• Cooking,  Recipes,  Side Dishes,  Uncategorized

    Her Best Mexican Rice

    Her Best Mexican Rice If you enjoy eating rice at Mexican restaurants, this can be a nice side dish to eat with your Mexican dinner at home.  I actually made it the main course by adding cooked chicken into it toward the end. (Tip: It works out great to make this recipe after cooking a whole chicken and reserving the broth for this recipe.) My recipe came out quite spicy because I used my own homemade salsa which is spicy…but I’ve also had much spicier!   I really think the outcome will depend on how hot your salsa is.  So if you want mild, use mild salsa, but if you’re wanting…

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    Homemade Pizza in a Snap!

    Homemade Pizza in a Snap! We usually have pizza on Fridays, but pizza can actually be enjoyed just about any night of the week. To make it healthier you can use less cheese, use extra tomato sauce and add your favorite veggies, etc. Pizza Dough Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups of flour —— For Yeast Liquid mixture: 1 cup very warm water 1 pk. of yeast (or 2 1/4 tsp. of jarred yeast) 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp sugar —– 2 tsp. olive oil (optional) Instructions: To make your yeast liquid mixture, use a measuring cup.   Measure 1 cup of very warm water.  Add your yeast, salt, and sugar and…

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    Friday Freebie – 30 Easy Kids Recipes Download

    Friday Freebie – 30 Easy Kids Recipes download (pdf) Be a Super Star Mom Fixing Meals They’ll Love! Well, this week I’ve been working on compiling my first freebie for my blog.  I hope all you moms out there will be able to use this recipe booklet which contains 30 easy-to-do recipes for kids. Go ahead and share it with others.  Offer it as a freebie on your own blog! Click here to download now (right click to save to your computer) *Note: You will need the adobe reader to read all of our pdf downloads.  If you don’t have your copy yet, click here to view details about the…

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    Simple Spinach Dip

    Simple Spinach Dip 1 10 oz pkg frozen spinach (thaw, squeeze out excess liquid and chop) 1 cup low fat sour cream 1 cup mayo (I use Kraft mayo with olive oil) 1 can water chestnuts – diced 3 green onions, finely chopped 1 pkg. Knorr Vegetable Soup Mix (dry) Combine all ingredients and chill for an hour. Note: I simply used some Lawry’s Seasoned Salt (containing no MSG) to add seasoning instead of the Knorr Vegetable Soup Mix .  You may also experiment with other seasoning mixes if you like.  I’ve seen other recipes include these for seasoning:  1 pkg. Ranch salad dressing mix or  1 pkg. Mrs. Grass…

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    The Recipe to Weaning Yourself From Those Sweets

    The Recipe to Weaning Yourself  From Those Sweets It can be rough after the holidays trying to get back to normal eating…those cravings for sweets seem to linger on and on.  I don’t know about you, but I keep thinking about chocolate fudge and brownies.  The good news is that there are some simple ways to help you start eliminating those sweets from your daily diet. Here’s a few ideas to help you start weaning yourself from all those sweets… 1.  First, start by limiting your sweets to just the weekends or one particular day of the week. 2.  Next, mix smaller batches or portions so that there is only…