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Cheesecake Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

27 Comments January 30, 2013
What do you get when you take a cold, Northern climate dotted with a small yellow house filled with sick, lethargic kids needing lots of cuddle time from a tired, feeling under-the-weather-herself mommy? Let me tell you. You get a lot of warm, little bodies snuggling together on the blanket-laden couch drowning their sniffly worries [...]
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Taco Cornmeal Enchiladas

Taco Enchiladas with Cornmeal Crepes

49 Comments January 28, 2013
These delicious little creations are exactly what the name implies: flavorful taco meat enfolded in a cornmeal crepe and baked like an enchilada. Clever, right? Before you run away from here shouting that making cornmeal crepes is entirely too much work, let me convince you to stay by insisting that because the crepes can be [...]
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Snapshot Saturday

Snapshot Saturday

50 Comments January 26, 2013
We were gifted Perplexus for Christmas and let me tell you, I don’t think we own a game/toy that has kept my boys occupied more than this clever orb. Everyone from my 8-year old down to the 4-year old hovers over it and waits {impatiently} for their turn to come, including me and [...]
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Peppermint White Hot Chocolate

White Peppermint Hot Chocolate

11 Comments January 25, 2013
I’ve professed my love of hot chocolate before, so it should be come as no surprise that it has grown by leaps and bounds now that we live in a frozen tundra where, for instance, this week the high (yes, the high) has not been above zero. As I mentioned on Facebook, hot [...]
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Simple Buttermilk Substitutions

Mel’s Kitchen Tip: Buttermilk Substitutions {with free printable}

41 Comments January 24, 2013
I have a zillion recipes that call for buttermilk (see below for a partial list of favorites). I love the stuff. It adds a delicious flavor to food and because of the acidity, when it is combined with baking soda, little bubbles are released during baking that give a wonderful lightness to baked goods. I [...]
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The Best Ground Stroganoff

Delicious Ground Beef {or Turkey} Stroganoff

30 Comments January 23, 2013
There is absolutely nothing fancy about this meal. But man, it makes for a great, quick weeknight meal. My kids love stroganoff. Whenever we have it (and we have several recipes that are made often, including this one), statements like the following are rampant, “Mom, I love stroganoff” and “I’m totally having [...]
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Amazing Shrapnel Dip

Amazing Shrapnel Dip

36 Comments January 21, 2013
Are there any recipes that have made you famous among your family and friends? Dishes you take places and get swarmed for the recipe? Well, prepare to add another one to your “I’m a rockstar in the kitchen and I know it” collection. My cousin Mark sent me this recipe telling me it’s made him [...]
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Cinnamon Roll Cookies

Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies

34 Comments January 18, 2013
Seriously, this cookie is one of those where I was left wondering, “How on earth did I not think of this before?” I love cinnamon rolls. And I love sugar cookies (they happen to be my favorite cookie of all time, in fact). So why not merge the two into one glorious confection? [...]
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Six Recipes the World Forgot {Part One}

39 Comments January 17, 2013
Thanks to brilliant inventions like Pinterest (huh, you’re telling me more important things have been invented this century? Prove it!), a handful of recipes can easily take over and become pinned again and again and again. Kind of like the popular kids in high school, these recipes seem to get all the attention, [...]
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Confetti Chicken Bake

Confetti Chicken Bake with Cheddar Biscuit Topping

44 Comments January 16, 2013
Delicious, comforting and a total throwback to what I ate growing up, my mom sent me this recipe a few months ago with an email stating: “Remember this recipe? I used to make it all the time when you were at home but like the good mom I am, I’ve since changed it so it [...]
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