Recipes

It's so hard to get my family out of bed on a cold winter morning. I don't even want to get up. But having this hardy, warm breakfast of Apple Pecan Oatmeal waiting for us in the crock pot makes it a little easier. It also makes the morning go smoother when I don't have to cook a hot breakfast in be...
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Valentine's Day will always hold a special place in my heart not because it is what some call a 'Hallmark Holiday' but because it is my now 3 year old son Carl's half birthday.  When he turned 6 months his beloved daycare figured that out and it has been a very sweet day ever since.  It always s...
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Here is a recipe I make at our PV Alpine Ski Racing Fall Camp at Vail, Colorado on Thanksgiving every year.  This year I cooked Thanksgiving dinner for 85 people between campers, parents and coaches so I made 5 of them - they were all devoured.  It is my most requested recipe by far and is great...
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It always seems that we cook so much this time of year.  So, I like easy recipes that my family can enjoy and pair well with multiple dishes. I wanted to find a recipe that was mostly onions as we know a wonderful farm family that gives us a giant box of Walla Walla sweet onions as a gift eac...
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If you're like most people, you probably made a resolution this year to get healthy which means right now you're probably watching what you eat. The good thing, it that you can eat healthy and have food that tastes great at the same time. Take these yummy cinnamon and cherry muffins for example...
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Keeping with this weeks New Year's Eve theme I started doing a little research on some kid-friendly New Year's Eve drinks. We haven't been out on New Year's in y-e-a-r-s and this is the first year that our kids are old enough to actually participate so I thought I'd make up some fun drinks for them ...
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Tis the season for for spending time with friends and family. While you're at it, why not serve your guests a delicious Christmas classic: Eggnog! I will admit, I'd actually never made eggnog myself up until this blog post and I had only tasted it a handful of times throughout the years. I had it i...
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This is a Shorter family recipe that we like to have on Christmas morning or any time in the winter.  It is yummy, very homey and you can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Cheese Sausage Bake Recipe Type: Breakfast Author: Alex Shorter This is a Shorter family recipe that we like to have...
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What do you think of when you think of winter? I often think of snow, the kids outside sledding, ice skating and more often than not, hot cocoa! And no, I'm not talking about the kind you buy at the store in a box. I'm talking about the good stuff, the homemade version. It's rich and chocolately an...
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Now, here is a topic that is near and dear to my heart - SOUP GROUP. Here we are!  The Soup Group Members. We just passed our one year anniversary to the start of our Soup Group which we started last year in November. We have 5 members and we are all busy moms. How it works is once a month...
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