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Mini Potato Croquettes (Baked), Cheesy Ranch

These mini potato croquettes are great as either a bite-sized appetizer or finger food side dish. The soft potato and cheese filling is Ranch seasoned then coated with a crispy breadcrumb crust. YUM! I love cheese and potatoes and Ranch Dressing, so they are the stars in today's recipe, and they make one great team. Perhaps, I was channeling some mid century housewife, or Julia Child, but I decided some easy potato croquettes would be a fun and delicious way to put the three together. They Continue Reading

Copycat Wendy's Frosty Recipe

Looking for a Wendy's Frosty copycat? I have a great knock off Wendy's Frosty recipe to share with you today. I don't guarantee all the ingredients are exactly as the original Frosty but the results are delicious and have a similar taste and texture to the irresistible original. Wendy's Frosty fans can now get the chocolate flavor of this fabulous fast food frozen treat right at home! No you don't need an ice cream maker to create the consistency and perfect cocoa taste. You can make a Continue Reading

Greek Salad in a Mason Jar: Instructions and Tips on Packing a Salad in a Jar

This Greek Salad in a Mason Jar is just one example of a delicious salad you can pack in a jar. Jar packed salads offer ideal freshness and make for easy packed lunches. Instructions for this Greek salad are below, along with tips on assembling your own special jarred salads. The method is simple. Change things up to suit your personal preferences in salads. Greek Salad Ingredients 1 quart size Mason Jar 2-4 tablespoons Creamy Greek Dressing ¼ cup each chopped carrots, cucumbers, Continue Reading

Caramel Frappuccino Recipe - Starbucks Copycat!

Enjoy a Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino at home whenever you want! The delicious Caramel Frappuccino blended coffee drink recipe with whipped cream and caramel sauce is actually quite easy to make. As we all know coffee and caramel are a classic flavor combo and here with milk, cream and ice that combo is even more scrumptious!!! A Carmel Frappuccino is a coffee, milk, caramel drink recipe blended with ice. It is perfect for hot summer days, but here in New England we want iced coffee drinks Continue Reading

Mango Lemonade Recipe

Refreshing Mango Lemonade is easy to make with this simple recipe. A fresh batch of this Mango Lemonade would be perfect for a hot day working in the garden. It is an easy beverage recipe, made from fresh ingredients, that your whole family will enjoy. It is less tart than standard lemonade, so fussier kids may like it over a regular lemonade recipe. It won't cost you much to make a batch of this mango lemonade either. Neither lemons nor mangoes are particularly expensive fruits, and Continue Reading

How to Welcome Beneficial Wildlife to Your Garden

Small wildlife in the garden is not only beneficial to the plants that you are growing, but they also bring a certain beauty of their own and are interesting to watch. The more wildlife visiting a garden, the healthier it will tend to be. Instead of trying to deter garden guests, I do everything that I can to attract them to stop and enjoy my yard. All wildlife look for a few basic things that they need to survive, and its really those yards and gardens that can provide for their most basic Continue Reading