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Decadent Tollhouse Pie that Your Whole Family Will Love

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This homemade tollhouse pie recipe is absolutely delicious! It tastes just like chocolate chip cookies. I love a pie you can freeze, too.

I don't know about you but my favorite part of chocolate chip cookies is eating the cookie dough. Perhaps it is the reason I like this pie recipe so much? Homemade Tollhouse pie tastes just a delicious gooey chocolate chip cookie. If you have never had Tollhouse pie, I highly recommend you make one soon. Don't let the fact that it is a pie scare you away! Even people who are not normally pie eaters like this pie because of the chocolate chip flavor. This pie is the treat my sister requested for her birthday in lieu of cake. It's a delicious and sweet pie that our whole family loves. The … Read More...

4 Ingredient Shredded Beef Sandwich Recipe

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Shredded Beef Sandwich Recipe - Only 4 ingredients! Seriously, the best shredded beef sandwich I have ever eaten.

For all you other busy moms out there, I know it comes as no surprise that I love easy and delicious recipes. If it uses my slow cooker and has only a couple ingredients? I'm likely to love it even more. It's why this 4 ingredient shredded beef sandwich recipe is one of our absolute favorite recipes.  This post may contain affiliate links. You can read more in my disclosure policy.  All you need is a roast, a couple of seasoning packets and some water to make perfectly tender and delicious seasoned shredded beef. I keep au jus and Italian seasoning packets (that's the secret … Read More...

Basic Freezer Meatballs

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This is a simple but handy recipe for freezer meatballs. Meatballs, in and of themselves, are very simple but they can be used in so many different way! Periodically, I like to make a large batch of meatballs so I can use them to make several different meals. My son, Nathan, really likes meatballs so I just made another double batch last week. I add meatballs to spaghetti sauce or to make BBQ meatball sandwiches. Meatballs sandwiches are my husband's favorite. Here is a similar recipe from All Recipes. My favorite use of meatballs is to make sweet and sour meatballs that I serve over … Read More...

Classic Zucchini Bread

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If your garden is overflowing with zucchini, then you and I need to talk zucchini recipes! Last year, we didn't plant a garden. This year, we did and my husband (bless his heart) decided to make up for it by planting not one but two zucchini plants. You Midwesteners and fellow gardeners know where this is heading. This year, we have zucchini every time we turn around! Right now, I have another 8 zucchini sitting on my counter. We've been making zucchini scones, zucchini rice, sauteed zucchini, baked zucchini parmesan wedges and of course, lots and lots of zucchini bread. Zucchini bread … Read More...

Quick and Delicious Comfort Food

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PotPiePlease#CollectiveBias It's that time of year when the weather is turning colder (at least for most of us) and our thoughts turn to comfort food. Hot soups, pot roast, roasted chicken, potato casseroles...it all sounds wonderful! This is also the time of year when our schedules start getting busy with holiday preparations and company. It can be a struggle to prepare our family the dinner of comfort food we want to cook when time is at a premium. With that in mind, I have the … Read More...

20 Foods to Freeze to Save Money

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One of my favorite wedding gifts was an unusual one. It was the upright freezer that my parents and siblings gave to us. I absolutely love our freezer! Having an extra freezer in the basement saves us so much money because it allows me to shop the sales and stockpile perishables. Is meat on sale? I'll buy 15 pounds. A great deal on cheese? I'll buy 10 packages. Bake an extra loaf of bread? Go ahead and freeze it. Discover a mark-down on butter after the holidays? I'll stock-up as much as my budget allows. I find that my freezer saves me a great deal of money by shopping the sales and … Read More...

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