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Mouthwatering Monday – Easy Mexican Pasta Bake

3.7.10

While I love Mexican food, I can never get my boys to eat anything other than cheese quesadillas.  Not wanting to make separate dinners for the adults and the children, I discovered away to make it work - Mexican pasta bake. This twist on tacos let's me enjoy the flavors ...

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Help a Girl Out – Please Vote

2.24.10

My Friend Tricia at Once a Month Mom is participating in a contest with The Mushroom Channel. She submitted a photo of mushrooms she took and now people are voting on their favorite photo.  1st, 2nd, 3rd place prizes awarded with 1st place getting $100!  Voting ends THIS FRIDAY (FEB ...

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Mouthwatering Monday – Slow Cooker Potato Soup

1.25.10

Happy Monday everyone! So with the crazy work week and all the chaos in the kitchen this weekend (see this blog post), I wasn't able to whip up anything "mouthwatering" last week. I mentioned this on Twitter last night and my friend Carla generously offered to let me share her slow ...

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Mouthwatering Monday – Lentil Soup

1.17.10

Since I am still on a diet, I am trying really hard to find and try healthy recipes that are not only good for me, but that taste good too. This week I thought I would share the recipe for a  low fat/high fiber Lentil soup that I made Sunday ...

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Mouthwatering Monday – Eggplant Parmesean

1.11.10

I've mentioned before that in my quest to eat healthier I am exploring new recipes.  Here's a tasty recipe for Eggplant Parmesan that I made for my family last week. It serves 6-8 people. INGREDIENTS 2 eggplants 2 egg whites 2 tablespoons water 1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs 1/4 parmesan cheese 1.5 cups tomato sauce of choice 1.5 ...

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Mouthwatering Monday – Black Bean Soup

1.3.10

Now that I am back to dieting, it's really important for me to adjust both what and how I am cooking.  To get started I turned to SparkRecipes.com, a healthy recipe database from SparkPeople.com. For those of you with iPhones, SparkRecipes has an iPhone app. I love the site ...

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Mouthwatering Monday – Chocolate Mint Mousse

12.28.09

A few weeks ago a representative with Smucker's emailed me to see if I'd like to try any of their new Limited Edition toppings.  Being a Smucker's family, I was eager to agree.  A few days later the woman contacted me again, only this time  recipes she sent me a few ...

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My Chili Brings All the Moms to the Yard

12.1.09

If you read this blog, you know that I am not much of a star when it comes to cooking. Don't get me wrong, from time to time I'll have a success or two in the kitchen and share it here on my blog, but for the most part cooking's ...

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Recipe for Homemade Cranberry Sauce

11.26.09

One of my favorite things to make during the holidays is fresh cranberry sauce.  As a child I only knew cranberry sauce to come in a can, served in slices. It wasn't until I was older and creating my own Thanksgiving meals that I learned how to make it from ...

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Homemade Strawberry Banana Waffles

11.2.09

This week's Mouthwatering Monday post is brought to you by my husband, Marty (aka Mr. Mommy Bits). As a parent, sometimes you get caught between that moment of pride and jealousy when your little one bests you at something. The recipe that follows captures that exact moment. This morning I got up ...

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