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Robert Redford Dessert {My Way}

January 20, 2012

Raise your hand if your are not familiar with this layered pudding dessert? It is one popular delicacy, let me tell you, which I can attest to since we ate it all the time growing up. My mother was quite the layered-pudding-dessert-connoisseur. And she’ll love me for saying that (hi, mom!). I had kind of [...]

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Classic Orange Julius

January 18, 2012

Orange Julius’ have been part of my life for forever, really. My older sister made them for us all the time growing up and over the years, we must have consumed gallons and gallons of the frothy, orange, cool and creamy mixture. My kids, thanks to their inherent Orange-Julius-loving genes, also love the classic combination [...]

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The Best Chicken Enchilada Soup

January 16, 2012

Here it is – the recipe I was telling you about on Friday. The best chicken enchilada soup I’ve ever laid lips on. Do you want to know the ultimately dreamy part about this soup? It is wonderfully healthy because the base of the soup is made up of veggies (potatoes, butternut squash, red pepper) [...]

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Homemade Taco Seasoning

January 13, 2012

Homemade taco seasoning. Is there any reason NOT to make it? Not only are the spices included in the mix fairly common so you can use them in other recipes, but this takes literally seconds to throw together and the flavor is spot-on and a lot less processed than the mixes you buy at the [...]

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Blendtec Giveaway! {Now Closed}

January 12, 2012

Winner! Christina (#815) who said: “Oh, Mel. My blender broke a few weeks ago and I’ve been dying without it while waiting to buy a new one. I would love to win!” Timely win, Christina! I hope you love the blender! Because I was so overwhelmed and happy with the response from this giveaway, I [...]

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Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies {Egg-Free}

January 11, 2012

Raise your virtual hand if you deal with food allergies – either for yourself or a family member. Anyone? Anyone? I’m lucky enough to hibernate in my own home without having to give much thought to food allergies and I count my blessings every day because I have many, many friends who deal with everything [...]