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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!!     

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 All-Purpose Flour
3/4 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Pumpkin Puree
3 Eggs, room temp
2 1/2 tsp Homemade Pumpkin Spice
1 tbsp Baking Powder 
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 tsp Salt
Cream Cheese Filling: 
8 oz Cream Cheese, room temp
2 tbsp Butter, unsalted & room temp
1 tsp Vanilla
1 1/4 Cup 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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