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• Chicken, Pear & Feta Flatbread Wraps
  on Jul 22, 2011 in Dinner Healthy Eating Lunch Main Dishes Recipe Box Soups & Salads chicken dinner easy feta healthy light low fat lunch pear vinegarette
  Is it me, or is it hot in here? Wow! The thermostat is set on 78, but it’s still 84 degrees in here as I write this, and it is close to 9:00 p.m. Who wants to stand over a hot stove or grill in this heat? Enter, the panini press! We use our pre...
• Thank You for Your Patience!
  on Jul 21, 2011 in Uncategorized
    Ok, back in business. I really appreciate your patience while testing out a new blog layout! It has been no picnic, let me tell ya! I almost lost ALL OF YOU last night. Nobody likes to see “fatal error” across their computer screen...
• Pardon The Mess!
  on Jul 19, 2011 in Uncategorized
  DIY du Jour is undergoing a little bit of maintenance.  Pardon our mess while we get things cleaned up!
• Lettuce Wraps Made Healthier
  on Jul 18, 2011 in Healthy Eating Main Dishes Recipe Box chicken healthy Iowa Girl Eats lettuce P.F. Changs peanut spicy wraps
  Let me start by saying, if you have not had lettuce wraps from P.F. Changs, you have not lived!  They are worth the one hour wait to be seated for dinner–not even kidding!  My lovely sis-in-law shared this recipe with me from Iowa Girl Eats,...
• Measure Your Flour the Right Way
  on Jul 14, 2011 in Tips & Tricks baking tip flour measure spoon
  How many of us are guilty of just scooping the flour out of the bag with our measuring cup?  Doing this packs down the flour which results in dry, dense and crumbly baked goods.  This is a baker’s nightmare, unless you are making scones, whi...
• You Say Tom-a-to, I Say Tom-o-to!; Two Easy Tomato Salads
  on Jul 12, 2011 in Recipe Box Side Dishes Soups & Salads basil caprese cherry tomatoes dressing easy Fresh grape tomatoes Martha Stewart mozzarella noodles pasta recipes salad summer uses
  Just another reason I love this time of year–tomatoes are plentiful!  Every other day we are getting a whole bowl full of cherry/ grape tomatoes from our garden.  But, we have so many I had to start getting creative with using them up so a...
• DIY Topiary Trees
  on Jul 11, 2011 in Crafty Things Decorating DIY edwardian script fake fancy font flowerpots french moss numbers pots topiaries topiary tree
  Hope everyone had a great weekend!  Here is a little project I have been working on and finally finished over the weekend.  I made these three topiaries as a birthday gift for my mother-in-law (just a few days late!).  I didn’t know how th...
• Fabulous Friday Blog Hop & Link Party
  on Jul 8, 2011 in Uncategorized
  It’s Friiiiidaaaaaay!  I know, maybe a little late in the day… Time to link up!  I am now opening up the party to projects, tips, recipes, crafts, whatever you’d like.  As always, my only rule is that you kindly link...
• Cool Cucumber Soup
  on Jul 8, 2011 in Recipe Box Soups & Salads cold cucumber Fresh soup summer Taste of Home
  This is a new one for me.  I always wanted to make my own soups, but I never ventured outside of the fall varieties, such as chili.  Soups are easy to begin with because you can just throw everything in a pot and let it do its thing.  Cold soups,...
• Sweet Bacon & Onion Salad
  on Jul 7, 2011 in Recipe Box Side Dishes bacon celery homemade dressing iceberg Jessica lettuce onion vidalia
  Did somebody say BACON?  My lovely friend Jessica shared this recipe with me last week prior to the holiday weekend, and I immediately knew it was the salad for me.  It is my new favorite, and I will definitely be making more of this.  It is an ea...

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