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favorite easy chicken pasta dinner

vintage mom in kitchen-dad coming home

This is by far one of my most favorite easy meals.  This is in regular rotation and the kids, for the most part love it (okay, they pick out the asparagus, but I make them eat a few bites).  This recipe is from the book, Joie Warner’s No-Cook Pasta Sauces.  Besides living with my GBF [...]

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Book Club Special Recipe-Tuscan Veggie Torte

vintage now im really cooking

I hosted last night’s Chicks & Books meeting.  What a great night.  I’m so happy everyone enjoyed the book, The Gargoyle, and I particularly got pleasure from our discussion.  Since so many of you were enthusiastic about the crock pot dinner, I thought I’d post the recipe.  I’m a big fan of these easy meals, [...]

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Herbed Artichoke Chicken

crockpot-pragmatist or desperate housewife

Oh crock pot, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
1) easy
2) tasty
3) kids like it too
4) so very little prep & clean up
Here’s a good recipe from The New Creative Crock Pot Cookbook (2001) by Robin Taylor Swatt (oh thank you Sharon, my MIL, for getting me hooked on slow cooking).  Prep [...]

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