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Taco Soup – A Quick And Easy Flavorful Soup

By SMC Taylor

This recipe is quick to prepare and cook time is only around 20 minutes! Ingredients 1 lb Ground Beef 1 Onion chopped 2 14.5 oz cans of Diced Tomatoes w/Green Chillies 2 15 oz cans of Pinto Beans (drained) 1 15 oz can of Black Beans (drained) 1 package Ranch Style Dressing Mix 1 packaged […]

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Healthy Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

By SMC Taylor

Like many others this holiday season, my family was visited by an un welcomed, stubborn virus, who thought she would make us all miserable. Chicken soup is always a good weapon to help shoo away these visitors! Through my searching for a new recipe I came across this one.  It has a two step method, […]

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Yummy Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

By SMC Taylor

My boys love hot cocoa as the weather gets cooler.  A good friend of mine gave me this recipe.  It’s very easy to make and makes a big batch and tastes so good! Hot Cocoa Mix 1  2lb (500gm) box of cocoa mix 1  8qt (1.2 Litre) box of powdered milk 1 160z (480ml) non-dairy […]

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Small Memories

By SMC Taylor

Do you remember the holidays when you were a child? The family, the food, the gifts? I remember having a favorite ornament that I always wanted to hang on our Christmas tree, as a child. It was a ceramic bell that was white with flowers on it. I would find the perfect spot that was […]

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Yardsale Snob

By SMC Taylor

It’s a beautiful fall morning, the birds are singing, there is a slight breeze and I smell breakfast aromas wafting through my car windows. – Where am I going? To find my treasures at yard sales of course! I have been going to yard sales for many years and have found many treasures that I […]

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