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Evey once and a while I like to post some of the best recipes I have come across. Today I tried out 2 new recipes and they were excellent! I also think they are pretty thrifty! Both come from a great blog I cam across called Big Bite Appetite. You need to check out her [...]

One of the many things I cannt buy in Mexico is onion soup mix. I have found this super simple recipes to make a dry mix of onion soup mix. I can use it in any recipe that calls for an envelope of onion soup mix. We use it a lot for onion dip (another [...]

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I was contacted by Philadelphia Cream Cheese to try a recipe that included cream cheese. In return they sent me a cookbook with Philadelphia cream cheese recipes and 3 coupons for 3 free bars of Philadelphia cream cheese.
This recipe was great! Our family really enjoyed it. My 18 month old had seconds! It was super [...]

I got an email from Rachael Ray that had a bunch of good recipes for all your Thanksgiving leftovers. (Not a personal email – one I subscribe to:)
Here are a few of her recipes:

Maple Cream Sweet Potato Soup
Mashed Potato Soup
Thanksgiving Stromboli
Turkey Frittata
Turkey Hash with Poached Eggs
Turkey Pasta
Turkey Stoup
Turkey Empanadas
Five-Layer Turkey Dip
Quick Turkey Croquettes
Spanish-Style Turkey Quesadillas

Or [...]

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I came across this recipe a few weeks ago and I could not wait to go buy pecans and have someone bring me brown sugar so I could try it! I saw it on A Few Shortcuts. Check out her blog for great step by step pictures of this recipes. It is so delicious! [...]

We found a 16 pound pumpkin here a few days after Halloween and it only cost us 50 cents! I had a lot of pumpkin puree to use so here are some of the recipes I used:
Pumpkin Muffins with cream cheese frosting
1 cup All-purpose Flour
½ cups Sugar
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1-½ teaspoon Cinnamon
¼ teaspoons Ground Ginger
½ [...]

Tonight I was looking for a no fuss kind of dinner. When my husband isn’t home early enough to watch the kids while I cook I need something fast and simple. I had some bags of chips in the pantry that were just crumbs and I had heard about people making chicken coated in chips. [...]

Last week we had a large anniversary dinner to help celebrate the 5th anniversary of Youth Ministry training in Latin America. We were expecting about 100 people but did not have a very large budget. I contacted my friend Blanca and she helped us come up with a great, affordable menu. We had meatballs, tuna [...]