Lemon Crackle Cookies

These are SO yummy, especially if you love lemon like I love lemon.  I got this recipe from laurenslatest.com (the same place the pizza bread came from).  I froze half the batch of dough to bake for later: Ingredients:½ cup butter (1 stick), softened1 cup granulated sugar½ teaspoon vanilla extract1 eggZest from one small lemonJuice from one small lemon¼ teaspoon salt¼ teaspoon baking powder⅛ teaspoon baking soda1-½ cups all-purpose...

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Pizza Bread

I've been craving pizza lately. The thing is, I don't really like pizza sauce... so, really, I'm just craving bread and cheese.  Well, I came across this recipe on Pinterest, and decided to mesh it with my Healthy ATK pizza crust to satisfy the craving.  Final verdict: delicious cheesy bread and a ready-to-go crust in the freezer! You can either make two loaves of bread, two 14" pizza crusts, or one of each - both would freeze...

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Mama 'Blicky's Easy Cookies

Easy. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with tin foil Place saltine crackers on sheet in rows to cover bottom Bring to a boil over medium heat 1 1\2 sticks butter and 1 cup brown sugar Boil for 5-7 min or the "hard crack" stage on a candy thermometer) This is the toughest part if you don't have a candy thermometer, cause every stove is a little different, if it starts to smell like its burning take it off.  Pour butter...

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Four Cheese Veggie Lasagna

Photo from allrecipes.com This was an experiment to use up some stray vegetables and random tubs of ricotta and pesto. I personally loved it. The husbands reaction was as it always is with meatless dinners: "it's interesting." Give it a try! Try original recipe calls for pumpkin, eggplant, and fresh tomatoes instead of squash, bell pepper and canned tomatoes. Use what you'd like! Ingredients: 1 small butternut squash, peeled and diced 1...

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How to stretch chickens for $10.

Not physically, of course.  I would know the first thing about stretching chickens - as much as I would like eggs, and some day hopefully will have chickens so I can have eggs, I'm pretty sure I will refuse to touch them, at any cost.  I don't think that chickens need stretching anyways... they do it themselves when they get up after laying some eggs.  Okay, enough. It's the end of a long day, and I'm starting to turn into a pumpkin....

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Cake Batter Truffles

These require no words. Just eat. Ingredients: 1 1/2 c. flour 1 c. yellow cake mix 1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened 1/2 c. white sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1/8 tsp. salt 4 Tbsp. milk Coating: 16 oz. white chocolate chips 4 Tbsp. yellow cake mix Directions: Beat together butter and sugar until combined.  Add cake mix, flour, salt, and vanilla, and mix thoroughly.  Add 3 Tbsp. of milk or more to make a dough consistency. (I used 4 Tbsp, and...

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Chocolate Chai Cupcakes

recipe from shape.com Perfectly moist. Perfectly chocolaty. Perfectly chai. Perfectly vegan. You read that right... vegan! I wouldn't go so far as to say these are "healthy", but they are vegan, and no one would know if I didn't tell them.  Mac's response was "oh, yeah, these are definitely a keeper."  He ate four.  Perfectly perfect. Ingredients: Cupakes: 1 cup almond milk 1 tsp. apple cide vinegar 1/3 cup vegetable...

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