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Recipes & TIPs for Everyday Living!

DIY Confectioners Sugar

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I can’t believe how easy it is to make your own DIY confectioners sugar! Don’t waste money or space on buying an extra bag of confectioners sugar (powdered sugar). There is no need when you can make it yourself using plain old granulated white sugar! I can’t tell you how many times I am mid-recipe… Read More

Hard Boiled Eggs With Smoked Salmon

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  Hard Boiled Eggs With Smoked Salmon  I love hard boiled eggs with smoked salmon. It combines two of my favorite breakfasts. My first favorite is bagels with cream cheese (or goat cheese), lox and capers. I also love sliced hard boiled eggs on a bagel with avocado. Truth is, I rarely eat bagels because I… Read More

Gel Manicure Hack

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I was so excited to see this gel manicure hack all over Pinterest and had to try it! There are so many pins for this method and some have over a thousand repins.  I figured, “this has to be good!” If you’re like me, then a manicure lasts about 2 days of normal living before the polish starts… Read More

Kool Aid Lip Balm

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This week on Tween Tuesday, we’re making some Kool Aid Lip Balm.  We’ve been talking about making homemade lip balm for awhile and we finally settled on trying it with Kool Aid.       My daughter had a friend over recently and she was telling us about making lip balm with crayons. Lets face… Read More

California Cobb Salad

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I’ve been in a bit of a dinner rut lately, and after seeing a post for Roasted Asparagus Cobb Salad on Foody Schmoody…I’m Just Cooking, it inspired me to make my version of a California Cobb Salad.  I am lucky. My family will eat salad whenever I make it, but if I want to serve it… Read More

Household Tips

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Here are some of my household tips to help life and clean up a little easier! Stove Splatters. I often have a hard time cleaning up splatters without lots of scrubbing. Now that my kiddos are starting to cook, the spills and splatters are a pretty frequent occurrence in our kitchen.  To clean without scratching,… Read More

5 Foods You Should Not Refrigerate

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Here are 5 foods you should not refrigerate. Some I knew, some I didn’t, but once I started paying attention to the amount of food I was throwing away, I started reading up and some of them surprised me. After all, most people learn by example and I know that I store many foods the way… Read More

Perfect Rice

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You know when you are wishing for Perfect Rice, but you get one big sticky lump instead? Well I finally discovered a secret to help prevent my rice from sticking and I’m SO glad I did!  At least a month ago, there was a conversation on Facebook about cooking rice. I’m pretty sure was a thread… Read More