Good Eats

Join the Freezer Cooking Craze!

I love my freezer! I’m not ashamed to say it. I remember years ago my younger sister turned up her nose at the idea of making food ahead of time and freezing it. Truth be told, I think she just had bad memories from our childhood when our parents or grandmothers stockpiled food that didn’t [...]

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Chocolate Cheesecake Muffins (Ultimate Recipe Swap: Chocolate)

A homemade baking mix gets jazzed up with two forms of chocolate and a cheesecake like topping. Delicious and easy to pull together! As you may know, we’re in the midst of a Pantry Challenge over here. While I’ve not completely sworn off grocery shopping this month, I am “shopping my closet” as it were [...]

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Reader Q & A: Recipe Organization

Occasionally, readers write with questions that I know others might be able to add to or benefit from. Today we’re talking about recipe organization. Q. You may have covered this before but do you mind sharing how you store your recipes? Do you have an online resource for this? Our family moves every 2-3 years and [...]

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Once a Month Meal Planning & a Pantry Challenge

Once a month meal planning is a great way to make good use of your pantry and freezer’s resources as well as make sure that dinner gets on the table in short order. Today is a new day. A new year. A fresh start in a myriad of ways. A time to dream some big [...]

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Make Something Easy and Delicious (URS: New Year’s Feasting)

Serving simple appetizers is a great way to ring in the New Year without a lot of fuss. Once upon a time, I tried to create fancy spreads for holiday meals. Roast leg of lamb on Easter, roast turkey on Thanksgiving, prime rib of beef on Christmas. What took days to plan and hours to [...]

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Cooking Up Some Good Cheap Eats

We’ve had some delicious times over at Good Cheap Eats over the last few weeks. Here’s the round-up. So, in addition to Life as MOM. I also have a food site, called Good Cheap Eats. I started it almost three years ago when I found that I wanted to dish more about food — without [...]

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Cranberry Christmas Bread or Wanna Be Panettone (URS: Christmas)

Homemade Christmas bread, full of cranberries and baked in a paper pan is reminiscent of store bought panettone, but the dough features whole wheat pastry flour and is prepared in a bread machine. I was first introduced to panettone the year I lived in France almost twenty years ago. My French family lived in the [...]

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Quickest Chili in the West (URS: Make Ahead Meals)

Looking for a quick, hot meal? How about a quick supper to give as a gift? I gotcha covered on both counts with this make ahead chili spice mix! Quick meals, especially those that can be made ahead, are the name of the game in these here parts. Especially since I came down with the [...]

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