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I honestly think I could eat pizza every day. When I was younger I would grab a piece of leftover pizza from the fridge and eat it for breakfast, cold. It was delicious. Now I reheat the pizza a bit because I really like the cheese warm and melted. But I don’t buy pizza as much as I used to, we prefer to make our own pizzas instead. I usually buy the dough from the grocery store, and then add toppings like pizza sauce, pineapple, pepperoni, pepper, and other goodies. Our pan has been a bit difficult to use lately since the finish on it causes the dough to stick, so I’ve decided to buy a new pan, something like this Kaiser Bakeware La Forme Deep Dish Pizza Pan. (more…)

Snowy days, ice skating, building snowmen, and racing down a hill on a sled are all the perfect set up for steamy Rich Hot Cocoa in giant mugs. It gets dark awfully early in the winter which could make kids kind of cranky having to stop playing outside and come in the house. What I like to do is have the cocoa all set on top of the stove, call the kids in, and the aroma makes coming in early all better. Then, after they shed their boots, hats, and mittens, they sit down and warm their little hands, and bellies, with their own favorite mug filled with cocoa and topped with a few marshmallows for good measure. (more…)

I really love to cook – I simply enjoy trying different recipes and making a variety of dishes.  Though when it comes to preparing my dishes, there is one aspect that I don’t enjoy as much and that is chopping up the ingredients. I wish I could cut up the celery and carrots and other great veggies like the chefs do on television – you know, how they chop everything so quickly and neatly. But that’s not how it looks when I’m on the job. My chopping is a little bit sloppier and a whole lot slower. That is why I absolutely love the Ergo Food Chopper from Black & Decker because it makes the whole job so much easier. (more…)

There are many ways to cook and serve whole chickens, but not many prettier, or more juicy and delicious, than a crockpot herbed chicken.  There are times in my family where chicken pieces just won’t do.  Chicken pieces are normally what we use in our recipes, except when we want to sit down at the table, tablecloth and napkins style, with a beautiful platter of chicken.  Serving a whole chicken just looks so much more festive, and that is why we use this recipe so often for special occasions. (more…)

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