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Chicken Gumbo
Here’s another recipe for you that uses some of that leftover chicken from my how to roast a chicken post. I make this frequently, as it’s easy, healthy, and my family loves it! Guess we cancel out the healthy aspect because we have cheddar bay biscuits on the side. I figure we need something a bit more hearty, i.e. fattening,…
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Cheddar Bay Biscuits
The Recipe: 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 cup butter, cut into cubes 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 tablespoon parsley flakes 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup milk 3 tablespoons butter, melted 1 teaspoon garlic salt Mix flour, salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl. Using a pastry knife, cut in the cubes…
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Sewing Closet
via One of the things I love about our new home is the closet space! Not only do Bradley and I have our own closets in our bedroom, but there’s a third closet with a window. When we walked through the home for the first time, it was only built to the point of having drywall, but we could easily…
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50th Post Giveaway!
Blogging has been a desire of mine for over a year now. In fact, I created this blog last fall and it took me 6 months to finally start writing on it! This is now my 50th post, so in order to celebrate an accomplishment of mine, I thought I would do my first giveaway! What am I giving away?…
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Dining Room Chairs
Yesterday I was ecstatic as I drove home with my newly acquired dining room chairs!! They might be hideous now, but I have great plans for these four chairs (plus two others that I got for free last year). I’ve been on the hunt for dining room seating since we moved into our house and it’s been discouraging to find…
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Favorite Spaghetti & Meatballs
Right after we purchased our first home (almost four years ago–time flies…), a sweet friend gave me this cookbook as a housewarming gift. I’ve enjoyed cooking Giada’s recipes over the years, and one has become our favorite spaghetti recipe. I’ve changed it a little from the original, but it is yummy. It also freezes well, which is nice, because you…
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The Vegetable Garden
We’re so excited about our garden this year! Most of our plants were started from seeds and then transplanted to the garden. Among our plants are eggplant, squash, watermelon, beans, tomatoes, corn, etc. Here are a few pictures of what’s growing and how it looks right now. Lord willing, we’ll be able to reap an abundance this summer! Tomatoes Little green…
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Shrimp Thermidor
When I married into my husband’s family I quickly discovered that I was going to be eating well. They lived in a former French colony of West Africa for 16 years, so any western food they were served in a restaurant was of course French cuisine. They came to greatly appreciate this food and so incorporated into their home. Their…
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Spray Painted Table & Lamp
Do you remember this beauty I found at Goodwill two weeks ago? Now, it looks like this: Here’s a closeup of the sanding technique Bradley used so that the paint would adhere: The fabric on the lamp shade is some leftover from the drapery panels, so the total cost for this project was just $4! Not too bad. Onto the…
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Friday’s Fail: The Dresser
The other day I opened the top drawer of my dresser and this is what happened: The top drawer front came off, the middle one slid down into the bottom, and it looks horrible! (Forgive the rest of the mess; I was in the middle of cleaning out some closets). I purchased this before I was married, much to…