Pork Green Chili always intimidated me… That was until I actually made it for the first time. A friend of mine came back with a huge bag of Hatch Green Chilis for me. I think that’s what people do when they go to Hatch New Mexico. They come home with a trunk full of freshly […]
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Who doesn’t love pasta salad? Especially when it’s homemade and the dressing doesn’t contain seed oils! My kids LOVE pasta salad, they could eat it for lunch everyday for a week. But only one week, every time I make it for a second week they won’t eat it…but we all know how that goes. Anyway,
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One of the first things I ever learned to bake was banana bread… It wasn’t this exact recipe. But that first recipe I used was good enough, however I knew it could be better. So I spent a while, probably too much time (I was 18, in culinary school and I didn’t have kids yet,
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Is there anything better than a warm brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top? If there is I sure haven’t found it yet. This is definitely one of my favorite desserts, and this year my husband requested it for his birthday dessert and I was happy to oblige. I love this
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There is something so delicious and simple about strawberry cake… But usually they are bright pink which looks great, but really it just means they are full of food dyes and usually the cakes don’t have any real strawberry in them. But that’s not the case with this recipe. It contains contain zero food dyes,
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Who doesn’t love coming home to the smell of an already made meal? Especially during the winter this is one of my favorite things. Not to mention the fact that I’m a 32 year old mom who still gets giddy every time I use my crockpot. There is nothing more satisfying than knowing I made
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I LOVE pasta, I could eat it almost everyday and never get sick of it, as long as I switch up the sauce. I’m sure we learned how to make traditional Alfredo sauce in culinary school, but if we did I definitely did not retain that information. So for years I’ve been making every other
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Move over Tollhouse…this is the recipe that should be on the chocolate chip bag! I’m a sucker for a good chocolate chip cookie. And boy have I used a lot of recipes. Some good, some bad, but this one is my favorite. I make it at least once a week, and by now my older
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Confession… I don’t like macaroni and cheese, or I didn’t until I made it like this In the vast tapestry of comfort foods, few dishes elicit the same warmth and nostalgia as the timeless macaroni and cheese. This culinary masterpiece transcends generations, offering a comforting embrace reminiscent of home-cooked meals and carefree childhood afternoons. It’s
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This is my all time favorite soup! My husband’s favorite food is lasagna, and I like lasagna, but I like this soup more. My husband isn’t a fan of the term “lasagna soup” so he calls it “Italian Chili,” but whatever you choose to call it, it’s amazing. Especially on a cold night with a
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