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Greek Burger Recipe

February 28, 2013 By Gwen Brown 33 Comments

I crave this Greek Burger recipe as the weather begins to warm…the grill is calling my name!  And I know JUST what to put on it.  This is my variation on this Greek Burger recipe. (opens in a new window)  The layers of flavor are just amazing…this is currently my favorite burger.  I also love…

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Sugar Cookie Frosting

December 15, 2012 By Gwen Brown 2 Comments

best sugar cookie icing

This basic sugar cookie frosting recipe is what I use every year for our big sugar cookie decorating shebang.  It’s super simple to make, and it can be tinted into a rainbow of colors, thinned out and painted on, or even piped through at tip for outlining or details.  It’s somewhere between a buttercream frosting…

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Greek Spice Blend Recipe

December 7, 2012 By Gwen Brown 8 Comments

greek spice mix recipe

Behold the Greek spice blend recipe of destiny. I know this is technically “cheat” blogging, since this is the first recipe I ever posted on my blog here, but the photographs were SO awful, that I went back and added some decent pictures. The Greek dressing recipe deserves decent pictures.  It is life-changing. If you’ve…

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Chili Mix Recipe

October 15, 2012 By Gwen Brown 6 Comments

Homemade chili spice mix

A homemade Chili Mix recipe is something I put together every fall…I’ve been doing this for years, and not only does it save us a good bit of money from buying the premixed pouches, BUT I know exactly what’s in it, AND I can also tweak our mix to fit our spice preference.  Win-win-win. This…

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Concentrated Cream of Mushroom Soup Cubes

March 27, 2012 By Gwen Brown 16 Comments

homemade cream of soup recipe

My kitchen tip for today is creating flavor cubes that allow me to very quickly whip up recipes that use cream of mushroom soup.  Not only is is WAY less expensive than using canned soups, but it’s a big space saver as well.  Twelve “soup starter cubes” take up very little space in the freezer!…

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Pretzel Dogs & Pig in a Blanket Recipes

March 22, 2012 By Gwen Brown 4 Comments

When I first started making the No-Knead-Refrigerator-Dough-easy bread recipe, I thought it was pretty spectacular. It’s the recipe that I’ve gotten the most positive feedback about so far, so I think you guys are liking it too.  The more I experiment with it, the more I realize that I really underestimated how life changing this…

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Fudge Recipe with Coconut Oil

January 28, 2012 By Gwen Brown 9 Comments

This healthy fudge recipe is made with extra virgin coconut oil, honey, and a few other common pantry ingredients.  It’s easy, and this is a tasty way to get the health benefits of extra virgin coconut oil and raw honey, which I’ll tell you more about at the bottom in just a second. If you’re…

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The Best Meatloaf Recipe Ever

January 13, 2012 By Gwen Brown 18 Comments

This IS the best meatloaf recipe ever…according to my son. “The kids in my class were CRAZY…they didn’t LIKE meatloaf!  I couldn’t believe it.  I guess it’s just because they had cafeteria meatloaf.” I’m generally not a fan of tooting-my-own-horn, but the other suggestion for a title was ‘meat muffins’…and that just didn’t sound appetizing….

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