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  • Leftover Bread Recipes

    Breads, Household Helper, Recipes, Thrifty Living
    easy leftover bread recipes

    Here are my mom's quick and easy leftover bread recipes and her thrifty tips for using leftover bread.

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  • Mom’s Fresh Strawberry Pie

    Dessert, Recipes
    fresh strawberry pie recipe

    This strawberry pie recipe brings back so many wonderful memories of my childhood summers and of mom.

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  • Calabacitas

    Recipes, Soup
    recipe for calabacitas

    My grandma's recipe for calabasitas (Mexican squash) that can be made plant based or vegetarian. Delicious, satisfying, and inexpensive.

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  • Capriotada

    Breads, Recipes
    capriotada

    Capriotada (Mexican bread pudding) is traditionally made during Lent. My grandmother made this recipe every year.

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  • Vintage Recipe: Red Devils Food Cake

    Recipes, Vintage
    vintage recipes

    I collect vintage cookbooks and found this recipe handwritten in the back of the cover page.

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  • Cabbage Soup

    Recipes, Soup, Wellness
    cabbage soup recipe easy

    This cabbage soup recipe is filled with rich vitamins and flavor and the perfect meal for a cold day.

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  • Stuffed French Toast Casserole

    Breakfast, Recipes
    breakfast casserole

    Here's an easy breakfast casserole recipe you can prepare and store overnight.

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  • German Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake

    Dessert, Recipes
    pumpkin cheesecake

    Believe it or not we make this pumpkin cheesecake with a box of German chocolate cake mix!

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  • Recipe for Salsa

    Appetizer, Recipes
    recipe for salsa

    Here is a simple and easy recipe for salsa using roasted chilis just like the salsa my grandma used to make.

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  • Slow-Cooker Pinto Beans

    Dinner, Recipes
    slow cooker pinto beans

    This is my traditional pinto beans with a twist. I added seasonings to my recipe and instructions here for slow cooker pinto beans.

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