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    Crock-Pot Broccoli Beef

    For those of you who work, do you ever want to come home from work and enjoy a home cooked healthy and delicious meal that is already made?  Do any of you enjoy Chinese take-out, but wish you could have the food without the MSG, high-fructose corn syrup, and other unhealthy ingredients that are commonly added to take out?  If you answered yes to any of the above, then this recipe is for you! Well I do work, and my Crock-Pot is a miracle!  Do you know how nice it is to come home to a delicious smelling apartment with food that is ready to eat???  It is AMAZING!!!!  The…

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    Korean BBQ

    Okay, I have an adventure to tell you about with this recipe!  It all started when my little sister Laura brought a bunch of of her friends home for a weekend awhile back.  I went home as well to meet them and hang out…. and also to learn how to make Korean Barbeque, otherwise known as, Bulgogi, from her friend Jaewon (Thank you Jaewon!!!).  While my sister was showing her friends around our hometown, my mom and I did the prep work for this dish.  We, chopped up mushrooms, green onions, carrots, and onions.  We also marinated the meat. We were just waiting for Jaewon, Laura, and others to come…

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    Shepherd’s Pie

      Hello Everyone!!!  I hope you are all keeping warm in this cold weather that just seems to keep sticking around… Hopefully spring will come soon… Today I am going to write about a comforting recipe that will warm you right up on these cold evenings.  Shepherd’s Pie! This is a traditional Irish dish that I thought would was appropriate seeing as St. Patrick’s Day is this Sunday.  So it took me awhile to think of a recipe that I wanted to feature for St. Patrick’s Day.  I noticed that a lot of blogs were doing various desserts using Irish Cream, or corned beef, but I just wasn’t too excited…

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    Spicy Orange Beef

    So as many of you probably know, I started Weight Watchers last summer and have lost about 31lbs!  I still have a little ways to go; but the program really works!  The recipe that I am going to blog about tonight is adapted from their new cookbook Turn Up the Flavor.  I have to say that so far I have enjoyed the cookbook, and the recipes I have tried all have been good.  One recipe that turned out really well is Spicy Orange Beef (Spicy Tangerine Beef in the cookbook), and it is only 4WWPP!!  I made some slight modifications and paired it with some jasmine rice for a fabulous…