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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.

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Growing up I loved peanut butter cookies, they were my all time favorite for sure. I cannot really remember a time where we did not have peanut butter cookies made on Christmas or for the Holiday seasons. I do remember they were almost always bagged ones instead of homemade. I prefer to go with the homemade version instead of the store bought crap for many, many reasons. Number one reason is, the extra junk they add to the mix is not needed but they do it because they can! Yuck! These cookies honestly are the best ever! They are crispy on the outside and yet super chewy on the inside!

You Wil Need:

1/2 Cup Organic Butter, room temp
1/2 Cup Organic Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Organic Sugar
1/2 Cup Organic Peanut Butter (or homemade)
1 Organic Pasture-Rasied Egg, room temp
1 tsp Organic Vanilla Extract
1 1/3 Cup Organic Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 tsp Real Salt
3/4 tsp Baking Soda (Bob's Red Mill)
1/4 tsp Baking Powder


Cream the sugars and butter together 


Add egg, and vanilla, mix well


Add the peanut butter and mix well 


Looks so pretty


Mix in the dry ingredients


Perfection... 


Cover in plastic cling and place in the fridge for 3 hours minimum 


Using a 1 tbsp size ice cream scoop, scoop the dough and roll into a ball


Place on baking sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper


Dip a small fork into some sugar


Press down on cookies going in both directions opposite each other, this gives the cookies that classic look


Bake 350 for 9-11 minutes


I took ours down front for the office staff and the guests here at our apartment place! They look amazing! 



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