Archive for January, 2014

Sparkling Sangria salad

Sparkling White Sangria Salad

Serves: 8-12

Time: 1 hour prep -4 hours to chill

Difficulty: Easy

Growing up in the Mid-West, jello is expected at family functions.  It just is, I can’t really explain.  And by jello, I mean jello salad.  We’re talking jello with stuff in it, lots of stuff in […]

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Restaurant-Style-Pancakes

Restaurant Style Pancakes- quadrupled

Serves: 24

Time: 45-60 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

This makes 4 times the amount of the original recipe found here.  These are great to store in the freezer for easy, hot breakfasts with minimal work.      

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Restaurant-Style-Pancakes

Restaurant Style Pancakes

Serves: 6

Time: 45

Difficulty: Easy

So, about every other Sunday I decide to make a big breakfast and destroy the kitchen for the better part of the day.  This big breakfast usually consists of both pancakes and waffles, ’cause its […]

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ginger cranberry sauce

Warm Apricot Cranberry Sauce

Serves: 8

Time: 20

Difficulty: Easy

There are so many options when it comes to Thanksgiving staples.   For instance, cranberries.  You know there will most likely be cranberries on the table at Thanksgiving.  What kind do you reach for, jellied […]

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Golden-Waffles

Buttermilk Waffles

Serves: 8- 10 Waffles depending on waffle iron size

Time: 20 Minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Some weekends the family prefers pancakes, some weekends they prefer waffles.  I never know which it will be.  That’s why I almost always make both, so they have a choice. This waffle recipe  is a favorite of the whole […]

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Stuffed French Bread

Stuffed French Bread

Serves: 6

Time: 1 Hour

Difficulty: Easy

Right before my first child was born, we would occasionally go to one of those meal assembly places.  We stocked our freezer in the months before he was born.  And it was so great to […]

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Easy Sesame Chicken

Easy Sesame Chicken

Serves: 6

Time: 40

Difficulty: Easy

My son has become somewhat of an aficionado of sesame chicken.  Its strange really.  Mainly because he’s six. It all started when we started shopping for authentic Asian ingredients at an Asian market in town. […]

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Christmas Breakfast Casserole

Christmas Breakfast Casserole

Serves: 8-10

Time: 1 Hour

Difficulty: Easy

Have you ever been so completely disappointed on Christmas morning?  I have.  It happened so quick too.  I was probably 6 or so, and of course insanely excited for Christmas.  It all started just like […]

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Cranberry breakfast cake

Cranberry Breakfast Cake

Serves: 12

Time: 1 Hour

Difficulty: Easy

You know what sucks?  Kitchen accidents.  I’ve been having an accident prone week over here.  First, I grated my thumb while grating cheese.  Yuck and ouch.  Just a few days later, I cut my finger […]

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Broccoli-Cheese-Casserole

Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Rice

Serves: 4-6

Time: 45 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Easy and yummy.  Those are two of our most important meal requirements.  This Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Rice dish definitely met those expectations!  Plus, it has a lot of other great aspects, besides easy and yummy, […]

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