Stephanie's Kitchen

12/18/12

Frito Love

It's almost here...BCS bowl season. A few days where the collage football lovers can sit back and watch to their hearts desire. So many games, so many channels, so many teams, so many fans...so much Sports Center. It's enough to make the head spin. Here's something that will keep your college football fan happy and well fed.

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12/05/12

Pumpkin Pie Pancakes

If you're like me, you stocked up on cans of pumpkin right before Thanksgiving. Now I feel the need to do something useful with all this pumpkin lest it go to waste. Enter pumpkin pancakes.

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11/20/12

Spiced Cranberry Orange Jell-O Salad

This Jell-O salad screams Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas and I promise is it better than Aunt Bethany's green Jell-O in Christmas Vacation.

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11/12/12

Roasted Pumpkin Soup

Winter is finally here! Time to make soup. My hope is that my kiddos will think itʼs unusual and fun that we are cleaning out a pumpkin to eat it instead of make a jack o' lantern. Iʼm not promising anything, but a momʼs gotta try. This is my revised version of Roast Pumpkin Soup that I found in Martha Stewart a few years ago.

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11/06/12

Kanakuk Coffee Cake

I was a kamper at Kanakomo Kamp in steamy Missouri from 1988-1991. A great thing about kamp was the food. If you remember the coffee cake, then today you're in luck because this is the Kanakuk Coffee Cake recipe.

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10/30/12

Turkey Sweet Potato Sloppy Joes

These sloppy joes get the job done, get sweet potatoes in your family's bellies and make dinner for 4 plus leftovers. I really love recipes that give me at least two nights of dinners.

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10/15/12

Super Moist Banana Bread

What you're about to read will change your life. Well, maybe not your life but it will change the life of any future banana bread you bake. This is a big deal that I share this secret with you but I'm doing it because I love you and it's the Christian thing to do.

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10/09/12

Chicken and Salsa Soup

This soup was inspired by my sweet friend Landon. She blogs about eating healthy and her faith journey. Last week she had to make something out of nothing and ended up with a killer soup. I took her advice and took a look in my pantry to see what I could come up with. This one is pretty similar with a few small changes because it's all about what you have in your pantry/fridge to work with.

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10/02/12

Tasty Apple Puff Pastries

Don't you love Pinterest? I do. I found this recipe, pinned it then made it. Before Pinterest I would have seen the site and thought how nice it would be to make that but would never get around to it because I didn't have an easy way to keep track of which site it was on.

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09/25/12

Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Root Veggies

Now that fall is right around the corner, itʼs time to pull out the crock pot! Fall is the perfect time to start cooking with root veggies. I love the sweetness of the apple cider plus the savory onion and herbs—it is a nice blend.

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09/18/12

Easy Chicken & Rice Soup

This chicken and rice soup is so easy it can be ready to go in 45 minutes start to finish and can feed a crowd or just a small family for several days. As with most soups it's always better the next day.

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09/11/12

Easy Wheat Bread in Your Bread Machine

How many of you own a bread machine? Now, those who answered yes...how long has it been since you used it? Be honest now. I love my bread machine but I will admit that it has been at least 6 months since I last used it. Time just gets away from me and I start buying bread at the store again and before I know it I've forgotten all about how easy it is to make homemade bread.

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09/04/12

Spiced Peach Cobbler

'Tis the season for cobbler. The fruit is ripe, the picnic table is set (unless you live in Oklahoma where it's one hundred billion degrees) and the farmer's market has what you need. I realized that this isnʼt the first cobbler recipe posted here. I just love it so much I had to share another easy way to prepare it.

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08/28/12

Rice Noodle Stir Fry

This week I decided to make my own Chinese take out...I love rice noodles and thought this recipe was a great substitute for take out from your favorite Chinese place.

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08/21/12

Banana-Berry Smoothie

Smoothies are a great way to get fruit, protein and calcium into those little tummies to start the day off right. The great thing about smoothies is that the fruit and veggie combinations are endless.

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08/07/12

Strawberry Coconut Sipper

I turned this recipe for Strawberry-Coconut Sorbet into a smoothie drink by adding a little apple juice. Perfect for 103 degree heat!

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07/30/12

Oatmeal Craisin Cookies

Oatmeal raisin cookies. The "healthy" cookie choice. I'm never one to choose a cookie based on its level of good-for-you. However, I won't turn up my nose at an Oatmeal Raisin cookie.

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07/24/12

Easy "Homemade" Pasta Sauce

Jarred pasta sauce, the best thing since sliced bread and one of the most usable kitchen conveniences I can think of. But every now and then I want to feel homespun so I make "homemade" sauce. It's not completely homemade because I don't go to the trouble of dicing and stewing tomatoes. Sorry. Should you feel the need to get old school (but not too old school) with your sauce here is what you will need.

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07/19/12

Sichuan Orange Chicken

A Cooks Country classic recipe, with a few twists from Stephanie's own little recipe card!

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07/03/12

Rosemary Peach Pork Tenderloin

Looking for something new for your 4th of July cookout? Tired of the same ʻol burgers and dogs? Try pork tenderloin. Itʼs a wonderful cut of meat, cooks beautifully on the grill and a real crowd pleaser. If you can brave the heat outside to fire up the grill this is an excellent summer time recipe.

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06/26/12

Easy Peach Cobbler

This peach cobbler mix is a revelation. Purists may scoff at using a mix but I never claimed to be a food snob or purist. However, I did had just a few alterations to the mix recipe to make it my own.

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06/19/12

Almond Pesto

Who doesn't love homemade pesto? Everybody loves it. But who wants to pay the price for pine nuts? Nobody, that's who. Unless you're willing to lay down a brick of gold bullion for the stuff you have to come up with an alternative. I submit to you a more affordable solution.

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06/12/12

Roasted Corn on the Grill

Have you received the memo? It's summer and time to fire up the grill. In an effort to keep our electric bill low, I have been doing a lot of grilling instead of using the oven. Roasting corn on the grill is a fun alternative to just boiling it or cooking it in the microwave plus the smell is uh-maze-ing.

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06/05/12

Stuffed Pasta Shells

In my never-ending search for ways to sneak veggies into my kids bellies I have revamped my stuffed shells recipe. The secret word is...Squash. This recipe is packed with butternut squash, yellow zucchini squash and mushrooms.

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05/29/12

Hawaiian Turkey Burgers

Need something quick, easy and delicious for dinner? Look no further.

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05/22/12

Quick & Easy Drop Biscuits

I love biscuits just as much as the next gal but I DO NOT make them. Cutting in the butter, rolling out the dough, cutting them out all the while trying not to handle them too much or else you end up with hockey pucks. That is way too much work for me.

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05/15/12

Coconut Chicken Curry

Donʼt let the wordʼs “coconut” or “curry” scare you. Neither flavor is overpowering in this dish. If you are wanting to introduce curry to delicate palates then this may be what you are looking for.

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05/08/12

Apple Walnut Scones

For me, making scones is best when making them with a friend. Especially if that friend will run out to the store and grab some milk when you realize you ran out earlier that day and haven't had a chance to make it to the store. We decided to make apple walnut because that is what I had on hand. And good thing because they are in-cred-a-ble.

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05/01/12

Hidden Veggies Pasta Sauce

This meal is a staple at our house. We eat WAY too much pasta but we all love it so what-a-ya gonna do? This pasta sauce makes me feel a little bit more like a responsible parent...

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04/24/12

New Orleans Style Pot Roast

If you decide to make this pot roast be careful. Because once you've had it there's no going back.

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04/17/12

Hidden Veggies Meatloaf

I call this Happy Mouth Meatloaf because it will make your mouth happy. The "real" name for it (the one I have dubbed it) is Hidden Veggie Meatloaf with Balsamic Glaze. The words veggie and meatloaf in the same sentence sounds like an oxymoron but trust me when I say that this time it works.

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04/10/12

Pecan Crusted Chicken

There's no easier way to dress up a boring chicken breast than with a pecan crust. This is so simply and yet so tasty it should be in the Guinness Book of World Records for easy-meals-that-make-you-feel-fancy-even-if-you're-not-fancy.