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Low Budget Cooking Chicken Enchiladas
These budget chicken enchiladas are one of my favorite homemade dishes. I love mexican food in general, but these always seem to hit the spot. These are one of those things that our kids like as well. Which are few and far between especially lately. When I am on a restricted diet, I usually just…
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Kids Bedroom Makeover: Making Room for 4
With Number 4 due in 2 short months we have started to do a little makeover of the kids room so everyone will fit. As some of you may remember a year ago we moved into a 950 sq. foot house with at that time our family of 5. We will now have 6 and…
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Brussels Sprouts Recipe for Two
One of my goals in having this series is that I will try to cook things I have never cooked before. I also want to try things I haven’t tried before or maybe haven’t liked before and try to find a recipe I like. This brings us to this weeks Ingredient….brussels sprouts. I have…



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