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Category Archives: Cooking

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Mexican-Style Pot Roast – Celebrate the Holidays With Beef: Week Four

Christmas is just a few days away! Can you believe it? We are currently visiting my parents, and let me tell you — it’s a house full of people! My sister and her family drove in from New Mexico and my grandmother and aunt came to visit, too. That’s 12 adults and five kids in…

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Classic Prime Rib Roast – Celebrate the Holidays With Beef: Week Three

One of my favorite things to make for company is roast. I love that you can just pop it in the oven and let it cook for hours… no worries, no slaving over a hot stove. It really is the perfect company recipe. So I couldn’t wait to get to Week Three in our Celebrate…

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Southwest Breakfast Casserole – Celebrate the Holidays With Beef: Week Two

One of my favorite things about Christmas is getting to spend time with my family. My sister and her family come visit from New Mexico and we all go to my parents’ house. It’s filled with grandkids and siblings and it’s just so much fun. I love waking up Christmas morning to a big family…

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Salsa Steak Appetizer – Celebrate the Holidays With Beef: Week One

Don’t you just love the holiday season? It’s magical – the lights, the decorations, spending time with friends and family. Oh! And the food. Oh my goodness. The food. So I was stoked when the Texas Beef Council contacted me to participate in their Celebrate the Holidays With Beef Challenge. Over the next four weeks,…

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Sparkler Cupcakes for Independence Day!

It’s been a while since I was in the kitchen and cooked anything. Morning sickness will do that to you. Shudder. But yesterday, I made myself get up off my lazy bum and bake some cupcakes. My sister and her family are visiting from New Mexico, where wildfires forced an evacuation of her home town….

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