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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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Homemade Nutella

Nutella has got to be one of the most popular chocolate spreads to date. They claim to be 'good' with pure ingredients. Unfortunately, that is honestly far from the truth. Nutella's first ingredient is very bad for yourself and children; sugar! Sugar unrefined is the number one cause of children being obese; always use pure ingredients, like coconut sugar, raw agave or raw honey (always organic). Second ingredient makes me laugh super hard...vegetable oil is soy bean oil, they just call it vegetable oil to make you think 'oh it has vegetables'. A great alternative to vegetable oil is always coconut oil; unless you are allergic then avocado oil is my secondary go to. The list of ingredients just gets work; Skim Milk Powder, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin) and Flavoring (Vanillin), these ingredients could not be further from 'natural' or healthy for you. But, with my homemade Nutella, you not only get pure organic ingredients, but this spread is actually good for you. Cacao powder has antioxidants and also contains an abundance amount of magnesium and iron (hello! why would you not use this instead of Hersey's?!) I could go on forever about the benefits of making your own Nutella, but I will just let you make it, and be blown away; you will never go back to store bought. 

You Will Need:

2 Cups Organic Raw Hazelnuts
1 tsp Organic Vanilla Extract
3 tbsp Cacao powder
4 tbsp Organic Raw Agave
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 - 1 Cup Organic Coconut Oil, melted



Roast hazelnuts on 350 degrees for 15-25 minutes; this loosens the skins to shake off


Place the hazelnuts into a container that can close, shake them until the skins start to fall off


Some skins may not come off completely, that is fine... honestly! Add to your blender or food processor (I have mine in my Vitamix!)


After 2 minutes...


6 minutes, you can see it begin to look like "dough"


Add in cocoa powder


Agave, oil, vanilla, and salt (salt is up too you!) blend until smooth! Remember, the more sweetener you add the thicker the butter will be (so you may need more oil). The oil will settle on top, that is fine. Just close in mason jar and put in cool place upside down.



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