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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.

Pumpkin Roll

With the Holiday season approaching extremely fast, I figured it would be an a great idea to share my favorite 'cake' recipe with everyone. Pumpkin is very Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas; but to be honest I make this almost all year round (not monthly or anything). Now this cake roll is very easy to make, and very very easy to mess up! You have to be very careful and watch what you do closely. One Thanksgiving Daniel, Kristopher, Kailee, and I went to Whole Foods Market and found a dessert for Thanksgiving dinner with his mother. We stumbled across a pumpkin roll, that was $10 bucks for something super small, and not very many pieces. I decided to set out and figure out how to make it myself. 

You Will Need:

3/4 Cup Organic All-Purpose Flour
3/4 Cup Organic Sugar
1/2 Cup Organic Pumpkin Puree
3 Organic Pasture Raised Eggs, room temp
2 1/2 tsp Organic Homemade Pumpkin Spice
1 tbsp Baking Powder (Bob's Red Mill)
1 tsp Organic Vanilla
1/2 tsp Salt (Real Salt Brand)

Cream Cheese Filling: 
8 oz Organic Cream Cheese, room temp
2 tbsp Organic Butter, unsalted & room temp
1 tsp Organic Vanilla
1 1/4 Cup Organic Powder Sugar


The ingredients


Cream eggs, and sugar together until pale in color and fluffy (4 to 5 minutes)


After 2 minutes, need to continue! 


Add the pumpkin puree and vanilla, beat to combine


Combine dry ingredients in a sifter, and sift together into the wet ingredients


Using a spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the wet (do not OVER fold- I did it until I have no dry ingredients left, clumps included)


Dump into a baking sheet, lined with unbleached parchment paper, lightly greased with coconut oil; making sure to spread into an even level. Bake for 14-16 minutes, cool for 5 minutes


Turn onto a lint free towel lined with lots of powdered sugar (this will keep the roll from sticking) 


Roll the roll however you like I like my roll fat pieces so I rolled it smaller; place on a cooling rack for 2 hours


Cream butter, cream cheese, and vanilla together


Slowly add in the powdered sugar, until you like the sweetness 


Unroll the pumpkin roll and spread your cream cheese frosting


re-roll up the pumpkin roll and place on a decorative plate and into the fridge (I top with powdered sugar for decoration


Roll Roll Roll!


Bam! 


There it is! Amazing, light, fluffy, and delicious 


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