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Today is my husband Bob’s birthday and it’s been a bit of a bust because our daughter Courtney just got out of the hospital last night after being there since Saturday night when she fell off a zipline and fractured her wrist and sacrum and her pelvis in two places but I did manage to make … Continue reading
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A tasty, tart summertime cake for the barbeque, recipe courtesy of Betty Crocker. When I make this again, I think I’ll double the amount of lemonade concentrate and powdered sugar that gets poured over the cake as I wanted more of that flavor and texture when eating it. 1 package lemon cake mix (plus ingredients … Continue reading
Bob’s sister Mary and her family are here visiting and we’re having a big barbeque tonight so I thought I’d try out this pasta salad recipe from “All You” magazine on them. It looks and smells delicious! salt and pepper 1 pound short pasta such as bow ties, shells or penne (I used rotini) 1/4 … Continue reading
Courtney’s BFF had surgery on her nose yesterday to fix a deviated septum so what better medicine to fix the sore nose than chocolate cake? This recipe comes from the “Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor” cookbook by Anne Byrn, a personal favorite of mine. cake: 1 (18.25 oz) package plain butter recipe fudge cake … Continue reading
In celebration of posting over 100 recipes on my food blog, I’m giving away $50 worth of Pampered Chef products (the winner gets to choose the products)! Here’s the catch – you have to be subscribed to my blog in order to win. If you are already subscribed to it (meaning that you receive an … Continue reading
On the last night of camp, we had this for dinner with rice. I’ll try to record the recipe here but mostly I just kind of felt and tasted my way through this one. The original recipe came from Bob’s Aunt Nancy (I think!). chicken breasts or thighs (for dinner at camp I used 2 … Continue reading
We had hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner one night so I adapted this recipe a bit for camping and made it to go along with the burgers and dogs, not sure where the original recipe came from. 2 (16 oz) cans baked beans, drained and rinsed well and carefully 1/4 cup chopped green bell … Continue reading
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