Chicken and Gnocchi Soup with Spinach and a girls night in PT. 1

I have mentioned before that I am from a moderately sized town in Northern West Virginia.  However, though we are a big town for the state, we are still pretty small.  There isn't a lot to do around here if you want to go out with your friends, and there is even less to do if you are not into …

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Meal Planning 102

Recently I posted about meal planning  101!  I received great feedback on it, but with that feedback was the consistent question "Yeah, but how do you do it?" Now, as I have said before, I am not an expert on anything, but I will, of course, share what I do, and what works for me.  For ti…

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Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

After a long weekend of food indulgences, my tummy was in need of something a little lighter.  I haven't been to the store in a while so I went to my fridge to see what I had to work with.  Low and behold I saw this beautiful butternut squash, so instantly I thought SOUP!  I had never had butt…

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Roasted Butternut Squash Puree

Have you ever walked through one of those fancy kitchen supply stores or trendy markets, sampled something, and thought "Now THAT is amazing!  I have to get it!"  Only to find out that the mix or jarred puree is some ridiculously astronomical price?  Yeah, me too.  I am also sorry to say…

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Chicken Fried Rice

I know that Sunday is traditionally a day where families come together for a big meal, that has been roasting away in the oven all morning long, filling the house with delectable flavors!  Well, to be honest, that is not how things play out at our house!  On Sunday, I wake up early in the morning,…

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