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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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Ham, Green Bean, and Potato Soup

I was recently introduced to ham, green bean, and potato soup by my mother in law and oh my goodness was I ever won over! It must be the taste of the ham I used, because it just made the 'broth' absolutely delicious. This is something Kristopher and Kailee ask me to make almost weekly, but I do not because I like to limit how much ham, bacon and basically pork that we all eat; but as a treat on a cold day or just a fast throw together this is amazing!

You Will Need:

Organic Green Beans
Organic Ham (I used Turkey Ham, YES! PLEASE!)
Organic Potatoes
Organic Pork Hawk


Add your ham hawk or ham butt to your pot, fill with water, salt it, and let it cook for 2 to 3 hours (the longer the better, but def watch the water level!)


After 2 hours, peel your potatoes, cut in chunks and place in COLD water until you need them (I did not use these for another hour because I did not want to cook the potatoes and then can them or they would become mushy! EWWY!)


Nicely cut...


Dice your turkey ham or regular ham, and place in the pot, also add green beans and let them cook for an hour more.


So much YUMMY soup!


After the hour, add in the potatoes and continue to cook for another 30 minutes or so; until they are fork tender (all depends on how big you cut your potatoes)


This soup has quickly become one of our favorites for sure. We will be making this EVERY winter or whenever someone is feeling 'icky'. 
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