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Gingerbread Houses
We used pre-fab gingerbread houses this year due to time constraints. It let us concentrate on the decorating more, which was a nice change of pace. However, I’ll not use the icing included in the kits again, as 3 out of 4 houses have self-destructed at this point, several weeks after the initial decorating. But…
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Creamy Ground Beef Burrito Bake
I made some really good burritos last night, filled with a ground beef, refried beans, and cheese mixture, topped with a creamy sauce and a bit more cheese. The original recipe is a freezer recipe (just assemble and then freeze before baking). It also made at least double the amount I wanted for tonight. I…
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Pasta e Fagioli Soup (Pasta and Beans)
This was a fantastically good, filling Pasta e Fagioli Soup. I used turkey broth but you could as easily use vegetable broth or chicken broth. I mostly followed the recipe in Cheap. Fast. Good! but made a few modifications. I did put two cans of tomatoes in here but found it a bit tomato heavy…
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Chicken Parmigiana
We had some friends over for dinner Sunday night. I wanted to serve something that pleased both adults and kids, since they had nearly 3 year old twins. One of the girls suggested chicken cutlets so I ended up repeating a favorite “company” dinner: Since spaghetti is hard on little ones, I cooked some shells…
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How to Roast a Small Turkey
Since we went away for Thanksgiving (and had a fabulous dinner at my sister’s!), my girls’ were feeling shortchanged. My sister generously sent us home with some leftover turkey, among other things, but after a batch of turkey enchiladas and a few sandwiches, it was gone. I bought a turkey and fixed it last weekend,…