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If you’re having your in-laws over for Thanksgiving {or someone else you’d like to impress}, I suggest doubling, or tripling this recipe for stuffed acorn squash. A nice full platter of this squash dish would look amazing on any table, any time of year. And the taste? Awesome possum! Looking for more yummy vegetable Read More >>
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Call me a cheapskate, but I happen to actually like making a lot of my Christmas gifts. Not only because it saves money, but because it’s fun. Now the Handsome Husband on the other hand, does not believe in making gifts. No sir re Bob. He likes to do his shopping at 6 am on Read More >>
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Well, I finally did it. I decided to take my chances and I went to Albertsons and took advantage of their buy a ham get a free turkey deal. The cheapest ham I could find was $32.54 {clearly they were picked over} and the turkey weighed in at just under 12 pounds. The perfect size Read More >>
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I think this may have been the first in a very long time there were not strawberries in our boxes of free chicken scraps. This time around it was mostly water melon, cantaloup and apples. Plus a few grapes. Kind of a snooze fest of you ask me. In the summer Mr. Produce Guy was Read More >>
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With all the wild mushrooms popping in our yard lately, I’m thinking about ordering a Mushroom Field Guide*. Every fall when it starts to rain, the mushrooms start appearing at random in every nook and cranny in our yard. There doesn’t seem to be a pattern in where they appear either. And sometimes, the mushrooms Read More >>
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Looking for something a little different to put on the dinner table this fall? Try this butternut squash with spinach and pasta dish. I made it for my family last night and it got rave reviews. And, as an added bonus, if there are any leftovers, this dish reheats well so it’s perfect to pop Read More >>
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Have you ever wanted to make your own homemade version of Ranch dressing but didn’t know how? Well this recipe rocks! And guess what? A 5 year old can pronounce all the ingredients. Yay! Be sure and check out my recipes for Allspice, Pumpkin Pie Spice, Hot Chocolate Mix, Italian Seasoning, Taco Seasoning and more. Read More >>
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I have a confession to make. As soon as I reach 2,000 pounds of produce, I’m planning on ripping up all the Swiss chard and kale in the back yard and tossing it to the chickens. Let’s hope it happens before Thanksgiving. Don’t you think the Swiss chard be a wonderful Thanksgiving meal for them? Read More >>
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