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The Ultimate Tuna Melt

This week has started off very busy.  It’s been all about the Baby boy.  I work 50+ hours a week and I barely have time to make dinner some nights.  It really depends on my schedule.  When I work the “open” shift I get home early so I can plan a nice meal, when I […]

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Peach Mango Salsa

   Summer Fruit, yeah for fruit!  Honestly I don’t eat much fruit, mostly because I a fruit snob.  I am seriously picky about eating fruit.  It must be fresh and taste intensely of whatever type of fruit it is.  When I first heard of fruit based salsas, I was skeptical for sure.  I am a […]

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McGyver’s Jerky

I’m the head cook in the family, but that doesn’t mean I’m the only cook.  When McGyver and I were dating, he was a self-sustaining bachelor.  I don’t mean he would pick up pre-made dishes or do take out, he could actually cook.  Not gourmet but well enough.  My all time favorite recipe of his, […]

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Compound Butter

Butter makes everything better! Or in the immortal words of Homer Simpson “mmmmm butter”.  Believe it or not but it is possible to make butter taste even better.  Just a couple more simple ingredients and you’ve upped it a notch.  Compound butter is, as it names implies, a combination of ingredients mixed into the butter.  […]

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