<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328</id><updated>2011-08-22T05:23:10.349-07:00</updated><category term='enchiladas'/><category term='recipes'/><category term='meatless monday'/><title type='text'>My Foodish Ways...</title><subtitle type='html'>I believe I have come along way since my days of Hamburger Helper and Taco nights being the only nights I "cooked". Overtime I have begun broadening my cooking scope and would like to use this outlet to talk about my new recipes (the good and the not so good). Cooking for a family of 6 is at best challenging and I rarely find a meal that everyone is happy with but every now and then I get lucky.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-4495444600166536124</id><published>2009-12-07T21:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-07T21:53:40.502-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What I am makin this Holiday..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;I have been trying to figure out a few good recipes to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt; make this year to give out to family, friends and teachers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; Let me first say none of these are mine (&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;the pictures are mine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;) so I will just link to the the recipes original home.  Here we go...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3is1mbY7I/AAAAAAAAA5U/boVrM3L3SSU/s1600-h/CIMG1986.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3is1mbY7I/AAAAAAAAA5U/boVrM3L3SSU/s320/CIMG1986.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412731587099583410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://http//mom2mycrazy2.blogspot.com/2009/12/tempt-my-tummy-fall-lovers-pumpkin.html"&gt;Pumpkin Apple Bread &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3isadO5ZI/AAAAAAAAA5M/CtG4jQLQpH4/s1600-h/CIMG1999.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3isadO5ZI/AAAAAAAAA5M/CtG4jQLQpH4/s320/CIMG1999.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412731579813258642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Desserts/Gingerbread-Whoopie-Pies-with-Lemon-Creme.aspx"&gt;Gingerbread Whoopie Pies &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(on this one I left off the peppermint candies but they were still really good&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3ir93Iu6I/AAAAAAAAA5E/A9YUQISkGXU/s1600-h/CIMG2003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3ir93Iu6I/AAAAAAAAA5E/A9YUQISkGXU/s320/CIMG2003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412731572137278370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://nikisneverendingadventure.blogspot.com/2009/11/good-recipes.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Magic Rainbow Cookie Bars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3irgG4CvI/AAAAAAAAA48/X_F9059Y4BE/s1600-h/CIMG1984.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3irgG4CvI/AAAAAAAAA48/X_F9059Y4BE/s320/CIMG1984.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412731564150229746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post is linked up at &lt;a href="http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/search/label/Tempt%20My%20Tummy%20Tuesday"&gt;Tempt My Tummy Tuesday&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://inpassionatepursuit.blogspot.com/2009/06/celebrating-dad-this-fathers-day-with.html"&gt;Tasty Tuesday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-4495444600166536124?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/4495444600166536124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-i-am-makin-this-holiday.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/4495444600166536124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/4495444600166536124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-i-am-makin-this-holiday.html' title='What I am makin this Holiday..'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sx3is1mbY7I/AAAAAAAAA5U/boVrM3L3SSU/s72-c/CIMG1986.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-1900888417303147364</id><published>2009-07-05T13:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T22:54:48.935-07:00</updated><title type='text'>July Cheesecake of the Month</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SlEMdhq9tZI/AAAAAAAAAgc/tuRwAxvBVlo/s1600-h/exilim74+064.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SlEMdhq9tZI/AAAAAAAAAgc/tuRwAxvBVlo/s320/exilim74+064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355075133314545042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Red, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;White, &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;and &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Blueberry Cheesecake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened&lt;br /&gt;1/4 c. sugar&lt;br /&gt;2 eggs&lt;br /&gt;1/3 c. blueberry pie filling, pureed&lt;br /&gt;1 can. strawberry pie filling, pureed&lt;br /&gt;blue food coloring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add eggs , 1 at a time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Separate&lt;/span&gt; approx. 1/2 of cream cheese filling to small bowl. Add pureed blueberry pie filling and mix well. Then  blue food coloring until you get a shade of blue you like, I used 3 or 4 drops.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Spread blueberry cream cheese mixture into bottom of pie crust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Carefully spread remaining original cream cheese mixture on top of blue layer (make sure to rinse or change spatulas)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bake 35 to 40 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;mins&lt;/span&gt;. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours to overnight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Before serving spread pureed strawberry filling over top of chilled cheesecake. (I blended the filling because I simply do not like chunks of fruit but feel free spread strawberry pie filling straight from the can onto cheesecake if you prefer whole fruit, the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;presentation&lt;/span&gt; will probably look nicer. )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;*Sorry about the picture but this was the only piece left after I dropped the cheesecake off at my families, I almost didn't get a picture :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recipe submitted at &lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/search/label/Recipe%20Swap"&gt;Recipe Swap Monday &lt;/a&gt;over at Our Chaotic Life, &lt;a href="http://asouthernfairytale.com/category/mouthwatering-monday/"&gt;Mouthwatering Monday&lt;/a&gt; over at A Southern Fairytale, &lt;a href="http://rtheyallyours.blogspot.com/search/label/Homemaker%20Mondays"&gt;Homemaker Monday &lt;/a&gt;over at 11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven, &lt;a href="http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/search/label/Tempt%20My%20Tummy%20Tuesday"&gt;Tempt My Tummy Tuesday&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href="http://inpassionatepursuit.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tasty Tuesday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-1900888417303147364?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/1900888417303147364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-cheesecake-of-month.html#comment-form' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/1900888417303147364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/1900888417303147364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-cheesecake-of-month.html' title='July Cheesecake of the Month'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SlEMdhq9tZI/AAAAAAAAAgc/tuRwAxvBVlo/s72-c/exilim74+064.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-5678455187353406874</id><published>2009-06-21T19:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T13:28:05.442-07:00</updated><title type='text'>June Cheesecake of The Month!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sj7saByiHsI/AAAAAAAAAeI/1ESuRebvQLE/s1600-h/idk+043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349973339263868610" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sj7saByiHsI/AAAAAAAAAeI/1ESuRebvQLE/s320/idk+043.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Chocolate Chip Coffee Cheesecake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;(oh yes two of my favorite things in the world chocolate &amp;amp; coffee)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;2 (8oz) packages of cream cheese, softened&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;1/2 c. sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;2 eggs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;1 instant coffee packet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;1 (6 oz) oreo cookie pie crust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Dissolve instant coffee in 1/3 c. hot water, place in fridge or freezer and cool to room temperature.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs on at a time and coffee; mix until blended&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Spread 1/4 cup chocolate chips into bottom of pie crust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Pour cream cheese mixture over chocolate chips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Melt remaining 1/4 c. chocolate chips in microwave-safe bowl until melted. Pour into cheesecake mixture and swirl with end of a knife until a 'marble' effect appears.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Bake 35-40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate at least 3 hours but best if it can chill over night. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 240px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350012547523247218" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sj8QEP8BfHI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/xtuDOxp6ugY/s320/idk+001.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sj7saByiHsI/AAAAAAAAAeI/1ESuRebvQLE/s1600-h/idk+043.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Recipe submitted at &lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/search/label/Recipe%20Swap"&gt;Recipe Swap Monday &lt;/a&gt;over at Our Chaotic Life, &lt;a href="http://asouthernfairytale.com/"&gt;Mouthwatering Monday&lt;/a&gt; over at A Southern Fairytale, &lt;a href="http://rtheyallyours.blogspot.com/search/label/Homemaker%20Mondays"&gt;Homemaker Monday &lt;/a&gt;over at 11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven, &lt;a href="http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/2009/06/tempt-my-tummy-tuesday-my-favorite-soda.html"&gt;Tempt My Tummy Tuesday&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href="http://inpassionatepursuit.blogspot.com/2009/06/celebrating-dad-this-fathers-day-with.html"&gt;Tasty Tuesday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-5678455187353406874?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/5678455187353406874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-cheesecake-of-month.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/5678455187353406874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/5678455187353406874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-cheesecake-of-month.html' title='June Cheesecake of The Month!!!'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sj7saByiHsI/AAAAAAAAAeI/1ESuRebvQLE/s72-c/idk+043.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-5627682771518888939</id><published>2009-06-08T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T18:34:36.490-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stuffed Bell Peppers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#330033;"&gt;It's that time again to exchange recipes, tips and all that good stuff for more &lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Recipe Swap Mondays head over to &lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/2009/06/recipe-swap-6-8-09.html"&gt;Our Chaotic Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/2009/06/recipe-swap-6-8-09.html"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;and for more &lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays head on over to &lt;a href="http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/2009/06/tempt-my-tummy-tuesdaya-twist-on.html"&gt;Blessed With Grace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stuffed Bell Peppers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1 lb. ground beef 1 c. chopped onion&lt;br /&gt;1 clove garlic, crushed 2 tsp. chili powder&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. pepper&lt;br /&gt;8 oz. tomato soup 8 oz. tomato sauce&lt;br /&gt;8 lg. bell peppers, tops cut off and seeded&lt;br /&gt;1 ½ c. cooked rice 1 tsp. sugar&lt;br /&gt;½ c. shredded cheese&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Cook meat, onion, garlic until done. Drain.&lt;br /&gt;-Add seasonings, tomato soup and tomato sauce. Simmer covered 10 min. Stir in rice Cool.&lt;br /&gt;-Cook peppers in boiling, salted water and 1 tsp. sugar until they are tender. Drain. Add cheese to meat and rice mixture, stuff and back just until bubbly in 350 degree oven. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;While your here stay awhile and check out some of the great giveaways I have going on, to check them out click &lt;a href="http://ehaggins.blogspot.com/2009/05/have-you-entered-my-current-giveaway-if.html"&gt;here...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-5627682771518888939?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/5627682771518888939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/06/stuffed-bell-peppers.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/5627682771518888939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/5627682771518888939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/06/stuffed-bell-peppers.html' title='Stuffed Bell Peppers'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-8853177290284903407</id><published>2009-05-31T21:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T21:40:47.874-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Recipe Swap Monday  6/1</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg136/alw35/b36ec663.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;So I was going to use my stuffed bell pepper recipe but when I sat down I had developed a sweet tooth and so I borrowed a from the wonderful &lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/gorilla-bread-recipe/index.html"&gt;Paula Deen &lt;/a&gt;a recipe that I have made countless times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gorilla Bread&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Serves:&lt;br /&gt;12 to 14 servings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 teaspoons cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup (1 stick) butter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 cup packed brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits (10 count)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instructions:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon. In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside. Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes. Press the biscuits out with your fingers and sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon sugar. Place a cube of cream cheese in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the nuts into the bottom of the bundt pan. Place half of the prepared biscuits in the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, pour half of the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle on 1/2 cup of nuts. Layer the remaining biscuits on top, sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar, pour the remaining butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup of nuts. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Place a plate on top and invert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342213122678686834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SiNah-OxhHI/AAAAAAAAAZA/Y7rhw85DHCQ/s320/pa1b15_gorilla_bread_med.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copyright 2009 &lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/gorilla-bread-recipe/index.html"&gt;Television Food Network &lt;/a&gt;G.P., All Rights Reserved&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"&gt;For more great recipes check out &lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/2009/05/recipe-swap-6-1-09.html"&gt;Our Chaotic Life. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-8853177290284903407?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/8853177290284903407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/recipe-swap-monday-61.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/8853177290284903407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/8853177290284903407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/recipe-swap-monday-61.html' title='Recipe Swap Monday  6/1'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SiNah-OxhHI/AAAAAAAAAZA/Y7rhw85DHCQ/s72-c/pa1b15_gorilla_bread_med.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-8702270375625971935</id><published>2009-05-30T15:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T15:46:07.863-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Goodies I found today..</title><content type='html'>So I took a trip to Trader Joe's today and I can always find something new there to try so these are the wonderful items I picked up today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341750235943259490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SiG1iaxBzWI/AAAAAAAAAYs/9A1B91lRlb0/s400/idk+120.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I got the pita cracker to go with my  White Bean Hummus ( I like hummus just don't care for the chickpeas so I swapped out white beans for the chickpeas. It's really good I think I will post a couple different variations of my White Beans Hummus this week.) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;So do you shop at Trader Joe's? If so, what are your favorite things to get?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-8702270375625971935?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/8702270375625971935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/goodies-i-found-today.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/8702270375625971935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/8702270375625971935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/goodies-i-found-today.html' title='The Goodies I found today..'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SiG1iaxBzWI/AAAAAAAAAYs/9A1B91lRlb0/s72-c/idk+120.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-3536324516986812768</id><published>2009-05-26T21:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T17:15:12.379-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Souplantation Review</title><content type='html'>I like food, and I equally like talking about food. Me and my good friend Trina whos page you can check out over at &lt;a href="http://mots07.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mother of Twins&lt;/a&gt; have started (without planning it, it just happened this way) to take monthly lunch outings with just us, no kids, or significant others. Yesterday was our second lunch date and we have so far been trying out places that either one or both of us hadn't visited. So I figured I would add another element to my foodish ways blog by adding a monthly Restraraunt Reviews so every month unless something comes up (which stuff frequently does I will try and post another review) So bare with me this is my first one and I am open to suggestions on what you would want to know about a restrauant so if i am leaving key elements out please let me know. So without further ado: May Review goes to... Souplantation which I noticed is also known as Sweet Tomatoes in other states.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340358462064170290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShzDuhCWFTI/AAAAAAAAAWs/WF7VkY5qCHg/s320/IMG00395.jpg" border="0" /&gt;I have to say I was really skeptical, I checked out the website before we went and I called up Trina and said "You know they only sell soups and salads." I just couldn't see a place that didn't at least have a sandwich option really being my cup of tea, but shame on me for jumping to assumptions. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised when we finally arrived. To start it is a buffet style restaraunt so you pay a flat fee of about $9.00 per person and then you can have your fill of salad and a variety of soup and baked good choices. I tried my best for research sake to try as many as the items as I could ;). Since it was a buffet I just went ahead and grabbed the &lt;a href="http://www.souplantation.com/"&gt;Souplantation &lt;/a&gt;lunch menu from today edited out the items they didn't have or I didn't try and then&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I will rate each item 1-5 1= being wouldn't try it again 5= Can't get enough keep it coming and (E )will denote the items I tried and ( T ) the ones Trina tried&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Tossed Salads:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B157&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Caesar Salad Asiago (Non-Vegetarian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;3 - (T)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; didnt really care for their dressing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="C110&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Won Ton Chicken Happiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;4- (T)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;thought it was very good, but 1 serving was enough&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prepared Salads:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B593&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;German Potato &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B109&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Joan's Broccoli Madness (Non-Vegetarian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; 1 - (T)&lt;/span&gt; tried it for the 1st time and wouldn't try it again&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B367&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Poppyseed Coleslaw (Vegetarian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;4-( T)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Good and well worth trying out.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soups:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B383&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;eep Kettle House Chili (Low-Fat)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;4-( E)&lt;/span&gt; It was good but I did add onions &amp;amp; cheese&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="D147&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Golden Yam Bisque (Vegetarian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;1 -( E)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Just didn't float my boat, &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;3 -( T)&lt;/span&gt; different, unique&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="D482&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Yankee Clipper Clam Chowder with Bacon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;5 -( E)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;I can eat a good clam chowder e'erday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Classical French Onion (Non-Vegetarian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;3- (E)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; along side a good roast beef sandwich, &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;2- (T)&lt;/span&gt; as a stand alone soup not impressed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Cream of Mushroom (Non-Vegetarian) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 (T&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Really good!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pastas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="D156&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Macaroni &amp;amp; Cheese (Vegetarian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;3- (T)&lt;/span&gt; Liked it, thought it would be a good option for kids&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B679&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Vegetarian Marinara w/ Basil (Vegetarian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;4 -(T)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also very good and a great option for the little ones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muffins:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B377&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Buttermilk Cornbread (Low-Fat)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;2- (T)&lt;/span&gt; didn't really care for whole corn kernals in the cornbread. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B147&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Chocolate Brownie Muffin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;5- (E)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;chocolate!!!, need I say more&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="C317&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Garlic Asiago Focaccia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;5 -(E) (T)&lt;/span&gt; We are both big on bread good alone or dipped in soup. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="B859&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Wildly Blue Blueberry Muffin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;3- (E)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; okay but not memorable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Cranberry Orange Bran Muffin (96% Fat-Free&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; 3- (E)&lt;/span&gt; It was good, just a little to thick and heavy for my liking.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desserts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="NA8&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top=" van="1"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Vanilla Soft Serve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShzTX1tRrPI/AAAAAAAAAXU/6Ay0LSNs-Ho/s1600-h/IMG00386.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340375664661998834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShzTX1tRrPI/AAAAAAAAAXU/6Ay0LSNs-Ho/s200/IMG00386.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; 5- (E)&lt;/span&gt; with the right toppings you can't go wrong&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" n=" window.open(" width="400,height=" menu_id="NA5&amp;amp;menu_item=" left="250,top="&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Chocolate Soft Serve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;1- (T)&lt;/span&gt; tried both chocolate and vanilla but even with topping couldn't finish it, wasnt good.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;My favorite part of eating, dessert =&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes are not at this time located in all of the states. You can find out if there is a Souplantation or Sweet Tomatoes, also you can check out full menus at their website &lt;a href="http://www.souplantation.com/"&gt;http://www.souplantation.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few more ratings:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Family Friendly&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;4 (E)&lt;/span&gt; I saw a lot of high chairs, most of the seating was booth style which works well for my family, but I would have liked to see a few more items my kids would have liked.&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; 4 (T)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Restrooms:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; 4- (E)&lt;/span&gt; clean and stocked, a little small though only two stalls. &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;2- (T) &lt;/span&gt;felt they could have been cleaner.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Staff: &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;5- (E)&lt;/span&gt; Friendly and helpful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; 3- (T)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; would like to have seen a greeter/hostess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Dining Room&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;5- (E)&lt;/span&gt; food stations were clean and well stocked. &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;5- (T)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Overall I would rate the place at an A-. I really enjoyed eating here (I ate way more than I should of definitely got my money's worth) I would absolutely go back again. :)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340372019599776178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShzQDqyuGbI/AAAAAAAAAW8/NIZG8FpVxvE/s200/IMG00394.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-3536324516986812768?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/3536324516986812768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-like-food-and-i-equally-like-talking.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/3536324516986812768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/3536324516986812768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-like-food-and-i-equally-like-talking.html' title='Souplantation Review'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShzDuhCWFTI/AAAAAAAAAWs/WF7VkY5qCHg/s72-c/IMG00395.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-9173341565984255547</id><published>2009-05-24T18:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T21:14:51.202-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Recipe Swap Monday- Memorial Day!!!</title><content type='html'>Since I know along with 3 day holiday weekends come a lot of traveling and if you are anything like my family a lot of bbq's so I decided to post a simple and quick dip recipe that is a crowd pleaser at all our gatherings. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Spinach and Artichoke Dip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 box frozen chopped spinach, thawed&lt;br /&gt;1 c. sour cream&lt;br /&gt;1/2 c. grated parmesan&lt;br /&gt;1 c. shredded part skim mozzarella&lt;br /&gt;8 oz. package cream cheese, softened&lt;br /&gt;4-6 cloves garlic, chopped or pressed&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp. black pepper&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp. hot pepper sauce&lt;br /&gt;1 (14oz) can artichoke hearts, drained&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Squeeze all excess liquid from spinach, place in a food processor with sour cream, parmesan, 1/2 c. mozzarella, cream cheese, garlic, pepper, and hot sauce.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Process until just blended but still slightly lumpy. Add artichokes and pulse to form a chunky mixture.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Place in a 1 quart baking dish. Top with remaining mozzarella. Bake until bubbly, about 30 mins.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;I like to serve with sour dough bread or tortilla chips&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Head on over to Anissa at &lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/search/label/Recipe%20Swap"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,153,51);font-size:130%;" &gt;Our Chaotic Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for more Recipe Swap Monday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-9173341565984255547?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/9173341565984255547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/recipe-swap-monday-memorial-day.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/9173341565984255547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/9173341565984255547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/recipe-swap-monday-memorial-day.html' title='Recipe Swap Monday- Memorial Day!!!'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-8882961541940086622</id><published>2009-05-19T05:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T05:30:00.961-07:00</updated><title type='text'>May's Cheesecake of the Month</title><content type='html'>Now that it is starting to warm up I think a nice tangy citrus cheesecake would be appropriate so this month cheesecake is an oldy but goody around my house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Key Lime Cheesecake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;2 pkg. cream cheese&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1 tsp. key lime peel*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1/2 tsp. vanilla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1/2 c. sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;3 tbs fresh key lime juice*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;2 eggs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1 honey maid pie crust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1 c. cool whip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Preheat over to 350 degrees. Beat cream cheese, sugar, peel, lime juice and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, mix until just blended. Pour into crust.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Bake 40 mins. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate at least 3 hrs. overnight if possible. Top w/ cool whip just before serving.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;*You can substitute regular limes if key limes aren't available (turns out just as good. )&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-8882961541940086622?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/8882961541940086622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/mays-cheesecake-of-month.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/8882961541940086622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/8882961541940086622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/mays-cheesecake-of-month.html' title='May&apos;s Cheesecake of the Month'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-4836259374139241649</id><published>2009-05-17T17:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T18:59:11.257-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet And Sour Meatloaf</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg136/alw35/b36ec663.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah it's Monday again and that means Recipe Swap Monday. I found lots of yummy looking recipes to try last week. Head over to Anissa at &lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/"&gt;Our Chaotic Life&lt;/a&gt; to check out more wonderful recipes. :) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So this week I am sharing a recipe that helped me to appreciate how good meatloaf can be. I was never a meatloaf person, when I thought of comfort food meatloaf never came to mind, however my family all seems to really like it and I got tired of making a dinner that I didn't want to eat so I tried out a few meatloaf recipes before I found this one and ever since I've found it I can now enjoy meatloaf night with the family. I am going to try adding cheese next time though after seeing Sandra's over at Full Bellies, Happy Kids &lt;a href="http://fullbellies.blogspot.com/2008/09/cheese-stuffed-meatloaf.html"&gt;cheese stuffed meatloaf&lt;/a&gt; I've decided one more addition couldn't hurt. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anywho here it is:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sweet and Sour Meatloaf&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meatloaf&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 pd. ground beef&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 1/2 tsp. Worchestershire sauce&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 tsp. salt&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCuqOB7P9I/AAAAAAAAAS8/mbVGA9P3xfo/s1600-h/idk+012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336957598777950162" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCuqOB7P9I/AAAAAAAAAS8/mbVGA9P3xfo/s200/idk+012.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2 tbs. onion powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1/4 c. rolled oats&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1/4 c. bread crumbs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2/3 c. milk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sauce&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 c. Ketchup&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2 tbs. cider vinegar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4 tbs brown sugar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 tbs. onion powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6 tbs. water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For the meatloaf, preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Combine the ground beef, worcestershire sauce, salt, onion powder, oats, bread crumbs, and milk. Place the meat mixture in a loaf pan. Bake for 20 mins.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336958065996861250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCvFajmD0I/AAAAAAAAATE/GX2C80e_8pM/s200/idk+025.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;For sauce, combine the ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, onion powder and water. Pour the sauce over the meatloaf after it has cooked for 20 mins. Reduce the over temp. to 375 and bake the loaf for an additional 40 mins. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCvfw0u2RI/AAAAAAAAATM/KCTvz-RYgt8/s1600-h/idk+028.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336958518650919186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCvfw0u2RI/AAAAAAAAATM/KCTvz-RYgt8/s200/idk+028.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCvvYS8J6I/AAAAAAAAATU/GlHnlyeL3sw/s1600-h/idk+034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336958786944640930" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCvvYS8J6I/AAAAAAAAATU/GlHnlyeL3sw/s200/idk+034.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/170/510E6D5EF540EEF03E9CB6702CB5B1D7.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-4836259374139241649?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/4836259374139241649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/sweet-and-sour-meatloaf.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/4836259374139241649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/4836259374139241649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/sweet-and-sour-meatloaf.html' title='Sweet And Sour Meatloaf'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCuqOB7P9I/AAAAAAAAAS8/mbVGA9P3xfo/s72-c/idk+012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-9061243114324528203</id><published>2009-05-17T16:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T17:04:19.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lemons Anyone???</title><content type='html'>This weekend I was using quite a few lemons to cook with so I decided to look up other everyday uses for lemons and here are a few of the ideas I found at &lt;a href="http://www.gomestic.com/Homemaking/Lemons-are-Not-Just-for-Lemonade.52005"&gt;gomestic.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~Cut a lemon in half and place in dishes for air fresheners.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~Clean and deodorize your microwave by placing 4 tablespoons of lemon juice in 1 cup of water. Place in microwaveable bowland boil for 5 minutes. The condensation from the boiled mixture will enable the microwave to be wiped out easily, and will deodorize the oven.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~By adding a teaspoon of lemon juice to rice while cooking you can prevent your rice from sticking.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~Lemon or orange peels tossed regularly into the garbage disposal will keep the garbage disposal smelling fresh.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~Dry and achy hands and feet can be relieved with a mixture of lemon juice and olive oil used as a massage. The skin will feel softer too.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~Remove the foul odor of fish or the stain of berries from your hands by washing them first in lemon juice and then with soap and water.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-9061243114324528203?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/9061243114324528203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/lemons-anyone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/9061243114324528203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/9061243114324528203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/lemons-anyone.html' title='Lemons Anyone???'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-4181057278991272401</id><published>2009-05-11T06:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T17:10:40.214-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Recipe Swap Monday</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg136/alw35/b36ec663.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;This is my first Monday participating but Anissa over at &lt;a href="http://learningtogetherhandinhand.blogspot.com/"&gt;Our Chaotic Life &lt;/a&gt;is hosting a recipes swap and since I like food I thought this would be a perfect way to share and get some good recipes. So Here goes I don't have pics hopefully next week but here is the recipe&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Creole Shrimp w/ Garlic and Lemon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1 pd. large shrimp, shelled and deveined&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1 1/2 tbs minced garlic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1 tbs creole seasoning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1 red bell pepper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;2 tbs. vegetable oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Juice of 1 lemon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1/4 c. chopped parsley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In a bowl, toss the shrimp w/ the garlic, creole seasoning and bell peppers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;In a skillet, saute the shrimp in the oil over moderately high heat, turning the shrimp once, until just white throughtout. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Add lemon juice and parsley and serve. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;There it is 7 ingredients 3 steps quick easy and good I ate it over rice. :) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCmrESD59I/AAAAAAAAASk/O5GEhXE4lGY/s1600-h/idk+048.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336948817248118738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCmrESD59I/AAAAAAAAASk/O5GEhXE4lGY/s200/idk+048.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCm7uewYzI/AAAAAAAAASs/MTKaDDkXuFI/s1600-h/idk+051.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336949103453561650" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCm7uewYzI/AAAAAAAAASs/MTKaDDkXuFI/s200/idk+051.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Before &amp;amp; After&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCm7uewYzI/AAAAAAAAASs/MTKaDDkXuFI/s1600-h/idk+051.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-4181057278991272401?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/4181057278991272401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/this-is-my-first-monday-participating.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/4181057278991272401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/4181057278991272401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/this-is-my-first-monday-participating.html' title='Recipe Swap Monday'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/ShCmrESD59I/AAAAAAAAASk/O5GEhXE4lGY/s72-c/idk+048.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-7965167798617682327</id><published>2009-05-05T21:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T22:08:31.444-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shrimp Ceviche</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SgEZUg9DY2I/AAAAAAAAANI/BDFASlkcLDk/s1600-h/food+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332571274017465186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SgEZUg9DY2I/AAAAAAAAANI/BDFASlkcLDk/s400/food+002.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This recipe since I got it a couple years ago has become one of my husbands favorites so I figured today would be as good as any to share it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shrimp Ceviche&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3lbs shrimp cleaned&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 limes juiced&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 c. cilantro leaves&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 serrano chile, seeded and finely chopped&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1/2 cucumber peeled and diced&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 lg. tomatoes, diced&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 lemons juiced&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 red onion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3 tbs. tomato paste&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salt and Pepper to taste&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Layout shrimp in bottom of dish. Pour lemon and lime juice over them.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refrigerate 3 hrs. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Toss w/ remaining ingredients and refrigerate for one hour longer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That's it simple and tasty we usually just eat it with tortilla chips. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332571625826807842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SgEZo_i78CI/AAAAAAAAANY/g0_LylmCXxM/s200/food+014.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry bout the after picture didnt realize my camera wasn't focused. It's about time to upgrade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Happy Cinco De Mayo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-7965167798617682327?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/7965167798617682327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/shrimp-ceviche.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/7965167798617682327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/7965167798617682327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/shrimp-ceviche.html' title='Shrimp Ceviche'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SgEZUg9DY2I/AAAAAAAAANI/BDFASlkcLDk/s72-c/food+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-7431721629995989205</id><published>2009-05-04T18:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T18:24:22.370-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meatless Monday Roundup</title><content type='html'>Interested in sharing your meatless monday recipes, experiences or just get some good recipes visit Native American Momma's page and sign up for her Meatless Monday Roundup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nativeamericanmomma.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" src="http://i41.tinypic.com/16l9p50.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-7431721629995989205?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/7431721629995989205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/meatless-monday-roundup.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/7431721629995989205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/7431721629995989205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/meatless-monday-roundup.html' title='Meatless Monday Roundup'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i41.tinypic.com/16l9p50_th.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-6252501327303637816</id><published>2009-05-04T12:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T18:18:07.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meatless Monday</title><content type='html'>Well it's week two for our household doing Meatless Monday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So for me I did oatmeal for breakfast, subways veggie delight for lunch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kids did cereal for breakfast, grilled cheese and fruit for lunch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Dinner the menu will be:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spinach Lasagna&lt;br /&gt;Salad&lt;br /&gt;Garlic Bread&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spinach Lasagna Recipe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1ts. extra virgin olive oil&lt;br /&gt;1 (10 oz) pkg of fresh spinach&lt;br /&gt;1/4 tsp. dried oregano&lt;br /&gt;1/4 tsp. dried basil&lt;br /&gt;2 cloves garlic&lt;br /&gt;1 (32 oz) jar spaghetti sauce&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 c. water&lt;br /&gt;2 c. ricotta cheese&lt;br /&gt;1 (8 oz) pkg. mozzarella&lt;br /&gt;1/4 c. parmesan cheese&lt;br /&gt;1/4 c. fresh parsley&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp. salt&lt;br /&gt;1/8 tsp black pepper&lt;br /&gt;12 lasagna noodles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Preheat oven to 350 degrees F&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;In a large pot over medium heat saute spinach, oregano, basil, and garlic in olive oil. Pour in spaghetti sauce and water; simmer 20 min. In a large bowl mix ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Place a small amount of sauce in the bottom of a lasagna pan. Place 4 uncooked noodles on top of sauce and top with layer of sauce. Add 4 more noodles and layer with 1/2 sauce and 1/2 cheese mixture, repeat for one more layer. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cover with foil and bake in preheated over for 55 mins. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes. Let sit 10 mins. before serving. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332142138450362290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sf-TBiY5v7I/AAAAAAAAAMg/LVNCKi8eg4U/s400/IMG00339.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A cell phone pic of the finished product :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-6252501327303637816?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/6252501327303637816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/meatless-monday.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/6252501327303637816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/6252501327303637816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/meatless-monday.html' title='Meatless Monday'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/Sf-TBiY5v7I/AAAAAAAAAMg/LVNCKi8eg4U/s72-c/IMG00339.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-5939300424076443256</id><published>2009-05-03T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T12:06:14.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cheesecake Like I've never had it before.</title><content type='html'>Yesterday eating dinner at a friend's house she has cheesecake for desert. Cheesecake I love cheesecake, but this cheesecake had a layer of plain sour cream, jello, and fresh strawberries, on top of the cheesecake filling. So I have said before I haven't found a cheesecake I didn't like and this is no exception. Now in fact I am on a mission to find this recipe, duplicate it, and probably list it as my Cheesecake of the Month&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-5939300424076443256?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/5939300424076443256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheesecake-like-ive-never-had-it-before.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/5939300424076443256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/5939300424076443256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheesecake-like-ive-never-had-it-before.html' title='Cheesecake Like I&apos;ve never had it before.'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-8961131401112149033</id><published>2009-04-28T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T10:09:02.346-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Turkey Chili Redeemed</title><content type='html'>Well I learned a valuable lesson during my chili making experience. I had never made chili before and only did so to be supportive of my 11 yr. old daughter who wants to enter a local chili contest in July. Anyway I learned that&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; every spice isn't interchangeable&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;When I gotten all my ingredients together, or so I thought I noticed I didn't have chili powder.&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt; How do you make chili without chili powder??? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;But me being the quick thinker I am figured that chili powder must just add the heat so I will just substitute &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;cayenne pepper&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for the chili powder, yea that's right cayenne.  By the time it was done I couldn't even go into my kitchen without the smell from my crockpot burning my eyes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My husband bless his heart ate all of the chili I made even though I told him over and over again that he didn't have to. ( It was a little bit comical and great deal painful watching him shovel the spicy concoction into his mouth like he was in an eating contest where swallowing without much chewing was the winning technique all the while telling me how good it is)&lt;br /&gt;So I decided to give it a go one more time before totally giving up on homemade chili and going back to my favorite canned brand. And this time I still only got a little bit but because I couldn't keep my husband and kids out of it. (It actually could have used a little bit more heat, but it turned out mild enough for my kids to eat.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Turkey Chili&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;3 tbs. oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1 large onion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;3 cloves, garlic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1 lb ground turkey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;3 c. water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1 (30oz) can tomato sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1/8 tsp. cayenne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1 tsp. cumin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1 small bay leaf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;2 tbs. chili powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1/4 tsp. basil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1 1/2 salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;2 (15 oz) cans red kidney beans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1 (15 oz) can great northern or white beans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Heat the olive oil in a large skillet, add onion and garlic saute until golden brown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Add turkey and brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Add the remaining ingredients, except the beans and cooked turkey to crockpot.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Stir to mix and cook on high 15 mins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Reduce heat and simmer, covered until the sauce is as thick as desired.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Add the beans and heat through. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;* you can add black beans (if you prefer) and more cayenne for more heat. Enjoy!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-8961131401112149033?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/8961131401112149033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/04/turkey-chili-redeemed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/8961131401112149033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/8961131401112149033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/04/turkey-chili-redeemed.html' title='Turkey Chili Redeemed'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-3146184446484523766</id><published>2009-04-27T20:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T21:28:22.709-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meatless monday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enchiladas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recipes'/><title type='text'>Meatless Monday Dinner</title><content type='html'>So I have decided that we are going to try to have Meatless Mondays. I watched Oprah on Earth Day and of course when I got done I felt all empowered "to be the change I want to see" and so I did take a few things away from the show that I am going to try Meatless Mondays being one of them I wrote a little bit more about it on my But Mommy..... blog but for this page I wanted to include our 1st meatless Monday dinner recipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found this recipe online at cooksrecipes.com and then tweaked it to my liking, I am going to type the portions they have but I didn't really measure i just pour till it looks good :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we had &lt;strong&gt;Bean and Cheese Enchiladas and Spanish Rice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bean and Cheese  Enchiladas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2 cups colby/jack cheese blend&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SfZ_zrQDlEI/AAAAAAAAAIA/GjDuTugVrrw/s1600-h/3_cheese_enchiladas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329587734799684674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SfZ_zrQDlEI/AAAAAAAAAIA/GjDuTugVrrw/s200/3_cheese_enchiladas.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 cup sharp cheddar cheese&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 can (16 oz) refried beans&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 jar mild taco sauce&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1/4 c. salsa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1/2 tsp. cumin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12 flour tortillas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sliced ripe olives, optional&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sour cream, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;optional&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In a medium bowl mix all of the cheeses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In another bowl, combine beans, 1/4c. salsa, 1 1/2 c. cheese mixture and cumin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spread 1 cup taco sauce into the bottom of a 13x9x2 inch baking dish&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spoon a heaping 1/4 c. bean mixture down the center of each tortilla. Place tortillas seam side down on taco sauce. Top with taco sauce and remaining cheese. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bake at 350 F. for 30 mins. or until heated through&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Serve with sliced ripe olives, green onions and sour cream if desired. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Spanish Rice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;2 tbs. oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;2 cloves garlic, minced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;4 oz. tomato sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;1/2 tsp. salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;1 c. rice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;1 tbs. onion powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;2 c. cold water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;2 tbs. chicken bouillon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Coat bottom of saucepan with oil and saute rice until golden brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Add garlic to rice and saute for 1 min. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Add tomato sauce, water, salt, onion powder, and chicken bouillon and stir well to mix ingredients.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Lower the heat to simmer. Cover and simmer for 25 mins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-3146184446484523766?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/3146184446484523766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/04/meatless-monday-dinner.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/3146184446484523766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/3146184446484523766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/04/meatless-monday-dinner.html' title='Meatless Monday Dinner'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SfZ_zrQDlEI/AAAAAAAAAIA/GjDuTugVrrw/s72-c/3_cheese_enchiladas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-5022357440787118994</id><published>2009-04-24T21:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-24T21:35:00.788-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SfKSyUevMQI/AAAAAAAAAGc/oACa-QppNno/s1600-h/Worlds_Largest_Cheesecake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328482702321463554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SfKSyUevMQI/AAAAAAAAAGc/oACa-QppNno/s200/Worlds_Largest_Cheesecake.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wednesday, January 28, 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="4721770822425347209"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://travelinglight.professionaltravelguide.com/2009/01/worlds-largest-cheesecake-baked-in.html"&gt;World's Largest Cheesecake Baked in Mexico&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yMIG4RtROSA/SYB1SzstoeI/AAAAAAAAAL0/gkLkIfGI95E/s1600-h/Worlds+Largest+Cheesecake.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our affinity for World's Largest items knows no bounds, obviously and now we have a new item to tack onto the already "huge" (GET IT?) group of bizarrely big things: cheesecake.&lt;br /&gt;But the world's biggest cheesecake isn't coming from where you would think, like New York. It was baked in Mexico. And it's quite large.&lt;br /&gt;Chef Miguel Angel Quezada says 55 cooks spent 60 hours making the world's biggest cheesecake — a 2-ton calorie bomb topped with strawberries.&lt;br /&gt;The monster cake used nearly a ton of cream cheese, the same amount of yogurt, 350 kilograms (772 pounds) of pastry, 250 kilograms (551 pounds) of sugar and 150 kilograms (331 pounds) of butter.&lt;br /&gt;And, lest you question it, Guiness has already certified it as the record holder for World's Biggest Cheesecake. It's the first attempt at this record, of course, but, before you try and make a run at the record, remember: TWO TONS of cheesecake. TWO TONS. That's not exactly something you can just whip together on a Sunday afternoon. &lt;br /&gt;Posted by Brinson at &lt;a class="timestamp-link" title="permanent link" href="http://travelinglight.professionaltravelguide.com/2009/01/worlds-largest-cheesecake-baked-in.html"&gt;9:36 AM&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Edit Post" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2819075653183156920&amp;amp;postID=4721770822425347209"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-5022357440787118994?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/5022357440787118994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/04/wednesday-january-28-2009-worlds.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/5022357440787118994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/5022357440787118994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/04/wednesday-january-28-2009-worlds.html' title=''/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SfKSyUevMQI/AAAAAAAAAGc/oACa-QppNno/s72-c/Worlds_Largest_Cheesecake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083499718084373328.post-4868509788978522441</id><published>2009-04-24T20:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T20:47:46.913-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cheesecake of the Month</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc66;"&gt;Banana Cream Cheesecake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So today was the first day that I made this one and I think it turned out pretty good it was kind of an ode to one of my good friends who really likes banana cream pie, the thing is I am not a big fan of banana cream pie, cheesecake however I do love so I figured a banana cream cheesecake would be a wonderful combination of our tastes. My best friend refered to it as deliciously different I do believe that meant she liked it. My husband and daughter also gave it the seal of approval.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328474921863671282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SfKLtcBC7fI/AAAAAAAAAGU/tSlLEsqpEw8/s200/014.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Banana Cream Cheesecake:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 Nilla Wafer Pie Crust&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1/2 c. Sugar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 tbs. cornstarch&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2 eggs&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 1/2 med. bananas, mashed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1/3 c. whipped topping&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* I used 1 tsp. vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp. banana extract&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beat cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add sugar and constarch; beat until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas, whipped topping and vanilla. Pour cream cheese mixture into prepared crust. Place pan on cookie sheet and bake 15 minutes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees F and continue baking about 55 minutes or until center is almost set. Refrigerate, uncovered, 6 hours or overnight. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also added more whip cream on top. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2083499718084373328-4868509788978522441?l=myfoodishways.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/feeds/4868509788978522441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/4868509788978522441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2083499718084373328/posts/default/4868509788978522441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myfoodishways.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post.html' title='Cheesecake of the Month'/><author><name>Erica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569557159011147033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SeF77s2xMYI/AAAAAAAAADo/nQ9IsiV1Yh8/S220/Nov+21+011.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2kTlhN9kPSA/SfKLtcBC7fI/AAAAAAAAAGU/tSlLEsqpEw8/s72-c/014.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
