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Shepherd’s Pie with Cheddar Mash

[image error]Shepherd’s Pie is a hearty, filling dish featuring meat, vegetables, and gravy under a fluffy bed of mashed potatoes. Bake this up for some ultimate comfort food. You ready for some good old fashioned, comfort food? Well then, Shepherd’s Pie is where it’s at. Tender veggies, hearty meat, luscious gravy, all topped with creamy mashed […]

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Homemade Pies: Tips, Tools, & Recipes

[image error]Want to learn to make stellar pies? I gotcha covered. Check out these tips, tools, and homemade pies you can dig into today. Pictured: Toffee Dream Pie If you’re a fan of pie, then you’re going to want to learn how to make homemade pie. You just can’t have one without the other. Not really.  […]

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Easy Blueberry Pie from Scratch

[image error]Take advantage of a free hour and bake up a delicious blueberry pie. It’s surprisingly easy and amazingly tasty to bake one from scratch. If you’ve got a hankering for pie, then it’s time to get baking. Seriously, unless you have an exquisite (and possibly expensive) bakery or pastry shop in your neighborhood, you can […]

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Make Pancakes for Mardi Gras

[image error]For centuries it was tradition for Christians to use up their eggs and butter before the Lenten season of fasting. Now it’s a fun tradition to make pancakes for Mardi Gras! Are you ready for some history lessons? You may not know this, but I’ve been a homeschool mom for 18 years. And history is one […]

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February Grocery Spending

[image error]It can be helpful for your own grocery budget to see what others spend and what kind of tricks they use to save money. Here’s what we spend on groceries in January to feed our family of 8. Woohoo! The end of another month! I can’t believe how February treated us. Not only was it […]

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Are you tired of always being behind?

[image error]Are you tired of being endlessly behind? Use freezer cooking as a way to up your game in the kitchen and free your time to do other things. Pictured: Best Ever Slow Cooker Pulled Pork You know how they say that great abs are made in the kitchen? Well, I believe great days start in the […]

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Tips for Thawing Freezer Meals & 5 Recipes That You Don’t Need to Thaw

[image error]Don’t like freezer cooking because of the mysteries of thawing freezer meals? Here are a few strategies to help make sense of it all as well as some freezer meal recipes that you DON’T have to thaw. You’ve heard how freezer meals can save you time. So, you do a little cooking to freeze and […]

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Don’t Let Milk Go to Waste: 14 Recipes To Use Up Milk

[image error]Don’t let that milk go to waste! Use up milk in these tasty recipes instead of pouring it down the drain. They say, “Don’t cry over spilled milk.” I say, “Don’t cry over milk about to expire. Use it up!” Wasting food is akin to wasting money. We can salvage our grocery budgets when we […]

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How to Bake Bacon in the Oven

[image error]Quit standing by the stove getting splattered by bacon grease. Learn to bake bacon in the oven to make it easier — so you can eat more bacon, more often! Bacon just may be a magical meat. First off, it tastes amazing. I’ve known many a person to give up their vegetarian ways in the […]

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Homemade Vegetable Chow Mein

[image error]Have a hankering for Chinese take-out tonight? Mix up a batch of this Homemade Vegetable Chow Mein. You’ll enjoy a great dish and save some money, too! For as long as I can remember, my children’s childhood favorite — and my childhood favorite! — takeout has been Chinese food. Please note that I am talking […]

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