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Girl Scout Cookie Hack: Trefoil Brulee

I love Girl Scout cookies. I don’t care that I can get pretty much the same thing for half the price at my local Kroger. The girls doing amazing things on the box always make me smile. In the spirit of Girl Scouts, I’ve decided to go on a mission to use GSCs in new […]

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Behold My Flaky Biscuits

For dinner on Sunday night, I got adventurous and made buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy from scratch.   Homemade biscuits are really pretty simple (they’d have to be if I make ’em.) and they take only a few ingredients, most of which you probably already have on hand.   As with all baking, your results will be […]

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Making Pancakes from Scratch

What with the ubiquity of pancake mixes at the grocery store, you’d think that making pancakes from scratch would be hard. Maybe there’s an exotic ingredient there? Or challenging prep? Negative, my friends. I tried making pancakes from scratch recently and was pleasantly surprised with both the simplicity of the ingredients and the ease of […]

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Easy, Yummy Cornbread

I made turkey three-bean chili the other day and, as my trusty Crock Pot worked its magic, I wondered what I should serve it with. Naturally, the phrase “chili cheese nachos” was the first thing to go through my head, but I wanted something a little more substantial and less bar food-y. So I scoured […]

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Why Not Try”¦Making Your Own Salad Dressing?

Honestly, it’s not as hard as you think. It can also be really satisfying, really tasty, and probably healthier than the stuff that comes out of a bottle. Best of all, whether you make it for yourself, your family, or a group of people, you get to brag that you made the dressing. And why […]