Freezable Wild Rice Soup

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Well, folks – it’s come to this. This is our last week for our “Fill Up Your Freezer” series. I hope you’ve enjoyed it! Here are the recipes I’ve shared so far:

Freezable Pizza Dough Freezable Burritos Freezable Cookie Balls Freezable Pumpkin Rolls Freezable Muffins

Today’s recipe was not supposed to be soup. But a friend shared this recipe with

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Granowenda :: The Best Chewy Granola

My 2 year old, Anna Grace, has this thing about pronunciation. For example, her favorite princess is Cinderenda. Most people know her as Cinderella. One of her favorite snacks is granowenda – aka granola.

This is our favorite granowenda recipe. It bakes up chewy, flavorful, and sweet but the only sweeteners in it are honey and coconut oil.

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Shrimp & Avocado Salad

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How many of you like using your oven in the summer?

Not me! I don’ t like being hot unless there’s a big body of water nearby. That’s one of the reasons I love this salad. It qualifies as a good meal for my hubby because there’s meat on it. But it’s a good meal

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Green + Red = Healthy

I bet you never learned that one in math class, did you? Allow me to explain:

Green.

Red.

Put them together.

Add a little of this.

And there you have it, my friends. Green + Red = Healthy.

I decided to make a homemade strawberry poppyseed dressing. I did not use a recipe. It

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Progress…

Yippee! It’s time for one of my favorite parts of the meal! Bread! I’m such a bread lover. And I love a good side too. Laine over at it’s just Laine has something good cooked up for us today. I just know you’re going to love it. Hop on over and find some recipes that are tasty and kid-approved (she

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Strawberry Pretzel Salad

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Happy Wednesday!

Today, I have one of my favorite picnic foods to share with you. I hope you have all tried this stuff. If you haven’t…well, you just need to organize a picnic with your friends or family just so you can make this dish. Or do what I do and just make it for your family because you

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3 (or 4) Cheese Broiled Tomato Slices

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This was not the recipe I was planning to share today. I was actually planning to share … well, that will have to wait until next week.

I made this recipe last night and it was so tasty I just had to share. It’s the perfect summer appetizer! Or you can eat it as a side dish like

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Crouton Salad

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Summery

Fresh

Delightful

Impressive

Colorful

Tasty

Quick

Easy

Hmmm….which of those words would entice you to try this recipe? Maybe it depends on what mood you’re in (if you’re a female). This salad is all of the above. It is amazingly tasty and fresh. We ate it last week with grilled salmon.

Delish!

I cut the

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