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How to Make Easy Skewered Kebabs with Dip: School Lunch Ideas
Sep13

How to Make Easy Skewered Kebabs with Dip: School Lunch Ideas

Easy Skewered Kebabs are a quick lunch idea that is healthy & tasty. It’s always nice for kids when mom provides them with a school lunch that is easy to carry around and eat, especially when it is so delicious and appealing as these kebabs. Two dips make these kebabs even more fabulous – a fruit dip and a savory dip. Children love dipping their food so they’ll have some fun while getting a nutritious lunch. Easy...

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Web Chef Review: Napa Jack’s Poultry Rub for Chicken & Fish
Aug08

Web Chef Review: Napa Jack’s Poultry Rub for Chicken & Fish

Napa Jack’s Poultry Rub for Chicken & Fish is just what you need for your fish & poultry needs this season. The rub is full of little goodies like tiny pieces of vegetables, parsley, cilantro, green bell peppers, chili peppers, onion, garlic, salt, orange peel, paprika, sugar, canola oil and the unique combination of flavors that I love. I especially enjoy the nuances of the garlic-onion, sugar-salt as they hit my taste...

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How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna + Video: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
May04

How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna + Video: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

I am so glad I have this recipe for How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna! A gorgeous fusion of Mexican, Italian & American ideas to deliver a fun lasagna with gooey cheese & a flavor marriage made in heaven, especially for a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. The crunchy tostadas are a nice touch topped with guacamole, salsa & sour cream. How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna: This is amazingly delicious and...

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A Celebration of Peppers: National Pepper Month
Nov01

A Celebration of Peppers: National Pepper Month

It is November, and National Pepper Month has finally arrived. We have written about peppers in our quest for various pepper dishes & found they are a most popular vegetable, included in many of the most familiar ethnic dishes. The terms pepper & chili are used interchangeably, both being vegetables. Amazingly full of vitamins, peppers are vibrantly colored, add texture, and sometimes heat to dishes. Store unwashed & in...

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How to Pickle Hot Peppers: National Pickled Peppers Month
Oct01

How to Pickle Hot Peppers: National Pickled Peppers Month

National Pickled Peppers Month spices up our menus this October, and you too can Pickle Hot Peppers of your own. Although my recipe works well for red shepherd peppers, it works better for Hungarian banana & jalapeño peppers. It’s best to wear gloves if you’re working with hot peppers & scrub your hands thoroughly with soapy water before touching your face or body. How to Pickle Hot Peppers: Peter Piper picked a...

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How to Cook My Grandmother’s Favorite Southwest Chili

This was my grandmother’s favorite chili, and every time she decided she wanted to make it, she would call me in Texas and ask me my recipe. After too many ingredients, she would just laugh and make me promise I’d make it for her the next time I would see her! Actually, I could have called it Mom’s Favorite, My Niece’s Favorite, My Husband’s Favorite…LOL…Delicious! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type:...

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Casbah Tabouli – Garden Wheat Salad Mix – Product Review

Do you like Tabouli (Tabbouleh)? If you’ve never tried it, you must! If you like it already, and either don’t know how to make it or don’t feel like it, then try this awesome mix for it! Casbah Brand Tabouli – Garden Wheat Salad Mix is a fantastic product! We love this in our household and make it often. It has more bulgur (wheat) in it than the typical tabbouleh salad you would get at a Mediterranean...

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My First Fantastic Fondue Experience @ The Melting Pot – Addison
Oct12

My First Fantastic Fondue Experience @ The Melting Pot – Addison

Okay…I must say, Fondue Rocks! I have never had fondue before this week…Amazing, but true! While we are in Dallas for a few weeks, we always take advantage of the rich array of amazing restaurants in the area. My husband has wanted to take me to The Melting Pot in Addison, Texas on Beltline Rd. since we were first dating in 1998, and even though we have lived here through the years, we have never actually gone…until...

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Perfect Peaches
Aug24

Perfect Peaches

Since we made Ice Cream yesterday, I thought we should talk about peaches today, since they go sooooo well on top of Ice Cream…what’s better than peaches n’ cream? Also, they are wonderfully in season right now! Being from Ontario, I am especially partial to our local peaches. They are some of the best in the WORLD! My Story: My mother’s side of the family immigrated from Russia to Vineland, Ontario, and then...

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