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Lovin’ These Links – Monday’s Facebook Recap

It’s Monday again. Time for a recap of a few fabulous ideas from around the web. All of these sites were featured on my Facebook fan page in the last two weeks so, if you haven’t had a chance, you should check them out. If you liked them as much as I did, take a [...]

Fire-Free S’more Rice Krispie Treat Recipe

Don’t you just love the beginning of summer?  Almost overnight the stores are suddenly stocked with red-check tablecloths, freezer pops, hot dogs and boatloads of these… I just can’t help myself.  We don’t even have a fire pit but somehow I couldn’t stop my hands from adding these scrumptious s’more supplies to my cart last week. [...]

Totally Guilt-Free Poppy Seed Salad Dressing

As I mentioned earlier, we’re trying to slim down a little here at our house.  After all, what’s the use of running for miles on the treadmill if the food we eat racks up boatloads of calories anyway?  One of my favorite light lunches lately is a simple salad with chicken and strawberries and my [...]

Totally Addictive Cinnamon Roasted Pecans

Don’t you just love it when you find a recipe that everyone begs you for?  I’ve made these addictive pecans for neighborhood gifts, teacher presents, and holiday parties and I always get requests for the recipe.  I love to make them because they’re incredibly easy, they make my house smell fantastic, and I can make [...]

Easy and Delicious Chicken Noodle Soup

My entire family has been sick at one point or another this week.  Judging by the attendance rates at church and school lately we’re not alone.  It seems like everyone’s family is getting slammed by the flu this season.  So this seems like the perfect time to share one of my favorite recipes – a [...]

Scrumptious and Simple Honey Wheat Bread Recipe

Sorry, guys.  I know I promised this post yesterday but life got in the way.  For those of you anxiously waiting, here’s the recipe I mentioned in my last post. I tried out and adapted several different wheat bread recipes and finally settled on this one for three basic reasons.  1 – It’s made entirely from [...]

How to Make a Giant Hostess Cupcake

This month marked my son’s first birthday.  As tradition holds in our family, this big milestone entitles him to his very first super-chocolatey cake.  I wanted to make something fun but I also wanted it to be inexpensive and easy (because I knew that most of the cake was destined to hit the floor).  After [...]

Talk to Me Tuesday: Turkey Day Tips

I love Thanksgiving.  Well, actually that’s not exactly true.  I love the idea of Thanksgiving – the boatloads of rich foods, the decorations, the traditions, the leftovers.  Unfortunately, since I live several states away from any extended family, I’m kind of on my own when it comes to pulling off this massive, potentially stress-inducing meal.  [...]