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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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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

As many of you are getting to know Kailee has a huge love for anything blueberries, Kristopher not so much (I can sneak them into some foods and he does not really mind, but will not really eat them plain, he will eat them in bread as long as there are, as he calls it, 'no chunks'). Kristopher loves chocolate, anything chocolate, and since dark chocolate is extremely good for you, I really do not mind giving him some once in awhile. In order to make the bread a little bit 'healthier' for him, I have added almost everything I did in my Fluffy Blueberry Bread except the blueberries.

Make these into 4 mini loafs or into 24-48 muffin breads! The choice is yours, chose wisely!! =]]

You Will Need: 

2 Cups Organic All-Purpose Flour (or whole wheat)
1 tsp Baking Powder (Bob's Red Mill)
1/2 tsp Baking Soda (Bob's Red Mill)
1 tsp Organic Vanilla Extract
1/2 tsp Organic Cinnamon
2 Organic Pasture Raised Eggs, room temp
1/2 Cup Organic Butter, room temp
1/4 Cup Organic Raw Milk, room temp
2 Organic Bananas, brown spots and soft
1 tsp Salt (Real Salt Brand)
1 Cup Organic Coconut Sugar (or reg)
1-1 1/2 Cups Organic Soy-Free Chocolate Chips



Cream the softened butter together with the sugar (coconut sugar or regular organic sugar work well here) 


Add eggs, vanilla, and milk, and cream together


Add the ripened bananas and mix until there is chunks but not HUGE ones (I love looking at the bread and seeing all the small chunks of banana)


Add dry ingredients, except the chocolate chips and whisk well, until combined. I did not have my kitchen aid mixer so I used an good old hand mixer and whisk


Fold in chocolate chips


In your buttered dish add 3/4's full batter. Oven at 350 bake 35-40 minutes or toothpick insert is clean, take out of oven and cool 7 minutes, remove from pan and continue to cool until fully cooled


There you go! Cut and enjoy plain or warmed with butter. Pop remaining loaves in freeze, freeze completely, bag in zip-locks and label. These little suckers go fast so be ready to have NOTHING left! These are amazing little gifts for the upcoming Holiday's. 


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