Category: Food and Recipes
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Corn Dog Muffins
If you’re a fan of corn dogs, you’d probably enjoy starting your day with a nice and tasty Corn Dog Muffin for breakfast! 🙂 It took me baking several batches to get the recipe the way I liked it. The first time, I made them with a cornbread batter that had cheese and honey in…
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Apple-Pear Salad
Now that we’re well into the new year, have you made any plans to eat a little healthier? If you have, I think you’ll enjoy this Apple-Pear Salad! It’s a great salad for this time of year, sweetened with chopped apples, pears, and dried cranberries, which give it a nice crunchy texture and naturally sweet…
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Yummy Vegetable Pasta
This delicious pasta dish is made in a slow-cooker, so it’s easy and convenient! The original recipe is from a cookbook I reviewed a few years back called Stock the Crock by Phyllis Good. If you like making meals in your slow-cooker, it’s a great cookbook to check out!
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Chocolate Chip Cherry Granola
If you like granola + chocolate + cherries, this Chocolate Chip Cherry Granola just may be the granola of your dreams! 🙂 It makes a nice healthy snack around Valentine’s Day too, if you’re trying not to eat so much candy. This granola is sweetened with honey, sweetened coconut flakes, dried cherries, and mini semi-sweet…
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Double Dark Chocolate Banana Bread
It’s been awhile since I’ve made banana bread, and baking up a chocolate version sounded like a good idea! Since I’m a fan of dark chocolate, I came up with this Double Dark Chocolate Banana Bread—I used a good amount of unsweetened cocoa powder in the batter, plus added some chopped-up dark chocolate chips so…
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Zucchini-Vegetable Soup
Soup is a favorite winter meal of mine—a big hot bowl of soup on a cold day is just so warm and comforting! And if you like veggies, this Zucchini-Vegetable Soup is a good one to try. In addition to zucchini, it’s also made with green beans, chopped onion, and sliced carrots, all cooked until…
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Cranberry-Orange Smoothie
I usually have a few bags of frozen cranberries in my freezer this time of year. During the holidays, I buy a some extra bags of fresh cranberries and freeze them so I can use them later, for random recipes I come across. Like this Cranberry-Orange Smoothie, which I found at Williams-Sonoma. The cranberry-orange flavors in…
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Tater Tot Casserole
Tater Tot Casserole is a really good and easy comfort food dish! It’s not only a great hot dish to enjoy on a cold day, but it’s also one of those casseroles you can enjoy any time of the year, since it’s very simple to make. It’s something the whole family is sure to love—after…
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Slow Roasted Tomatoes and Slow-Roasted Tomato Sauce
This is the first recipe I ever tried for roasting tomatoes several years ago and it’s a good one! But you’ll want to make sure you’ll be home for awhile, because the roasting takes 7 1/2 hours! It’s a great recipe to make on a cold day though, because with all that roasting time, your…
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Slow Cooker Plum Sausage and Meatballs
Here’s a recipe to keep in mind for a party, casual gathering, or fun game-watching…and it makes a great snack anytime! These Slow Cooker Plum Sausage and Meatballs are really good and easy to make! The plum jam gives the sauce in this recipe a really good flavor. If you don’t have plum jam, you…
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Holiday Ritz™ Cracker Toffee
Since the holiday season is still upon us, I made one of my favorite easy-to-make sweet treats—cracker toffee! There are so many things I love about it! In addition to being easy to make, it tastes amazing, and makes a great food gift during the holidays (or any time of the year!).
NancyC 