Time Saving Recipes

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Ms. Lucy’s Dessert

This is the easiest, most delicious, most –press the crumbs with your fork– moist cake, you will ever eat!
The first time I ate this cake was at a lady’s luncheon. My sweet friend, Ms. Lucy baked it and said it was a quick, standard dessert she relied on for gatherings. When she told [...]

4Oct2007 | Jill | 1 comment | Continued
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Whole Wheat Pancakes My Kids Love!

This is the healthiest pancake recipe that my kids REALLY love to eat.  Believe me, I have tried other "your kids are gonna love these healthy pancakes" recipes.  They didn't.  They knew right away there was something not right and they weren't going to bite! 
Now, I will admit that this recipe has literally evolved over [...]

26Sep2007 | Jill | 3 comments | Continued
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Quick Italian Cream Cake

Growing up, my Memaw ALWAYS made me a German chocolate cake for my birthday.  It has ALWAYS been what I love to eat.
Until the day after I had given birth to my first child.
I remember the pang of guilt that shot through me, when I considered,  “This could be my new favorite birthday cake.”
Move over [...]

14Sep2007 | Jill | 3 comments | Continued
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Aunt Deb’s Layered Salad

My Aunt’s layered salad YUMMY! Our family eats it every time we have Italian meals.  It’s great to make for pot luck gatherings and can easily be made ahead.  In fact, this layered salad tastes better when made one day ahead of eating it.
This recipe makes A LOT of salad, perfect for potluck, holiday dinners, [...]

11Sep2007 | Jill | 0 comments | Continued
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Saturday Night Lasagna & Sunday’s Lunch

Again, I’m sorry there’s not a photo of this DELICIOUS recipe.  Good food and hungry families don’t wait for photo shoots.
Let me begin by saying that my daughter is not a tomato sauce fan.  I usually prepare something different for her when we have Italian food night.  Yes, I know there are white sauces, but [...]

11Sep2007 | Jill | 6 comments | Continued
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Ground Beef Cooked Ahead

You will see me refer to this recipe, very often.  When I know I have a busy week coming up, I cook ahead.
I have learned to keep cooked meat and poultry in the freezer.  It saves me money to buy the meats in bulk and I save time when I cook it all up [...]

10Sep2007 | Jill | 0 comments | Continued
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Quick Barbecue Chicken Dinner

I’ll admit it!  I was not in the mood to cook tonight, but I was in the mood for barbecue chicken.  How was I going to get a full meal done with very little effort? I did not want to turn on the oven, even though cooking the chicken would have been a easy [...]

3Sep2007 | Jill | 5 comments | Continued
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Sloppy Chicken Enchiladas

Today has been crazy!  The kids and I have been driving all over East Texas taking care of our candy machine route.  Did I ever tell you that I had a candy machine route?  Well, I do.  It’s fun, but that’s another blog.  As soon as we arrived home at 4:05pm, I remembered Max had karate [...]

14Aug2007 | Jill | 5 comments | Continued
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Black Bean Enchiladas

I'm excited to share this recipe with you because I changed the way I normally prep the corn tortillas and it only took 35 minutes to get it to the table.  The after dinner clean up was super easy, too!
When making enchiladas, I was taught to heat a little oil in small pan, place one [...]

9Aug2007 | Jill | 5 comments | Continued
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Monday Night Meatloaf

Monday night dinners are served later than normal around my house these days. My son’s karate class is conveniently scheduled at the same time I prepare dinner. Do you have this schedule too? Eating out is not an option on Mondays, we save that luxury for Friday night, maybe. Eating something [...]

7Aug2007 | Jill | 2 comments | Continued
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