tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15544791610580139732026-07-25T11:12:26.196-07:00Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01118705051333926568noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554479161058013973.post-7843454095630117452013-12-12T13:51:00.000-08:002013-12-12T13:51:00.108-08:00

When I think of margaritas I think of summer. Sipping a frozen tart drink on the patio trying to beat off those sun rays. Now I am fighting to be warm with Seattle getting down to about 17 degrees last week. Sipping on a  frozen tart drink was the least from my mind. What else to warm your bones with a little booze right? My solution for a winter warm up - Cranberry Margaritas! I

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mini apple pies with Star Crustbelow mini chocolate cream Pies  My 3rd year of thanksgiving! I have learned a few things over the years, but first a quick recap of the last 2 years.  Year one was crazy I cooked solid for 2 days and had 15 people coming to my house. The term go big applied here! I made 4 different desserts (sweet potato pie, apple pie, chocolate pecan tart, and cream

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It's October! I took the summer off. Now I'm back and better then ever. Yes you read the title right Curried shrimp and corn bisque. First of all I had no idea that I was going to make this soup. Crazy right?! This was an unplanned soup and amazing surprise. I kinda just kept grabbing things from the pantry. A dash of this and a sprinkle of that. Lucky for all of you I wrote everything down. Are

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Balloons all over the floor was a hit with the kids! I was a little light headed after blowing up 30 balloons but  so worth it. Luke asked for a Nemo birthday party for his 3rd birthday. I had never thrown a themed birthday party before.I was so glad that Luke picked a Nemo theme since I already do love fish and have a ton of nautical decor. Hmm I wondered what we should do, I knew

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I love watermelon, and what can make watermelon even cooler?!  Freeze it! Booyah! This is the ultimate cool treat for a hot summer day! And oh so easy to make. You can even make them into ice cubes and put them into lemon water.  I just want to scream HOLY COW these are FANTASTIC! Go ahead buy a watermelon and snack on a few pieces while you puree the rest up. Perfect for a healthy

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Have you ever bought a whole chicken from the store? was it amazing? They are usually slow roasted and seasoned perfectly. After a ton of trial and error I have figured it out, and sharing it will you!  This recipe is a 2 day process with very simple steps. 1 Meduim- Large Whole chicken 1 TBS Salt 2 tsp paprika 1 tsp cayenne powder 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp dill weed 1

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Here we are with another one of Fast Erny's recipes. Last time I posted Fast Ernys Sonoran Lime Chicken  it was a hit. Now that summer is right around the corner, these ribs are a real crowd pleaser. It's the winner of multiple rib contests, and is AMAZING! The meat just falls off the bone, and the recipe is effortless. Go ahead try it out. You will want to eat these ribs every night! 3 1/

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Yep pizza bagels! I'm not sure why I didn't think of them before. I had the mini pizza bagels when they first came out. Let me tell you the ones I made are far better than the ones from the freezer isle. Plus I used regular sized bagels. This is more like a suggestive recipe. I'm giving you the basic idea and way to construct them. But what you put on them is really up to you. I had some

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When I came across a bunch of pineapple peices in my cuppard I was determined to make some yummy pops out of them. But  pure pineapple proved to be a bit too acidic for my tastes. With my fridge full of strawberries-(yes again!) Doing a two-toned pop looks cool and layers the flavors.  Pineapple- Berry Pops 38oz pineapple pieces in pineapple juice 2 TBS honey 2 pounds strawberries

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Lamb was on sale, so I figured I'd try it out. Once it was in my fridge I just stared at it puzzled. Now what do I make with.this unique meat. Don't get me wrong I love lamb. I had just never made it at home or even work. So the journey began. Everyone I asked suggested Greek style foods- which I am not against, I just wasn't in the mood for it. Then I realized we hadn't had tacos for a

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Woo Who Rain! I'm only half kidding! But I made it into kitchen and made some yummy cookies. Aren't they cute? Little chocolate pretzels. This was a fun project for my little helper.  But he couldn't make the pretzel shape, so he made various shapes. The one that was his favorite was the "L" shape.  I wonder why?! ha ha. I paired these with a caramel sauce and they were fantastic. Way

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When I was young my favorite flavor of popsicles, icee, slurpie, hard candy was RED. What does red even  mean? That is just wrong that the color red can be thought of as a flavor ( and yes I know it was something like cherry, strawberry, watermelon) but it was fake none the less.  Now I can put a stop to all the extra sugar and preservatives that goes in my kiddo's body. That's why I

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I took the last few weeks off since  it was super duper nice outside. Which living in Seattle we only get an average of 71 nice days a year. Now I gotta take advantage of it when I get it.  I buckled down and made cookies today- were they awesome? NO. Are they Rollin' Momma worthy? NO. So you don't get a recipe today. In my 20 years of baking I have made thousands nay millions of

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Just like I was saying about having a bunch of pork chops in my previous post of  Molasses Coffee Pork Chops. I found another great recipe, it's oringaly ment for pork ribs but I thought it would be great on chops and it was! Another great pork chop recipe! Yay I was getting a little tired of same dijon pork- yes it's yummy but sometimes it nice to spice things up. Honey and soy pork chops 4

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It's been getting nice outside and soon it will be Hot and time for pops. Now is the time to get the freezer stocked up on pops. It's no fun to make pops when you could be eating them. This pop recipe is more of a guideline for smoothie pops. I'm a huge fan of drinking smoothies all year round. The other day I got a little excited about fresh fruit that I had way more then I could eat in a few

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I recently bought a big pack of pork chops cause they were a great price. Talk about getting four -3 serving  meals for $13.  All I had to do was make something spectacular, and I can do that! I was on a search for good pork chop recipes and came across this one. Let me tell you this was fantastic! But what do you expect from Alton Brown? I changed the recipe around a bit because of

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When I was  thinking up ideas for cookie Thursday I kinda came up blank. I looked outside and saw the rain and cloudy skies and wished for summertime. Then I thought of the most summery thing Lemon burst cookies! Then I realized I haven't done a cookie like this for cookie Thursday before. I added a little lavender- but I could have added more it has a small hint of lavender. This cookie

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Rollin' Momma http://rollinmomma.blogspot.com/ Chocolate chip cookies are classic!  They are always easy to whip up and one of my most favorite cookies. For this batch I used whole wheat flour. But using all purpose flour works out great too. Chocolate Chip Cookies 1/4 cup + 2 TBS soft unsalted butter 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 TBS vanilla extract 1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour

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No time to make a fancy quiche? Well a frittata is just as yummy with half the work. It's just a crustless quiche. Great breakfast item to get your eggs and other veggies and meat packed all together. I sometimes make petite frittatas for company or when I don't have time to make breakfast in the morning. It's great cold or warmed up a little. One of the best things about frittatas is that you

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I just love these swirl cookies! They are like little cinnamon roll bites. While they are baking the whole house smells amazing. They aren't too sweet which is nice in a cinnamon cookie. They taste great with coffee and tea, and are a great afternoon treat for the kiddos.They didn't turn out exactly how I expected but they were tasty and worth a try. To achieve the swirl they need to be

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Last week I made homemade samoas. Now it's only fitting that I make my 2nd favorite kind of girl scout cookies this week. Tagalongs are the peanut butter patties covered in chocolate with a cookie crunch. This cookie will be less involved then the samoas. Tagalongs use the same shortbread cookie base as the samoas so you could make both cookies in the same day if you wanted to.

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  I always thought of Girl Scout cookies of magical and mysterious cookies that nobody could make. But not anymore, I have cracked the code! Beginning with the hardest cookie to make in my opinion Samoas. In my world there are really only 3 kinds of girl scout cookies- Samoas, Tagalongs, and Thin Mints. I know it's really easy to just buy some cookies from the

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Ranger cookies have been around since the 1950's. I heard of them them a few years back when I was working at a small bakery. They had made them in the past, but had been taken out of the rotation  Anyways I put them out of my head till a few days ago when I was brainstorming for cookie Thursday. Turns out that there is a ton of stuff in ranger cookies including oats, coconut,

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Mixer Surgery I was lucky that I made cookies for cookie Thursday before my mixer broke down. It was mixing fine until it wasn't. That is how fast it takes for a gear to break. That turned into another project called- lets try and figure out whats wrong with the mixer... hours later I learned that it was a $5 gear that I needed to replace. I was so happy that I didn't have to get a new

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Grandpa and Lukas  June 2011 My Grandpa used to make meatballs for Oma soup, and frankly it was my favorite part as a kid. One day my Grandpa was making a bunch of meatballs for the freezer and had just gotten a vacuum sealer. He was excited to have them all ready for when he wanted to make Oma soup. So he got them all rolled out and ready to seal, he pressed the button and SMASH! all the

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