One thing my entire family looks forward to when Halloween rolls around is cleaning and carving pumpkins. This isn’t just because they are excited to make fun and unique jack-o-lanterns. It is, in part, because they are excited to save and cook the pumpkin seeds.
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I have never been a fan of chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans. When someone told me I should try roasted chickpeas my first instinct was to say no thank you, but shortly after that I had the opportunity to try some and I was surprised at how much I liked them.
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I have a tradition with some of my neighbor’s kids when it comes to Halloween. My house is off the beaten track and they are usually the only people who come to my house to trick-or-treat so I enjoy doing something extra special for them.
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Don’t ask me why I dislike ironing so much, or how that hatred started… I really don’t know. Perhaps it is because I am a perfectionist and I feel like I need to get every seam and wrinkle worked out perfectly when I iron. Perhaps it is because it is a boring chore. Perhaps I just haven’t found the right iron yet…
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One of my most favorite foods in the whole wide world is popcorn! Can you blame me?
I can’t count on one hand how many times, since my kids have grown up and moved out, that I have had popcorn for at least one meal a day. While I don’t get bored easily with plain popcorn, because I love popcorn so much, I thought I would do some searching to see what kind of recipes I could find.
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During a recent trip to the grocery store, I had baking soda on my shopping list. When I got to the aisle it was located in, I ended up grabbing 3 boxes instead of one.
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When we first moved into our house several years ago, we had a few sad looking raspberry bushes that we were lucky to get a small bowl of berries from. With a lot of TLC, I now have a large raspberry patch that produces more than I need!
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While my raspberries are a few weeks behind the schedule they usually follow, they are finally all ripening enough for me to start picking them and making some raspberry jam. My husband and kids love this jam, and I would certainly hear about it if I didn’t make it. I made about two dozen jars each year and that seems to just get us through.
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Last weekend, we did a lot of fishing and ate a lot of fish. While I love the recipe my husband uses to cook our fish (dipped in milk and coated in a mixture of Shore Lunch and corn flake crumbs), after a long weekend of eating it over and over again, I always think I should find some new ways to cook our pan fish fillets.
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Do you own a waffle iron? Yeah, me too… Until recently, I begrudgingly allowed the waffle iron a spot in my small appliance cupboard.
I say “begrudgingly” because I have a hard time wasting valuable cupboard room on an appliance that only has a single focus…
I say “until recently” because not too long ago I stumbled across some creative uses for my waffle iron! So I challenge you…
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