Ritzy Green Salad (a must have recipe)

Is it just me or does it seem a good green salad recipe can be hard to come by?  They all seem so similar, with some basic lettuce, maybe a hint of cheese and a few scarce tomatoes and a few basic options of that cringe worthy bottled dressings that has been straying in the refrigerator for months.  This salad is one of my all time favorite salads!  How can you go wrong with cheese, bacon, almonds and homemade croutons?  I...

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Individual Berry Cream Pies

 Why pay for mint leaves when no one really eats them and they just end up straggling behind on the plate, then in the trash =)?  If you didn't notice I garnished these with the leaves of the strawberries rather than buying mint leaves just for looks.  Not sure if they're edible but they look fancy.  I can't get enough of these mini pies!  These are elegant, simple to make, luxuriously delicious, personal size cream pies...

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Shredded Beef Taquitos

Please, no more frozen taquitos =).  I love these taquitos!  Perfectly crisp on the outside with flavorful tender beef on the inside.  Yum!  I like to have several dipping options when I make them, the three I always serve these with are guacamole, sour cream and fresh salsa but I also love these dipped in cilantro lime ranch (you can fallow the links below for the fresh salsa recipe and cilantro lime ranch recipe).  When...

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Cinnamon Roll Rice Krispie Treats

My new favorite Rice Krispie Treat... these, Cinnamon Roll Rice Krispie Treats!  I love cinnamon rolls and I love Rice Krispie Treats so I had to find a way to combine the two, so I created these.  I love dressing up classics with a new and exciting twist.  I'd have to say I like these equally as much as cinnamon rolls (which is really saying something because a fresh warm cinnamon roll is one of my favorite foods).  The incredible...

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Shredded Beef Tacos

These loaded shredded beef tacos are definitely at the top of my list of favorite foods.  This recipe for shredded beef tacos yields perfectly tender, wonderfully seasoned and flavorful beef.  I cook almost all my meat in the slow cooker because it basically guarantees tender meat, slow and low.  I've mentioned before Mexican food is one of my favorites.  Good Mexican food is never skimpy on flavors and its flavors are so distinct....

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Banana Oatmeal

Wait!  Don't throw out that last unwanted overripe banana!  You see it sitting there that last straggling spotted banana, but what do you do with it?  There's not enough for banana bread or cupcakes and it's way too ripe and soft to simply eat on it's own.  I don't know how many times I've been in this situation and have sadly just tossed the last straggler out because I can't find a purpose for it.  I've even tried...

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Best Ever Carrot Cake

Are you looking for the perfect cake?  Literally perfect.  Without flaws.  Amazing.  Tender.  Moist.  Heavenly.  Flavorful.  Sweet.  Fluffy and dense all at once.  Healthy(ish =).  Wowing.  Decadent.  Stunning.  Pleases young and old alike.  Then here it is!  I love this cake!  And I can brag it up like that because it's not my recipe, if it were my own then it would...

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