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Quick Dinner Fixins: Hawaiian Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Lets all say Aloha! Have your own luau with hula stirts and flower leis while you gather the family around the supper table. Tonights “set it and forget it” dinner is…
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Quick Dinner Fixins: Cajun Mac and Cheese
Let’s get down on the bayou with a kiss, a frog, and some serious flavor. Macaroni and cheese is something I developed a late love affair with not growing up with the…
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Quick Dinner Fixins: Falafel-Crusted Chicken with Hummus Slaw
A few years before the birth of this blog, I was struck with the knowledge that there was a lot of food out there I had never tasted. New flavors,…
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Quick Dinner Fixins: Honey Pork Stir Fry
This whole week is about bringing the family around the dinner table with fast delicious meals packed with flavors kids will want to try. The hook? They are all…
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Pesto-Chicken Salad Stuffed Tomatoes
Sometimes I get the notion that I could be an adorable 50′s housewife. That fleeting thought last all of 30 seconds before I realize I could not possibly be one…
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Mexican Staples: Refried Beans, Guacamole, Carnitas, Red Chile Sauce
On more than one occasion I have been asked if I was Latin (and twice if I was African American, while the person was standing right in front of me). And I have…
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Steak Fajitas with Chimichurri and Drunken Peppers
Watch out! There’s a gringa in the kitchen and she’s camping out all week in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. It’s the one time of year I can fill the…
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Rosemary Brie Chicken Burgers
This weekend was that perfect kind of weather that inspired you to get up and go outside, fitting for Earth Day weekend. Did you get your green thumb on, go…
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Double Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake
It’s nearing 9:30 at night and I just got in from today’s shift. After we closed the store, I had to run to the market for a few things and…
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Quick Dinner Fixins: Penne with Sausage and Artichokes
Guess what I got in the mail today? No, I did not inharent a fortune from my great aunt Edna who was also a Duchess in the old country. I…
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Chicken Marsala
Managing a food blog (and yes, I did say managing for those of you who snorted because it has become a rather time consuming hobby) can be very crucial to…
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Spring Gardens and Easy Chicken and Rice
Do you ever have those ridiculously stupid conversations with your partner where you end up annoyed just because? They often go like this, “Hey Babe, can you do this for me?” “No,…
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Asian Salmon Sliders
As you can tell, I am prepped and ready to do a whole lot of nothing on Easter Sunday. It actually sneaked up on me without me even realizing the…
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Recipe Redo: Cajun Chicken and Sausage Pasta
If the way to a man’s heart, is through his stomach, than I have a recipe that is guaranteed to seal the deal. Seriously, you will be lucky if this one makes…
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Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
It’s full out mountain biking weather now that we are clear from winter. Sure, we could be tough and bike all year long, but neither one of us seemed to…
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Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
It was the first few weeks of spring, and who am I kidding, pretty much any moment there after, that I found it really hard to muster up the patience to…
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Quick Dinner Fixins: Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
If there has been one thing to steal my heart from the wonderful clouds of smoke from my grill this year, it has been my slow cooker. I have always…
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Fajita Stew
Did any of you tune in for the new show on Discovery channel, Doomsday Preppers about the people who live their lives prepping for world destruction and the business that capitalizes on…
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Corned Beef and Cabbage
I thought for sure that I would be able to use the last week to catch up on some reading. For those who may not be regulars here, I had…
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Whiskey-Glazed Pork Chops & Corn Chowder Mac n’ Cheese
Did you know what you wanted to be when you were a kid? Did you have dreams of being a fireman or an astronaut? When I was a little girl,…
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Swiss Mushroom Burgers
Tomorrows the big day. Or rather, the worst day in a foodies eyes… I go in to have my wisdom teeth yanked. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a speedy…
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Slow Cooker Tarragon Chicken
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. The big boxy, low priced, convenient, and oh so guilt inducing Walmart…. There is a big giant super Walmart a few minutes from…
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Burgundy Beef
How many of you tuned in for the Oscars? Did you throw big parties or just sit back with classy treats and enjoy Hollywood’s tribute to the movies this year?…
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Italian Wedding Soup
This post is probably bordering on TMI, but since I lack filters, I just suggest the men look below to the tasty tid bits. Am I the only woman on the planet…
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Irish Cream Chocolate Pots De Crème
We really have to eat more salads Why does every hairdresser tell you something different? It really kind of ticks me off. I get a different story about whats good…
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Skillet Beef Stroganoff
Change is in the air. Spring is right around the corner and with the forecast showing my days in the 60s – in February – Mother Nature and I may…
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Smørrebrød {Open Face Fish Sandwich} a Secret Recipe
It’s time for another round of Secret Recipe Club, and this time I am kind of letting loose. It has been a few months since you have seen a Secret…
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My name is Kita. I am a 20 something girl geek and website/graphic designer who can rock an apron like there is no tomorrow. 
