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June 2, 2007
Heather L
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Favorite Ingredients Friday: Freezer Edition

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

Freezer Lasagna Ingredients: 1 1/2 pound lean ground beef OR Italian sausage OR mix 1 onion, chopped OR 1/2 cup celery, chopped 2 cloves crushed garlic 1 large can tomato sauce 1-6 oz. can tomato paste salt to taste 2 tsp. dried Italian spice 1-12 oz. carton ricotta 2 eggs mixed with 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon dried parsley 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 10-12 oz. gluten free lasagna noodles, uncooked 3 cups (12 oz.) shredded mozzarella cheese Directions: 1. Brown ground beef,onion/ celery and garlic in skillet, drain excess meat fat. 2. Stir in tomato sauce,tomato…

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May 30, 2007
Heather L
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Works for Me Wednesday: Sweet Tea

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D absolutely loves sweet tea which is funny since we grew up in the North and sweet tea just isn’t the norm. Well, move ahead a few years to when we were living in the South. D started drinking sweet tea, but I didn’t personally know how to make sweet tea. So, it was restricted to when we went out to eat or went to someone’s house that had made sweet tea. Fast forward again to when we moved to Northern Va… It was not easy to find sweet tea. And no, tea with added sweetener is NOT sweet tea.…

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May 30, 2007
Heather L
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Fresh Summer Salsa

Posted in Family, Gluten Free, and Homemaking

Tonight I tried my hand at homemade salsa, and even Munchkin liked it. So, it was obviously a hit at our house. It’s really simple. Ingredients: 1 Half Large Sweet Onion 6 Roma Tomatoes 1 Green Pepper 1 Half Red Pepper 1 Half Yellow Pepper 1 Medium Cucumber 3 Tbsp Lemon Juice You can either finely chop everything by hand or you can use a chopper to dice everything. Combine all the chopped ingredients with the lemon juice. This is a mild salsa. If you want something with more of a kick, you’ll want to add in some hot peppers.…

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May 18, 2007
Heather L
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Strawberry Jam

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Outdoor Adventures

On Wednesday, we headed over to a local berry “farm” (or so we thought). It turned out to be a field on the side of the road, but we didn’t care as the strawberries were very tasty. We picked 3 very full buckets of strawberries. We enjoyed just eating them fresh and with some whipped cream. D enjoyed them on his cereal. But, I wanted to make some strawberry freezer jam like my mom use to make us growing up. So, I spent a good part of the day hulling and cutting up the strawberries. D was amazed at how…

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March 30, 2007
Heather L
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Favorite Ingredient Friday: Chicken Popovers

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Now these aren’t truly popovers, but it’s what we’ve always called them. This is something that I came up with when my husband and I were first married, and they were a hit. Ingredients: 2 Chicken breasts (once again, you can use your favorite cut)2 pats of butterItalian seasoningSaltPepper Directions: 1. Place the chicken breasts between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound thin.2. Divide each chicken breast into 2 halves.3. Place pat of butter inside of chicken breast and sprinkle with italian seasoning4. Fold edges of chicken into the middle to cover pat of butter and seasoning.5. Place chicken,…

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