality check. We have never had a “real” microwave. In fact, I was given our first 3′ by 3′ microwave a few years ago and then only used it to reheat single size portions. Last year, we “upgraded” to [...]

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Tasty Tuesday – it’s all about you!

Apr5
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Is anyone else cooked or baked out? Between my freezer cooking and then getting ready for our Easter feast – Whew…I want a siesta, but that’s not quite possible. I can’t wait to share some of my recipes with you [...]

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Creating Community during Tasty Tuesday

Mar23

Last weeks Tasty Tuesday experiment was a huge success!! From many of you, I heard from that you received comments and visitors that do not normally occur, so thank you for taking my request to heart and sharing the visit [...]

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