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Today I'm sharing a new recipe I made earlier this week. I changed things up just a little from the original recipe but here's a link to the original recipe: Slow Cooker Chipotle Split Pea Soup with Ham This was so good! I didn't have the 10 hours it called for and thought I'd attempt to Instant Pot the recipe. Success after 30 minutes! Definitely a keeper. We love the heat of the Chipotle

I’m starting up a little series of posts that feature old blog posts.  Kalissa and I have been going back and looking at them.  It’s been fun.  I started blogging in June of 2009…WOW.  Ten years.  I’m so glad I’ve kept the blog as a diary of sorts.

It seems in December of 2009 I was busy baking.  I typically do quite a bit of baking around the holidays.  I had Kramer’s sweet tooth to keep at bay back then.  This year…I think I won’t be doing as much.  Kramer’s not ...

Year ago I had joking told my husband, Kramer, if you ever die, I’m going to each soup for most of my meals…I never thought he’d be dying anytime soon, but he did and here I am.  I spoke the truth then as I now eat a lot of soup.  Seriously, I love soup.  He always hated it as it didn’t “fill him up”.

So as I was trolling Facebook the other day I saw a recipe for Chicken Enchilada Soup and knew if I have the ingredients, or I could improvise them enough, I’d ...

A post from Kelli–

As I’m sure many of you know, going back to work after a maternity leave is a bit difficult.  Obviously it’s hard to leave Georgia, but adjusting to a whole new set of “needs” and “need to do’s” can be a bit taxing.

Back in April before Dad passed away, mom, dad, and I had a talk and decided that we were all willing to pitch in to get things worked out so that mom would be able to watch Georgia while I worked.  The way things are now, I live about 35 ...

I’m a little lazy sometimes.  I’ll admit that.  This is proof.

I was in town getting groceries and saw that bananas were 14 cents a pound.  They were the ones that were banana bread ready so I grabbed a couple sacks of them.

The kids at my house love banana bread and love smoothies.  I used these bananas all the time for both.  Plus Georgia and Gannon are both trying baby food (Gannon hates it-Georgie loves it) so these softer bananas work great for making our own baby food too.

Well about the same day I saw a ...

I’ve told you I love my Instant Pot and use it often.  I make so many things with no recipe…or a modified recipe.  Today I took a crock pot recipe and tweaked it for the Instant Pot.

I put a beef roast into the Instant Pot.  I put in enough water to reach the top of the roast.

I added:
a pinch of celery salt
2 tablespoons of Worchestire Sauce
2 tablespoons of beef soup base
1 large chopped onion
1 pack of dry onion soup mix
1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup

You can add salt ...

• 2 Tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 cup fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
• 2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 2 Tbsp Coconut Secret Coconut Aminos (soy free alternative to soy sauce) or lite soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce
• 1 tsp Splenda Brown Sugar Blend or 2 tsp Whey Low Gold (low-calorie, low-glycemic, all-natural sugar replacement) [this is my preference]
• 2 tsp sesame oil, divided
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1 pound boneless, skinless, chicken breasts, cubed
• 1 medium red or orange bell pepper, cubed
• 1/2 cup carrots, diced or sliced
• 1, 8-oz can water chestnuts, rinsed, drained ...

A HUGE family favorite here are Pork Tenderloins.  I love them..the kids loved them.  Hubby especially loved them.

Last weekend I was on the computer writing blog posts when Karl called me.  He said, “Hey I’m in Cedar Falls at the HyVee Grocery.  They have pork loins on sale for $1.58 a pound.  Do you want one?”  YES!!  YES, I do.  So Karl brought it home.  $14.90 for this.  YES!!

Anytime they are under $2 a pound I buy one.  We love pork loins and the many things that I make with it.

This night on ...

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So my dreaded diet started on LAST Friday…well Saturday actually but I always start a day early to “get in the mode”.  I know that sounds weird but it so easy to wipe a bit of peanut butter off of a knife and put it in my mouth.  I’ve had a bad habit like that for years and most of the time it’s okay but when I’m on this diet it’s a ...

The family recently got together.  Kelli and Kalissa knew we’d all be here and also knew how hard it is to get all of us to a restaurant so everyone pitched in and made something.  I was in charge of potato salad and my macaroni ring salad.  (recipe for ring salad HERE).  Kalissa brang hamburgers…Kelli brought Apple Pie Muffins.

Here’s Lucy trying one…they were a HIT!

The original recipe was for Apple Pie Bread but Kelli likes muffins better.  I do for the kiddos too.

Kelli found the recipe at Hillbillies Down Home Cooking Facebook page ...

Last winter when I was in Colorado skiing, I had some friends over for dinner. Looking for a fairly inexpensive but satisfying way to feed a large crowd, I decided to make a pot of black bean soup from a WONDERFUL recipe I found on Allrecipes.com.

Here’s the recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/220179/quick-and-easy-black-bean-soup/

(And be SURE to make the relish!)

I made a couple of loaves of homemade sourdough bread to go with it — Yum!

(The book that changed breadbaking for me:
Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish.)

Several years ago, I taught at a ...