In’s & Out’s of the Thaden Family

So we decided on Friday to make home made pizza on Saturday and what a great decision to make!!!!
Margaret helped by emailing me pizza sauce recipes at work for me to piece them together to find out what I wanted. Thankfully pizza sauce is easier to put together than spaghetti sauce. The difference between the [...]

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Darryl made a wonderful omlete for dinner last night… and because I like you so much I will share the recipe with you… and I’ve included how to photos.

add fresh tomatoes and stir until everything is thoroughly mixed up

shred about 1 cup of colby cheese

we used about 18 eggs, but you can use [...]

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So today I started brining a turkey to cook later today. I’m using Alton Brown’s brining recipe (posted below). It’s not too bad, plus the bird comes out juicy and brown. Can’t ask for much more than that.
I’m just happy to use up a 14lb turkey before we move. This week will be many turkey [...]

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What’s better than a breakfast at your favorite restaurant? A new breakfast made at home of course.
I was interested in trying a baked omelet of sorts and this morning I took the plunge. With Margaret’s help we were able to slap together all the ingredients in record time. The longest part of [...]

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Ever had a guacachalada? Word looks weird doesn’t it? Sound it out…wok-a-cha-la-da….there you go!!! You did it.
I made some guacamole last night (damn good batch too for a white boy) and I got a little hungry. So I went ahead and grabbed some tortilla’s and smeared some of the guacamole on it and it was [...]

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Darryl’s been begging for some banana bread, but I was too busy last week to make any for him. Since I don’t want to be considered a bad wife I pulled out all my baking cookbooks today and found one that his grandma Thaden gave us. It’s fairly simple, and the good thing is I [...]

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