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My Recipe Box

Growing up I remember the green metal recipe box my mom kept in the kitchen full of family favorite recipes. An entire book shelf full of magazines with recipes and cookbooks. Even my own house ended up filled with cookbooks that I would spend hours looking through trying to decide what to cook. Eventually, I […]

Main Dish

Italian Crusted Chicken

Anyone who knows me, knows I rarely eat chicken. There is nothing I hate more than biting into a dry chicken breast and hearing my teeth squeak while I chew. So finally I broke down and asked a friend (who eats primarily chicken) what her go-to recipe was. Turns out it was pretty good and […]

Side Dish

Green beans with bacon and sun-dried tomatoes

Ingredients Fresh green beans (about two handfuls) Bacon (about 6 slices) One jar of sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil with italian herbs julienne cut Instructions Cut bacon into one inch chucks and cook in a pan for approximately 7 minutes (until about half way cooked) While bacon is cooking wash and cut green beans into […]

Dessert

Temptations

Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 cup flour 1 bag small Reese’s peanut butter cups   Instructions Cream together all ingredients except reese’s Press into an un-greased mini muffin tin filling it about […]

Main Dish

Crunchy Tilapia

1 Tilapia fillet 4-5 Ritz crackers 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (the grated, powder kind) 1 T butter   Instructions: Preheat oven to 350. Apply tin foil to a metal pan and spray with oil. Melt butter and crush crackers. Mix crackers, cheese and butter in a bowl, then place on top of tilapia. Bake for […]

Dessert

Sugar Cookies

Frosting: 2 cups powdered sugar ¼ cup Crisco 1/8 cup water Almond flavor Cookies: 2 c sugar 1 c butter soften ¼ tsp lemon juice 1 c sour cream 3 eggs 5 c flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda Cream sugar and butter thoroughly. Add juice. Add eggs, one at a time, […]