We tried something a little different this year. We thought it would be fun to do something that’s done in Japan these days, and that’s Kentucky Fried Chicken for Christmas! My sis and I had a rare and welcome Christmas alone, which meant parade and movies, lighting the Christmas tree and playing records – no [...]

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I’ve decided to start counting my bento all over again in an attempt to get back into the habit of blogging them – let’s hope it sticks this time! Baked chicken, broccoli and rice with stir fried peppers, sausage crabs and meatballs.

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This post brought to you by Diageo. All opinions are 100% mine.  Guess what time of year it is? Easter? No, try again! Did you say Spring Break…? Need a hint? It’s time for the holidays to roll around, along with all of those delicious desserts and perfect toasts that could use a little something [...]

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Net10 for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.   How I miss Kansas City! I was just looking over my choices of dinner and none of them sound as good as Dominos right now. But, alas, there IS no Dominos here. Or Pizza Hut, [...]

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Okay, so maybe not Spa-Peggy and Meatballs, but definitely a delicious plate of spaghetti with some even more delicious meat sauce. I can’t stand Hunt’s canned pasta sauce, there’s just something too bitter about it. So I cooked up some spaghetti, browned some ground beef and added the pasta sauce + about 2 T of [...]

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How do we not have this in America? That’s all I can think as I poke around this awesome website for a hog roast hire business in the UK called Parkers. The idea is that you can hire Parkers to come and cater your function or event and, for about the same price as it [...]

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Long time no see! I’ve been snapping pics of everything, but I haven’t had time to come on and post for a bit – sorry about that! I may yet still be a bit shaky getting back into it, but I’m giving it my best! We made a couple of hand-tossed crust pizzas the other [...]

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Just a tad late with this, but we went on an excursion for Mother’s Day all the way to St. Joseph, Missouri to my mother’s favorite place in the world – Ryan’s Grill Buffet & Bakery. I’ve never been a big fan of Ryan’s, partially because I just don’t like buffet style food, but this [...]

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We just got back from a trip to Bethany, where we stopped for dinner at Toot-Toot’s Family Restaurant and got buffet – My mom and her hubby love buffet, but I don’t eat enough to balance out the cost. I usually get two plates tops and then a little dessert – I suck at buffet, [...]

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Nice surprise today, the rents brought by a coconut cream pie from Perkins that we split 4 ways, which was especially nice because I haven’t had much to eat today and don’t feel like making anything lol. Snapped a bad picture of the pie in the light from my laptop, lol!

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