Every time I buy vanilla I always have to stare at the bottles for a few minute contemplating if I should pay the extra cost for “Pure Vanilla” versus the imitation stuff.  Provided the real stuff costs 15 times more than the fake stuff when I walk away with my little eye dropper worth of
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To teach my kids that  macaroni and cheese doesn’t always have to come from a box I decided to make some from scratch.  Here is the recipe I went with. Creamy Macaroni and Cheese Recipe Ingredients 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2 cups
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I mentioned it in my frozen mini pancakes post that I would need to try making pancakes from scratch.  Though I had to pick up some buttermilk I had all the other ingredients in my cupboards.  Here is the recipe I went with:   Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe Ingredients 1 cup flour 1 tablespoon white sugar
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My youngest daughter loves her Pizza Lunchables, she would eat them for every meal if we would let her.  I am not sure if it is the taste or just the fact she gets to construct her lunch.  Being out of them we decided to make our own. As many discoveries are found by mistake,
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My wife made the mistake of mentioning that my daughter and I should bake something for some company that would be coming over in a little over an hour.  Not knowing what to bake I passed the decision to my 5 year old who immediately proclaimed we should make chocolate cake.  Not having any chocolate
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My kids love pancakes, I am more than happy to make them from scratch on the weekends but on the busy school mornings the frozen variety is our only option.  This past weekend, we had quite a bit of extra pancake batter so decided to take a stab at making some of my own frozen
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