Black Bean & Corn Salad

21 July 2010
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This past weekend we kept my 2.5 year old niece for three days. It was her first weekend trip without her parents to see us and it went remarkably well minus naps/bedtimes which took 40 minutes – 1.5 hours as she cried and defiantly tried to climb out of bed and bargain for just one [...]

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All American Potato Salad

4 July 2010
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Happy Independence Day America! I love the fourth of July because its all about food, family, friends & fireworks! Do you have any fourth of july traditions? We’ve got a BBQ planned for this evening (and fireworks after of course)! I’m serving up burgers on homemade jalapeno cheese buns, potato salad, baked beans, and grilled [...]

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Chunky Classic Chicken Salad

6 April 2010
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Spring is upon us. We’re hitting temps in the 80′s already. Sigh. I have a feeling that we’re in for a short Spring this year and a long hot summer. I’m not ready. I hate Texas summers. I dread it every year! But for now, I will try to enjoy what remains of decent weather [...]

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Homemade Light Ranch Dressing

29 July 2009
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I’ve never made my own dressing. I’ve always wanted to but have just never got around to it. Until recently that is. A few weeks ago I was contacted by the folks at Stonyfield Farms asking if I’d be interested in trying some of their new Greek Yogurt line, Oikos. I’ve been using Stonyfield for [...]

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Homemade Croutons

4 August 2008
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The other night I went to make us salads with dinner and realized we didn’t have croutons in the pantry. I don’t do salad without croutons… they’re the best part! So I thought I’d finally take time to make some especially since I had some great ciabatta bread in the pantry that we hadn’t used [...]

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