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  • Chocolate Chip-Cherry Banana Bread

    I love trying different variations on banana bread–there seem to be so many! I’ve made a Chocolate Chip Banana Bread before, which is really yummy, so a banana bread with chocolate chips and cherries in it sounded really good! This quick bread is such a treat and if you want a more elaborate dessert, you can…

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  • Irish Soda Bread

    Whenever St. Patrick’s Day comes around, I see different recipes for Irish Soda Bread and I finally decided to try making it! I found a recipe at Kraft that sounded good and it looked pretty easy, too. I modified it slightly and was happy with how it turned out! It has

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  • Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cup Crispy Treats

    This is a great easy-to-make recipe—a fancy version of those classic rice cereal treats! If you like peanuts, these bars have both peanut butter and peanuts in them. And they’re topped with a yummy mixture of semi-sweet chocolate and peanut butter chips, plus peanut butter cups…you can’t go wrong with that! 🙂  This recipe is adapted from…

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  • Easy Pea Soup with Ham or Bacon

    I like Split Pea Soup but have never made it before. I was looking through a little soup cookbook I had called Soup Gourmet and found an easy recipe I thought I’d try. I made my version thicker because I like thick and hearty soups. I like this soup because, in addition to peas, it…

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  • Stylish, Thrifty Decorating Tips from Simple Sustainable Style

    If you’re wanting to do some redecorating in your home, check out Simple Sustainable Style, a Country Living Book by designer Randy Florke. It’s filled with lots of wonderful ideas and tips. The author shows you how to “decorate with style and thrift, transforming the ordinary room into into a place of extraordinary personal charm.” Florke mixes…

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  • Dark Chocolate-Covered Cherry Swirl Brownies

    Chocolate and cherries are such a yummy combination! So when I found this recipe at BettyCrocker.com, I was inspired to make a chocolate-cherry dessert! The recipe I’m sharing here is a little different, because I made homemade brownies (adapted from the Hershey recipe) instead of using a mix. It really doesn’t take that much longer…

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