recipes

  • Chicken couscous soup

    Last week, Mac wasn’t feeling well and came home sick from work. This was literally the third time I have seen him sick in our entire relationship. He was hungry but wasn’t interested in eating a lot, so I whipped up a batch of chicken couscous soup. I had both broth and couscous on hand,…

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  • Favorite easy freezer meals

    I don’t know why, but doing super housewifey things is really fun to me. Except cleaning, that all around sucks. We bought a deep freeze when we moved to Colorado, and we’ve been slowing filling it up. I can prep these meals in large batches and then pop them in the deep freeze for later…

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  • Funeral sandwiches

    Does anyone else completely love King’s Hawaiian rolls? I adore them and try to find any recipe I can that uses Hawaiian rolls as an ingredient. They may have a terrible name, but these funeral sandwiches are delicious. Funeral sandwiches come together quickly and keep well without temperature control, so they’re great party food. I’ve…

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  • Pumpkin spice Oreo cheesecake cups

    Let’s start off Monday with dessert. Sounds like a plan to me. Finding pumpkin Oreos last fall inspired me to create this recipe. Mac loves Oreos, all things pumpkin, and Oreo cheesecake, so it’s a perfect mix. Sadly, the pumpkin Oreos went away before he came home, and I didn’t think cheesecake could survive a…

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  • Bacon cheese fries

    Who out there has a go-to appetizer? I love bacon cheese fries, and I order them frequently when we go out to eat (hello, all 3000 calories of Outback Steakhouse’s cheese fries. Mmm, or Cheddar’s cheese fries. Or Carolina Ale House where they use battered fries). Cheese fries are also my go-to ballpark food. So…

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  • My freezer meal experience

    I mentioned last week that I was going to make some freezer meals, and I finally got around to it yesterday. When it happened to be 90 degrees and sunny. I’m a great planner. I planned five meals: baked ziti, enchiladas, manicotti, lasagna rolls, and stuffed shells. Mac loves pasta, so I made dishes that…

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