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I Am Watching You
The Maid
Hopeless
It Ends with Us
Unmissing
The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 200 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Jurassic World: The Official Cookbook
Halo: The Official Cookbook
Ugly Love
Verity
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Moonlight Child
Becky: The Heartbreaking Story of Becky Watts by Her Father Darren Galsworthy
Freed
Drowning in Stars
Behind Her Eyes
The Girl in the White Van
Regretting You
Defending Jacob


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CopyCat Del Taco Chicken Tacos

Living in Arizona for 13 years of my adolescent life I grew up loving Del Taco. My parents would get take out there often. My sister, Michelle, that was her favorite taco out. If we did take out one night, Michelle always wanted Del Taco over anything else. She loves the chicken tacos. Now that I live in Ohio, Del Taco is not really out here. I have found 1 or 2 but they are some distance away from us. So, I decided to try and make that for my Sunday Family Movie night pick. Tonight, is my pick and I drew Mexican food so why not give it a try.  Marinade: 3 Large Chicken (I used thin chicken breast), diced 1 Lime, juiced 1 tbsp Taco Seasoning  1 tbsp Soy Sauce 1 tsp Garlic Powder 1 tsp Onion Powder 1 tsp Chicken Bouillon Powder 1/4 tsp Paprika Place all ingredients above into a ziplock, shake well and marinade for 30 minutes to an hour. I found the longer the better flavor.  White Sauce: 1 cup Mayo 1 Lime, juiced Whisk together in a bowl until smooth, set aside until ready for assembly.
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

With the holidays approaching fast, this is the time I take to pre-make cookies. I do them in big batches, and freeze raw once I am ready to use them, we remove from freezer, set on baking sheet on counter for an hour or until thawed then proceed to cook at normal temperature. This has saved me SOOOO much time on the holidays when I am VERY busy with cooking other things (tamales, and such) wrapping gifts, and just plain old hanging with my family. 

You Will Need:
1/2 Cup Butter, Softened
1 Cup Sugar 
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Egg, Room Temp
1/3 Cup Cocoa Powder 
2 tbsp Milk
1 3/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1 Cup Chocolate Chips 
Add walnuts for crunch, Optional 

Cream the sugar, butter and vanilla together. Add egg and beat to combine. Add milk and cocoa powder and slowly combine together (the cocoa powder will puff all over you unless you go slow! I have learned my lesson haha)!

Add flour, and baking powder, mix until all the flour is no longer visible. Add chocolate chips (and walnuts if you choose too) 

I use an ice cream scoop to scoop even amounts onto a baking sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper.

Bake at 350 degrees for 14-18 minutes. Once cooled enough, dip the tops in powder sugar. There are chewy and taste much like brownies.

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