Recipes

One of the main reasons I like cooking a ham is so I can have this soup, which I love. Not only is it tasty, but it uses the ham bone, so it makes me feel like I’m getting as much possible use out of my ham as possible. I’m going to give you a…

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I don’t remember exactly when we started our Christmas traditions, but there are a few that we have: we always go out to dinner on Christmas Eve, and then to the local park to take the tram around the Christmas lights. On Christmas Day, Brianna and I always wear matching pajamas, and I make some…

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I stumbled on this recipe last year on the Our Best Bites blog and decided to add it to my holiday baking. I’m not sure how the people I sent this to felt about it, but my family loves this stuff. My brother hovered over the first batch I made this year and I had…

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Okay, so technically this isn’t baking, but…whatever, you get the idea. This recipe came from my friend Trish, who brought them for the “cookie” exchange at our annual Christmas party. I didn’t actually participate in the cookie exchange but I plan the party so a few people usually bring me cookies anyway (yum!). There’s a…

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I discovered this recipe thanks to Tastespotting a few months ago. I think what moved me to make it was that I love chocolate cookies but have never found THE recipe that calls to me. As soon as I made this recipe, I knew it was going to be my favorite, the one I turned…

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Weeks (and weeks) ago I asked on Twitter for some hamburger ideas. I was…fresh out and I had hamburger that had to be used. Someone suggested Goulash, which I just knew my family wouldn’t eat, but when I went searching for a recipe for it, I found one for Mexican Goulash on allrecipes.com. Right up…

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This is a perfect summer drink. Last week I was at a friend’s house for a gathering (girls’ night out type of thing) and she served these as we sat outside (near the pool) and gossiped. She made hers from apricot brandy. I knew I had some peach brandy I’d been looking for a use…

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Note: I imported all of my posts from Whipped Out but I’ve been trying to go through and grab tutorials and some of the recipes that I didn’t post, so we still have them. This was one of those. Hi, y’all! Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and Joyous [Insert your Holiday of Preference]! I am a…

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