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Friday, January 29, 2010

Orange Chicken...with a little tweaking

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Last night, I made Orange Chicken using a recipe that was published in the Baltimore Sun twice this year. I'm attaching a link to the r...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Honesty is the best policy, right?

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So, a matter of honesty and a matter of discipline... I always tally our budget halfway through the month and often I find that we load up o...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Dogs: Frontline and Furminator

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This weekend I needed to order our puppy some more Frontline. It is surprising how expensive dogs are. I am so thankful we are past the fi...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Glasses and Contacts

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My husband and I have always gotten our glasses at Costco. Even when we had a huge discount for Pearle Vision one year, it was still cheape...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Yummy Enchiladas

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I haven't made enchiladas in several years. I couldn't find an easy recipe for sauce and all the sauces in the markets have MSG, so...
Friday, January 1, 2010

Admission

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Here's my admission for the new year: I am horrible at reading recipes all the way through before I begin them! My husband has prevente...
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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Next Christmas...

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...I'll bake the stuffing the day before and just reheat it Christmas Day. ...I will only eat half of my dessert while the guests are ov...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Easy Chocolate Truffles--Yum!

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This is my version of the recipe I tried yesterday.... Mint Chocolate Truffles 1. Microwave 2 Tbsp butter and 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Grain Mills: A great investment

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It may seem that sometimes good small appliances are expensive, but I was reminded 2 weeks ago that it can really be worth it. A very good ...

Parchment Paper

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Please forgive me if I've posted this before. When baking cookies with Parchment paper, you can reuse the parchment paper. Just use a ...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Yummy Turkey Soup

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http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19951123&id=wB0VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=owcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5497,3635791 The link above is ...
Friday, December 4, 2009

Christmas Trees

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Yesterday, I bought the least expensive fake tree they had at Lowe's for $22.95. I know it may sound different to do that, but I decide...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

My Thanksgiving Pie

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Two weeks ago, my pie turned out great! The kids and I loved it! My pie for Thanksgiving didn't turn out so well. I was reminded of w...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Good Food

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Last night as we ate at Mimi's Cafe, we sat and realized that you can fix bad service, but you can't fix bad food. We had really go...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Less Expensive Cream Sauce

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Last night, I made a cream sauce to go with our pasta. I was just getting ready to make my mom's old seafood fettuccine sauce when I re...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Homemade Gravy

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One of the things I loved every Thanksgiving growing up was my grandmother's gravy for the turkey. I watched my grandmother make gravy ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Thanksgiving Baking and Pumpkin Pie

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When we bought our house in GA, the lady before us had left a tray in the bottom of her oven covered with foil. We never did this growing u...
Sunday, November 1, 2009

The end of another month

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It was the end of another month and I stayed up last night finishing up our budget. It wasn't what I had hoped, but I know it could hav...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Free is not always best

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I had the opportunity to try 2 antivirus programs for free. I thought--wow! Great! I'll save $40 by not having to buy Norton. Well, ...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Funny the way things work...

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It's interesting to me to notice how different companies are increasing their prices in different ways... Kraft Mayonaise. The jar I us...