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Food for My Family: Recipes, menus, cooking tips, gardening and more.

Food for My Family: Recipes, menus, cooking tips, gardening and more.

Watermelon Lime Sorbet Slices A sweet and tangy watermelon lime sorbet is a great way to cool off in the summer. As a bonus, this recipe is frozen back in the watermelon rind and cut off into slices. It’s hot. The type of heat where when you step outside the door and your skin is wet before the door swings shut behind you. It’s a hot that hangs in the air, letting you breathe it in, that is cured only by two things: being completely immersed in water or hiding indoors, the air conditioning cranked as far as it will go.I find that the heat makes me very unmotivated to do things like take a walk, water and weed the garden (though I have forced that one on myself) and prepare food and eat it. However, when the promise of cooking provides ice cold watermelon sorbet, I just may be convinced. When your simple syrup is cool and watermelon chunked, blend them together in a food processor or blender until smooth. Cool the liquid completely in the refrigerator for a few hours. This then goes into the freezer. Truly, nothing.

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recipes What follows is (I hope) a comprehensive list of recipes on this site. I did not want to double-list things, so keep that in mind. There may be a beef dish under pasta (because it’s mainly a pasta dish) or a shrimp recipe under appetizers, or…you get the drift. ♥ denotes a healthy dish Appetizers Arbol Chile Salsa Bruschetta Pesto Trio Camembert and Bacon Phyllo Cups Cheater’s Spanakopita Chicken Egg Rolls Chipotle Salsa with Pan-Roasted Tomatillos ♥ Dolmades (Greek-style stuffed grape leaves) ♥ Eggplant Croquettes Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon-Sugar Pita Chips ♥ Goat Cheese and Sundried Tomato Phyllo Cups Goat Cheese-Marinara and Crostini Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Meatball Crostini ♥ Gougeres Greek Salsa ♥ Guacamole ♥ Hummus ♥ Muhammara ♥ Potstickers Queso Fundido Saganaki Stuffed Mushrooms with Bacon and Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms with Pancetta and Goat Cheese Tyrokafteri (Greek feta cheese spread) Tyropites (Greek cheese pies) White Bean Roasted Red Pepper Dip ♥ Condiments/Sauces/Spices Chimichurri Onion Jam Pesto

Holder for Charging Cell Phone (made from lotion bottle) My husband and I both have cell phones. And both of us have phone chargers. And that means lots of obnoxious cords. You never know when one of us may be moving phone cords around, to give our phones an extra charge while we’re chatting away……… or trying to charge our phones up before running errands or something. Needless to say, those phone cords seem to be everywhere…..and are generally in the way and hanging all over the floor. (Okay, and how about when you’re in a hotel or visiting family/friends. I was looking around on the internet for a solution and found this. It made the perfect little holder for my cell phone while it’s being charged. Holder for Charging Cell Phone And no more phone hanging down from the outlet while in this room or that room……..the cord and phone are now up off the ground, and tucked away into the little holder, while the phone drinks up a full charge. If you look closely, you can see that the orange print is fabric. And turns out, it’s pretty useful.

Recipes Recipes Oatmeal Banana Muffins Recipe – Marie Recipe April 15, 2014 S’more Cookies Recipe April 14, 2014 Easy Mac and Cheese Veggie Chicken Casserole Recipe April 13, 2014 Ranch Bacon and Cheddar Dip Recipe April 12, 2014 List of Easy Easter Brunch Recipes April 10, 2014 Cheesy Potato Casserole Recipe April 9, 2014 Golden Chicken Nuggets Recipe – Marie Recipe April 8, 2014 Baked Maple Salmon Recipe April 7, 2014 ← Previous Entries tilly promo code TOMS Coupons VistaPrint Coupons Kitchen Cabinets American Express Travel Coupons Contact pr@budgetsavvydiva.com for low cost ad. <a href=" src=" /></a> Archives Get smart with the Thesis WordPress Theme from DIYthemes. Brown Butter Double Fudge Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cookies Little bit of a mouthful there. But it’s like a cookie on top of another cookie! Yeah. Like total dirty cookie on cookie action. Except these ones down below wanted to try a few different positions. I dunno… they’re all mixed up. In order to solve a common I-want-a-chocolate-CHOCOLATE-cookie-but-he-wants-a-plain-chocolate chip-cookie dilemma that happens like, every single weekend here… I made both. Some of them smashed up against each other while others sat on top of each other but in the end, they all tasted… fantabulous. And then they tasted extra delicious after I spent two hours cleaning out the contents of our bar (take that as you will), after he spent three hours organizing the pantry (that was weird) and after we both needed to severely eat our emotions immediately post-Boardwalk Empire finale. WHAT was that. ??????? Why??? Then I tried to dunk a cookie in milk and failed. I need cookie dunking lessons, a redo on season 2 (thanks HBO), and a salad. [from giant rainbow cookies]

Web’s Tastiest: Pancakes Recipes Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So of course you want to get off to a good, healthy start. However, anyone with kids knows that some mornings are just too special to worry about a properly balanced meal. Spending time in the kitchen as a family, whipping up something absolutely decadent and definitely too sweet, is the stuff that memories are made of. Cinnamon Roll Pancakes Cinnamon rolls are fantastic all on their own, so infusing them with pancake goodness is a recipe for a heavenly morning. Lemon Blueberry Pancakes Lemon and blueberry are about as perfect a pair as Sunday morning and pancakes. Apple Pancakes An apple a day will keep the dentist away, so when you shred them and throw them into a pancake batter, you’re really making a healthy choice. Nutella Pancakes Need we say more? Apple Cider Doughnut Pancakes Forget leaves and pumpkin spiced lattes, nothing says fall like apple cider doughnuts. Cake Batter Pancakes Red Velvet Pancakes

The Cleverest Espresso Pumpkin Pie by Lura Lee I always get a craving for pumpkin pie as soon as the first leaves start turning colors or the first crisp autumn breeze turns my cheeks red. This year, I took my old pumpkin pie recipe and expanded upon it and improved it by adding espresso. Espresso Pumpkin Pie Why Espresso? Many pies are too sweet for me. Ingredients 2 shots of espressoA 29 oz. can of pumpkin puree1 3/4 cups (22 oz.) of evaporated milk4 large eggs1 1/2 cups of sugar1 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon1 teaspoon of allspice 1 1/2 teaspoons of finely ground espresso2 "deep dish" 9 inch, pre-fab. pie crusts The Secret The secret to making a good, fluffy/creamy pumpkin pie (instead of one that is heavy) comes down to the eggs. The Big Bowl Add the pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, sugar and spices to the big bowl, which already includes the egg yolks. The Big Mix Up Fold in the egg whites then stir them in, then use an electric mixer on medium speed to mix the ingredients. Into the Fire Photos by Carl Melville.

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