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Philly Steak Sandwich Marinade {Freezer Friendly}
Happy Labor Day! I’ve labored all weekend and made it official. My final check off item is sharing this incredibly easy marinade for philly steak sandwiches. We’ve had them several times and they are...
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Weekend Freezer Cooking
Have you ever done freezer cooking with a friend? It makes time goes by quicker and it’s far more fun with someone else. My best friend and I cranked out an abundant amount of food. We both had black...
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Weekend Freezer Cooking and New Dog
I roasted vegetables from my CSA this weekend. I had several small sweet potatoes, a squash, 2 garlic bulbs, eggplant, red peppers and onions and apples, of course. I made apple crisp, roasted...
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Sweet Sixteen Weekend
Sweet sixteen parties are a lot more difficult than I imagined. Even if you purchase twelve Little Caesars pizzas and do minimal decorating. I decided to tackle the 98 cupcakes on my own. However, my...
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Sweet Potato Quiche Crust Doubled {New Recipe}
I am all about using what I have from my produce drawer. On Monday, this sweet potato quiche crust was calling my name. Of course, I had to double the recipe below and make two along with our favorite...
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Why my Kids Are MegaFood Kids
I have a difficult time getting my four kiddos to eat their vegetables. In fact, I’ve been doing sneaky freezer cooking for years. I am thrilled to try MegaFood Kids Nutrient Booster Powders. I’ve...
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Blue Apron Saves My Week
Sometimes my school schedule prevents me from grocery shopping for my own family. There, I said it. I shop for three foods classes during the school week and I try to do my family shopping on Fridays....
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Apple Brownies
Fall is in the air with these apple brownies. We love these tasty morsels for dessert. I caught my husband eating them for breakfast. They are so delicious warmed and served with vanilla ice...
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Freezer Cooking Wendy’s Chili and More
I’m in love with this Wendy’s chili that is freezer friendly and so easy to make on a busy school day. I love how it tastes exactly like Wendy’s with the kidney and pinto beans. I love how I can crock...
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Baking Bread for the Needy
I’ve been so busy teaching yeast breads this week, I haven’t had time to post my home freezer cooking. However, our Cougar Kitchen baked eight braided loaves for our local homeless shelter. I felt...
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Crock Pot Pork Loin BBQ
This super easy recipe was made by husband on my teacher work day. I had the ingredients ready and he volunteered to start it in the crock pot. I came home to a delicious easy meal that cooked itself...
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Early Thanksgiving for 108
It’s been a busy week in our Cougar Kitchen preparing 108 meals. I may take off for my own family meal, lol. I’m so proud of all my students preparing a grand feast. We blessed 18 McKinney Vento...
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Here’s What We’ve Been Doing
I have not gone missing for two weeks. I’ve just been super busy and haven’t taken time to update my blog and I apologize. It’s been hectic at school and I’m trying to balance home life first. I carved...
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Our Elves Are Busy
Monday we took our younger children to carol at a nursing home. It’s become our family tradition to visit the elderly and hand out presents with a group at church. I love watching our boys talk and...
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Gingerbread Cookies and Cupcakes
This week has been so incredibly busy at school. Tuesday was the real doozy with a flurry of cookies and cupcakes. All of my school classes were doing cookie and cupcake wars. I think we had some...
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Happy 2017
My family would like to wish you a blessed 2017. 2016 has been a whirlwind of events, busy times and many great memories. We hope to have many more to share. I love all my readers and I’m blessed to...
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A New Year’s Mission Meal: Taco soup and yeast bread
Over break, my FCCLA students (Family, Career, Community Leaders of America) got together to help the needy. Since I planned the menu ahead of time, my Foods 1 students made the bread about two months...
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Crazy New Semester
A new semester at school always brings about changes. This is my excuse for my lack of posts in the past couple of weeks. However, I made freezer waffles this week. Last week I prepped about 25 pounds...
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Two Week Recap
Have I told you how difficult it to manage two blogs, teach 55 students, parent 4 children and cook a decent meal lately? Plus, the list goes on, but it’s a blessing to pause and thank God for the...
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Biscuits Galore
I broke the biscuit making record this week. Since I have four foods classes at school, I made over 60 biscuits during demonstration the first day. The second day was independent lab day and we had...
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