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    Delicious White Sandwich Bread Recipe

    Stop the presses! This bread is delicious…and it’s easy to make! I admit, we only buy whole wheat bread from the store but I don’t buy wheat flour. When I make homemade bread it’s always artisan bread, never a loaf. Well, the time came that I needed sandwich bread for lunch and realized we were out. So I went to my trusty friend Google and found this amazingly easy King Arthur recipe. I mixed up all the ingredients in my Kitchen-Aid and followed the easy directions.  A couple of hours later my boys were eating the most delicious grilled cheese sandwiches along with homemade tomato soup. You must make this! It…

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    Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Share Do you love chocolate chips the way I love chocolate chip cookies?  I love them so much that I have tried tons of recipes with variations on ingredients.  Let me tell you that this is the best recipe I have ever come across.  I got it years ago from my favorite recipe site allrecipes.com Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies submitted by Clarice Schweitzer 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 1 cup chunky peanut butter 2 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup old-fashioned oats 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips In…

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    Try This Orange Chicken Recipe

    Can you believe I grew up never, ever eating Chinese food?  In my twenties, a friend took me to a Chinese restaurant and I order sweet and sour chicken.  It was delicious, unlike anything I had ever eaten.  Paired with egg fried rice?  Hello, yummy, I was sold.  Over the following years I acquired a taste for Szechuan Beef, Sesame Chicken, Egg rolls, Dumplings, you name it, I loved it. After my husband and I got married we ordered it maybe 2 or 3 times not much but sometimes.  Recently, my husband started going with his co-workers to a Chinese restaurant by his work for lunch.  He brought home some Orange Chicken…

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    Chili Cheese Eggs

    Share YUM. I must start this post off by telling you how totally in love I am with green chiles, you know the kind, especially if you are from Colorado or New Mexico. These are special green chiles and come from New Mexico and Southern Colorado. They come in varieties like Pueblo, Dynamite, Hatch, Pueblo Mosco – those are the best ones. Usually in late Summer through the Fall you will see stands all over Denver, all equipped with these huge roasters. As soon you step out of your car the aroma is heavenly. All this to say, I want to share one of my favorite recipes. I make this…

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    Kids Quick and Easy Homemade Pizzas

    Ever in a pinch for dinner, had a busy day and not sure what to make in hurry? My husband stopped at the store on his way home from work after he knew I had a very busy day.  I told him to decide what we would have that night. He came up with an idea that would please us all, that even catered it to each one of our likes… Homemade Pizzas! But do you want to know the thing that made this delicious dinner so quick and easy? Pita bread for crust! Which does not require anytime to prepare or bake like homemade dough would. Quick and Easy Homemade…

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    Green Chili Chicken Burritos

    Ooooooooo do I have say anything more?  Yes?  Well ok.  These are to-die-for Smothered Chicken Burritos made with Green Chili from fresh roasted Hatch green chili’s.  We usually eat bean burritos, the tradition passed down from my Mom.  Recently, my Husband asked me to make chicken ones.  No problem, sounded good to me, I used my usual recipe but switched out beans  for chicken .  Inside I slathered sour cream, pan fried chicken breast, and shredded cheese.  Top with pork green chili and cheese, pop in the microwave for 1 minute. Of course we just got bushels of fresh roasted chili, we are gung-ho with smothering everything in it.  I made…

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    Fresh Roasted Hatch Green Chili, a Family Staple

    Our favorite Hatch green chili and Pueblo green chili stand. It is that time of year again!  Every August we buy bushels of fresh roasted Hatch Green Chili’s and Pueblo Green Chili’s.  Oh, and you can have fresh garlic added to your green chili batch when they roast it too! We freeze the chili’s for year around family favorites. We have countless family recipes that call for this wonderfully, delicious green chili.  Anything from egg relish to my Grandma’s Chili, to my Mom’s famous Smothered Burritos and my green chili chicken burritos, we use it for possibly any meal of the day.  It is amazing chopped, with garlic salt and slapped on your…

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    Homemade Chocolate Sauce

    We love to use chocolate sauce in house, whether it is for chocolate milk or ice cream sundaes, we go through it way too quickly.  Pinterest is the source of my latest inspiration, of course.  The thought of making my own was appealing because there are like 4 ingredients  that go into it. No extra “junk”.  While looking for a list of ingredients in Hershey’s Chocolate Sauce (they do not list it on their website) I found this very informative post:  Ingredients in Hershey’s. Why buy chocolate syrup when you can easily make your own with just: 1 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (your favorite brand) 1 cup water dash…