Friday, April 26, 2013

Good Morning

Good morning my lovely followers!

As you may have noticed the blog & Facebook pages have undergone a lot of changes lately.  I am constantly adding new content, feeds, "columns", etc...

I am also, painfully I might add, aware of the severe lack of "personal" information on the blog.  It seems to have become a bit clinical/sterile.  This is totally my fault!  I have Asperger's Syndrome and I'm not a big sharer!  I want to talk to you all and make the blog more personal...it's just not always easy to find the words...

That said...I am going to try to make more of an effort.  You will always find all of the other junk you have come to know & love here...but I will be trying to add a bit more personality :c)

BTW: How amazing is the new look???  Kim at Life in a House of Testosterone is amazing!!!

Have a groovy day & love you all :c)



Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Recipe Round-up: "Brinner"

Does your family love "brinner" or breakfast for dinner? We could eat breakfast any time of day...breakfast & brunch favorites in this week's Recipe Round-Up!


Fruit Pizza

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Homemade Soft Pretzels


Chicken A La King


Super Veggie Sandwich


Garlic Parmesan Knots

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Review: Yum-o! The Family Cookbook

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Review: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft by Denise Zimmermann

My rating: 4 of 5 stars







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Review: Real Irish Food: 150 Classic Recipes from the Old Country


Real Irish Food: 150 Classic Recipes from the Old Country
Real Irish Food: 150 Classic Recipes from the Old Country by David Bowers

My rating: 0 of 5 stars







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Review: Screw Inner Beauty: Trash the Diet and Self-Loathing and Get on with Your Life


Screw Inner Beauty: Trash the Diet and Self-Loathing and Get on with Your Life
Screw Inner Beauty: Trash the Diet and Self-Loathing and Get on with Your Life by Kate Harding

My rating: 4 of 5 stars







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Review: Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook


Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook
Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook by Martha Stewart

My rating: 5 of 5 stars







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Review: Country Cooking of Italy


Country Cooking of Italy
Country Cooking of Italy by Colman Andrews

My rating: 5 of 5 stars







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Review: The Country Cooking of Ireland


The Country Cooking of Ireland
The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews

My rating: 5 of 5 stars







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Review: The Country Cooking of France


The Country Cooking of France
The Country Cooking of France by Anne Willan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars







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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

55 Healthy Snacks Under 200 Calories


eBook: Practical Protection Magick: Guarding & Reclaiming Your Power

Practical Protection Magick: Guarding & Reclaiming Your Power
by Ellen Dugan

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Embrace your innate warrior skills--knowledge, balance, and wisdom--and amp up your personal power. This helpful handbook is chock-full of protection witchery and psychic self-defense techniques you can use to keep yourself and your home strong, secure, and protected. With her trademark humor and candor, best-selling author Ellen Dugan teaches how to weave safe and sensible protection magick into your Craft practice and daily life. This unique practical guide reveals how to pinpoint your psychic strengths, set boundaries, diagnose a problem with divination, and maintain health on physical, psychic, and magickal levels. You'll also find precise and potent spells, rituals, and warding techniques to defend against psychic attacks, emotional and psychic vampires, hexes, unwanted ghosts, and other forms of negativity threatening your home and your well-being.

Tips & Tricks: Onions

Next time you buy green onions, save the bulb and toss it in a jar of water...you'll have a whole new bunch in 12 days!


Monday, April 15, 2013

eBook: The $7 a Meal Pressure Cooker Cookbook




The $7 a Meal Pressure Cooker Cookbook: 301 Delicious Meals You Can Prepare Quickly for the Whole Family
by Susan Irby

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Today's new pressure cookers are the modern cook's ultimate time-saver--and now you can slash cooking time 70 percent "and" cut costs at the same time!

In this one-of-a-kind collection, you'll find hundreds of delicious, nutritious recipes that won't break the bank, including: Rosemary Pork Shoulders with Apples, Chicken Bordeaux, Catfish in Creole Sauce, Swiss Chard and Vegetables in Parmesan Sauce, and Molten Fudge Pudding Cake!

For that slow-cooked taste in far less time, this cookbook is the perfect solution for busy cooks on a budget!

Friday, April 12, 2013

Megan's Four Cheese Stuffed Shells


Bubble Pizzas


Strawberries and Cream Pudding Pops


1 small box instant vanilla pudding
1 C milk
6oz vanilla yogurt (strawberry is great too)
12 medium strawberries (about 1 3/4-2 C roughly chopped)
2-3 T sugar

remove stems from berries and pulse with 2 T sugar in a food processor until completely smooth. Taste and add more sugar if needed. You should have just over a cup of puree. Set aside.

In a blender combine pudding, yogurt, and milk and blend until combined. Layer or swirl the pudding mixture with the strawberry mixture in Popsicle molds and freeze until solid.

Mint-Chocolate Cookie Pudding Pops



1 small box instant chocolate pudding
1 3/4 C half and half
10 Oreo cookies, crushed (about 1 heaping cup)
1/4 t peppermint extract

Blend pudding mix, extract, and half and half in a blender until smooth. Stir in crushed cookies by hand. Place in molds and freeze.