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Cooking with ChristyB!

Those that know me are probably wondering why on earth I, of all people, would start a cooking blog.

My original intent was to become more organized by creating a weekly dinner menu for my family as a way to force myself to cook.

In turn, this blog was created as a way to force myself to keep up with my weekly dinner menus so I wouldn't let down my tens of readers by not posting. It's a vicious cycle.

I never claimed to be a very good cook though I do enjoy giving it the 'ol college try. My family says I cook "Cajun" (as in BURNT). I simply don't have the patience to hang around the kitchen while something is cooking and I routinely forget to set the timer which often results in "blackened" dishes.

With the creation of my weekly dinner menus, I have found a new passion for cooking. I don’t dread cooking meals (at least not every night). I by no means create any of the recipes shared on this blog. I simply enjoy researching new recipes and sharing them with my readers along with my main passion, photography, by photographing images of the final product.

I hope you enjoy reading about my cooking adventures. Maybe my dinner menus will encourage you to be more creative with your family’s dinner meals.

 Here’s to making a mess in the kitchen!

 

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Category Archives: Misc.

Turtle Burgers

Okay, I admit. I did not try to make these. A friend sent me an email with this recipe. It says they were made somewhere in Louisiana. Don’t they look real?!? And kinda creepy.
Here is what the email said:

Turtle Burgers
Handmade ground beef patties, topped...

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Seasoned Saltine Crackers

These crackers are great for a quick appetizer or snack for any party. Growing up we made this recipe using Oyster crackers. This particular recipe from TastyKitchen.com called for Saltine crackers, so I gave it a try. Oyster crackers or Saltine crackers, they are addictive.

Seasoned Saltine Crackers
*Recipe from TastyKitchen.com
1 cup canola oil
1...

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Diet Icing

My husband and daughter decided they needed something sweet to eat one night. As they were walking out the door I yelled, “Get me something, too.” This is what they came home with. Gotta love them!!!

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Roasted Peeps

A few weeks back, just after Thanksgiving when we had a spell of 60 degree weather, my family drug the fire pit back out and enjoyed an evening of cooking hot dogs over the fire and making s’mores in the backyard.

Only this time, we made our s’mores with Christmas Peeps. I’ll never...

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Wind & Willow Mixes

Here is a great idea for an affordable holiday gift. Or, if you aren’t one for cooking, wow your family by making one of these delicious mixes and let them think you made it from scratch! Wind and Willow offers a complete line of Dips, Cheeseball Mixes, Soup Mixes, Bread Mixes and Cheesebake...

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Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

Last night we carved pumpkins. It’s a task I always dread at first but am happy we did in the end. It is nice now that the kids can carve their own pumpkins. While they carved, I cleaned up pumpkin seeds to try a new recipe. I wanted something different than...

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My Recent Cooking Faux Pas

Though the cooking blog has been slow recently, I really have been cooking. It’s just that my attempts at many recipes lately haven’t been worth sharing.
Pasta with Browned Butter Sauce - sounds good doesn’t it? My version tasted more like pasta drenched in butter, which isn’t terrible, but I could feel my arteries...

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Forgive me. I am a dork!

If you were one of those who used the subscribe link at the bottom of this page to receive a daily e-mail when this cooking blog has been updated, please forgive me. I am a dork! I accidentally deleted the Subscribe plug-in and lost my subscriber list. I hope you will trust me that I...

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Who Tweets about Food?

As promised on the main blog I have a some favorite Twitter users that I follow for cooking inspiration and recipes. I thought I would share a few with you.
Again, for the Pioneer Woman fanatics, she has a separate Twitter account for her new cooking website Tasty Kitchen.

For recipe ideas, you can’t...

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Fresh Blueberries

What says summer more than enjoying a bowl of freshly rinsed blueberries on the back deck with a glass of sparkling fruit punch and your favorite magazine?

I admit, I don’t believe I had ever dared to taste blueberries before other than in the Betty Crocker blueberry muffins mom always used to make. I’ve considered buying...

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