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Heart Shaped Meatloaf

Every Valentine’s Day since my children were small Ive made a heart shaped meatloaf and pink mashed potatoes for dinner. They loved it and now my grand kids love it too. You can use my recipe for meatloaf or use your own 🙂 You’ll need:

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Wordless Wednesday ~ Carnaval Mazatlan Mexico

Carnaval is an official Mexican holiday that kicks off a five-day celebration of the libido before the Catholic lent begins on Ash Wednesday. It’s a last indulgence of carnal pleasures that Catholics must give up for 40 days of fasting during Lent, from Ash Wednesday to

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Cooking Dry Beans

I thought since many of us have left over ham ( I have a ham with a wonderful bone to make some soup) that I would post a few ham recipes this week. Ham freezes nicely so you can freeze it today and make some of theses

Swiss Steak in the Slow Cooker

I was organizing my freezer and found some round steak that needed to be used. Round steak can be a little chewy so I like to prepare it in the slow cooker. I found a recipe in an old Betty Crocker cookbook. I adapted the recipe

Banana Bread

It seems like I always have pieces of bananas leftover after my  grandson Tyler who is 20 months old visits. Tyler likes to hold the whole banana peeled half way down when he eats it. When he gets to the peeling he stops eating. Even

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Lasagna Casserole

This recipe is called lasagna casserole because it tastes like lasagna but without the lasagna noodles. I guess I should really call it something else since I am using rotini noodles. If I call it rotini casserole you really wouldn’t know what it was. So

Homemade All Purpose Spray Cleaner

Cleaning products are so expensive. I used to would stock up on them when a sale was good and I had a coupon. I like the GreenWorks products. I came across this recipe on The Frugal Girls. I love it. It works great and there

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Full Cold Moon

I’ve always been a moon lover, watcher. I follow all the phases of the moon, even as a small child it fascinated me. This Saturday morning at 5:21AM EST / 2:21AM PST the moon is full. I found this beautiful picture I want to share

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Tuna Stuffed Peppers

I shared with you in an earlier post how I have been swapping recipes with my oldest brother Jim. He is retired from tool making. He is really enjoying cooking. It’s so much fun getting different ideas from him. He does most of the cooking

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Snowman Stocking Stuffer

Here’a an easy way to jazz up a chocolate bar for a cute stocking stuffer. This was one of many little goodies Miss Pam, Katie’s pre school teacher had in Katie’s Christmas bag. I thought it was so cute I wanted to share it with

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

I want to share my Christmas version of Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies. It’s an easy recipe to make. Katie loved rolling the cookies in sugar and sprinkles. This gives them a Christmas look and they taste yummy too. The whole wheat flour gives them a

Homemade Caramel Corn

Every Christmas I make caramel corn to give to family and friends. It’s really easy to make. This is a not so healthy version. But heck it’s Christmas! You’ll need: 6 Quarts popped popcorn 2 Cups dry roasted peanuts (optional) 1  Cup butter 2 Cups

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Rump Roast in the Slow Cooker

We bought a 1/4 side of beef recently and I have been looking for different recipes to cook rump roasts in my slow cooker. Some evenings I may not get home from work until seven o’clock and I want my dinner ready. I use my

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Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

It has been super busy around here these past few days, cleaning up from Thanksgiving. Katie has been staying with me since Thanksgiving day. Katie and grandma have been best buddies, hanging out together. Grandma has her own TV room and Katie has been in there

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Baked Potatoes in the Slow Cooker

Often I make my husband and I baked potatoes for dinner. On the days I’m working late I’ll put my Baked Potatoes in the Slow Cooker.   You’ll need: Potatoes (I used 5 large) oil Scrub potatoes clean and prick with a fork. Coat with

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Country Fried Steak

I learned how to make this Country Fried Steak when I was 18 years old. I was working for an alarm company with several older women. We were locked into a building and monitoring alarm systems. We had a kitchen so every once in awhile one of the ladies would