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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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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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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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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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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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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9.27.09
A few months ago I discovered a great resource for making quick meals - McCormick Seasoning packets. With my first experience with McCormick Seasonings having gone so well, I was eager to give them another try.
This time around I picked up a packet of McCormick's Salsa Chicken & Rice One ...
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8.10.09
When it comes to cooking, I want recipes that are both delicious and E.A.S.Y. (I must stress the easy part) Following is a super easy recipe for cinnamon raisin french toast that will leave your family wanting more. It's a recipe my husband prepared just last week (he's the real ...
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8.3.09
Today I am sharing my husband's easy White Chicken Chili recipe - one of my favorites! As if white chicken chili didn't have enough kick, my husband's recipe takes it up a notch by incorporating green chili's- an ingredient we discovered while living in New Mexico in the mid 1990's.
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5.25.09
Last month when Amy and I got together for our Once a Month cooking date, we ended up with an extra jar of Mancini Red Peppers. Well for weeks I have been trying to figure out what to do with these peppers and Thursday night it finally came to me. ...
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I'm Shannan. I'm a Mom, wife, career gal & technology geek from Cincinnati, Ohio. The lone woman in a house full of men, I blog about life in Cincinnati, my family and things of interest to me as a wife, mother, woman and tech junkie. 
