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Easy Taco Seasoning Recipe for all Your Taco Tuesdays
Making homemade seasonings from scratch is so easy and helps eliminate preservatives and unnecessary ingredients in our home-cooked meals. Mainstream packaged foods have sneaky ingredients that I don’t want in our foods. When I can find ways to get back to the simple and basic recipes, I do it! This Easy Taco Seasoning Recipe is a great addition to my…
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How to Make Cran-Raspberry Jam using Cranberry Juice
Cran-raspberry jam with cranberry juice is a sweet-tart twist on a classic fruit spread — and it’s surprisingly hard to find! After coming up short in my search, I decided to create my own version, and it turned out even better than expected. The tart cranberry juice adds a bright pop to the raspberries and gives this jam a nostalgic…
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Perfect Reverse Sear Prime Rib Roast (With No Rosemary in Sight)
This year, my nephew was telling me he would be cooking a prime rib roast for my sister and her kids at their little family get-together. He told me they were on sale, and I was intrigued. I have never had a prime roast. Ribeyes – yes. We are a huge steak-eating family. But I have never had it in…
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How to Make Mini Blueberry Pies
About a month ago, we picked and froze about 20 pounds of blueberries after a fun blueberry-picking adventure on our trip to Michigan. Yesterday, my daughter and I grabbed two of our premeasured bags out of the freezer, let them thaw for a couple of hours, and made Mini Blueberry Pies! It was a lot of fun and of course,…
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Brown Sugar is so Simple to Make – Try It and See!
Skip the running to the store and make your own homemade brown sugar in minutes! We are cookie lovers! And a pantry filled with all the basic ingredients to throw together a batch when the cravings kick in is key to any happy house! All you need are two basic ingredients to have soft, rich, and flavorful brown sugar in…
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Fig Leaf Tea – It’s Healthy and it Tastes Amazing!
Fig leaf Tea is so amazing! When we moved into our house, we had a Brown Turkey Fig Tree in our yard. I was so excited about the tasty little fruits that blessed us in the spring. But I had no idea how amazing the leaves were until a couple of years later, when I was reading about how plants…
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This Minestrone Soup is my New Favorite Italian Dinner!
A couple of years ago, my husband brought me some Minestrone Soup from the Olive Garden. I was put on bed rest after my surgery, and as for me cooking, well… it was not happening. Haha, I had never had their Minestrone Soup before, but after one bite, I was in heaven!! And I knew I had to add it…
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Homemade Tortillas have quickly become a Family Favorite around here!
Who doesn’t love a homemade tortilla!?? I know my world would not be complete without tortillas. Mexican food is my favorite!! Most everyone in my family loves it as well. The only picky one is my oldest daughter. But when I am making these for everyone, it is simple enough to press a couple out and make her some pizza…
