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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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Beef Stew

Winter time for me means crockpot soups, stews and more comfort foods. Beef stew is a family favorite like most my recipes. I swear the kids tell me all the time "mom you are an amazing cook." Sometimes, I do not believe them because I make mistakes, I fuck up, it is called being human. Butttttt other times, I am like hells yes I am!!! That dinner was amazing!!! This is one of those. You Will Need: 1 Chuck Roast 1 Bag Small Potatoes, cut 1 Bag Baby Carrots 64 oz. Beef Bone Broth (this is important) 4-6 packets Beef Gravy (I use Kinder Bone Broth Gravy) It is important you use beef bone broth. Why? Because bone broth is sooooo good for you! It has natural collagen and fats that keep you from getting sick. We switched to bone broths ONLY and have rarely gotten sick during winter months. Nothing more than a common cold, no flu, no covid *knocks on wood*! Crockpot cook on high for 4 hours, low 6 hours. I like low and slow!!     
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How To Make Butter

Making butter is one of the easiest yet messiest thing you can make! Honestly, it splashes everywhere and it is kind of fun too. My family goes through a lot of butter, and I enjoy buying heavy cream that is local and grass fed so I can make my own butter, since we go through so much and the damn stuff cost $5.99 a 4 pack here!! Here is what you need: (there are TWO ways to make butter; here is the first I LOVE!)


1. Stand Mixer fixed with your whisk attachment
2. Heavy Cream
3. Splash Guard or Towel
4. Strainer
5. Ice Water (LOTS OF ICE)


Add the heavy cream into your stand mixer (like I said there is another way to make this.. this is just easiest on the arms!)


Cover with a splash guard or towel and turn your mixer on high speed


Keep Going.....



Do not stop mixing when it looks like whipped cream, keep going until you see buttermilk starting to form; then you are almost done


Here you can see both, the butter and buttermilk (yum! keep that buttermilk as well- great for biscuits or pancakes)


Strain the buttermilk


Pour only the water into the bowl and start pushing the butter, until you no longer get cloudy water or any more buttermilk-usually takes me 3-4 times (you can skip this if you are going to use the butter within a week)


Push, baby, push!


A lot less butter than I normally make, but I am saving the second half for the other method of how to make butter


The buttermilk (keep this for biscuits or pancakes! YUM)


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