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Continue reading →: Horseradish Cream BBQ Sauce
I know. But just trust me. 2 – 3 Tbsp prepared horseradish depending on your taste 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt (or sour cream) – I like Fage 0% 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 Tbsp mayonnaise 1/4 cup your favorite BBQ sauce (or more, this sauce is really flexible and…
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Continue reading →: The Great Doughnut Endeavors of 2020 (part 2 of 2, CAKE DOUGHNUTS FOR THE WIN)Let me just begin by saying I usually write it as “donut” not “doughnut.” Phew, got that off my chest. I don’t know why that was weighing on me. Update: I looked it up. They’re both technically correct, though donut is the Americanized, shortened, less widely used version. There’s a…
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Continue reading →: The Great Doughnut Endeavors of 2020 (part 1 of 2, yeast-raised FAIL)Don’t worry y’all, there’s an overall happy outcome. This wasn’t really a full-fledged fail per se, I was just really unhappy with the initial attempt. Rob, Eva, and my neighbors all liked them but I’m extremely judgmental of myself (aren’t we all?) and was all “UGH I CAN DO BETTER.”…
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Chicken and Dunklings – Featuring Leftover Chicken!
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Continue reading →: Chicken and Dunklings – Featuring Leftover Chicken!Yes you read that right. Eva called them ‘chicken and dunklings’ one time and that shall forever be what chicken and dumplings are called in this house. We also call peas “Estebans.” I put the story behind that gem down with the pictures. It’s ‘use what you have’ month here…
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Sauce, sauce, sauce, sauce, sauce, EVERYBODDDYYY
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Continue reading →: Sauce, sauce, sauce, sauce, sauce, EVERYBODDDYYYGet it? like that LMFAO song? Ok cool good talk. It’s stuck in my head so I needed to make you also feel my pain. Want the easiest red-sauce recipe ever? Cuz I have it for you. It’s 5 ingredients, based on Alton Brown’s sauce from his Chicken Parmesan recipe…
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I don’t even know what to call this one…
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Continue reading →: I don’t even know what to call this one…Well, it’s March 28, 2020, it’s been a helluva year so far, and we’re currently in the midst of a global pandemic. Let’s start with a drink recipe, shall we? This is called my “pandemic punch.” Not really, until now it’s been nameless but I’m kind of digging on that…
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Smoked Chicken Taco Bites
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Continue reading →: Smoked Chicken Taco Bitesme: we smoked a chicken my mom: what’d you roll it in? me: …. did you just make a stoner/dad joke? my mom: you’re welcome At least that’s how I think our phone conversation started off this morning. My mom bringing the A+ joke game. Lol’z y’all. It is “bring…
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Snack Attack
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Continue reading →: Snack AttackChild and Husband are currently playing “Airport” (each room in the house is a different airport and they’re traveling great distances to different restaurants) and I’ve been told very clearly by a short person that I’m not allowed to play. Thanks kid, guess I’ll go write a blog entry. Triscuit…
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Tonight I F-ed Up a 5 Hour Soup
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Continue reading →: Tonight I F-ed Up a 5 Hour SoupNo seriously, I did. My French onion soup recipe is a labor of love and swearing and praying to the onion gods. When I was done, I tasted it and went “ummmm NOPE.” It completely lacked the depth of flavor that I’m used to and was a tad bitter. Bitter…
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Continue reading →: Mother’s Day Thoughts – 2018It’s Mother’s Day Eve, and I’d like to send out a warm ‘I f-in love you, man’ to my husband, Rob. Robert. Roberto. Mister Man. You know, that guy. Why? Well for starters, he tells me if I have boogers. He stays out of my way when I get the…
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