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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.

SAFE Cookie Dough

My oh my! Daniel is loves cookie dough more than cookies that are cooked. Whenever he is craving or wanting cookie dough I yell at him because the eggs are not safe to eat raw and I definitely do not want him getting sick, that would seriously upset me! Recently, I contacted the farm where I get my eggs asking them an important question.. Do you have pasteurized eggs? They told me "no we do not have those eggs and to be honest they are not the best quality and not good for you. But our pasture-raised eggs are completely safe to consume raw, if you want or need to consume raw eggs". Here is the direct post from them..

Vital Farms Hi Melinda - since our eggs are laid by healthy hens that are free to forage outdoors, we do not need to pasteurize our eggs! Pasteurized eggs are usually factory farmed eggs that require a sanitation process. If you were to choose to eat raw eggs, pasture-raised eggs would be the safest!

This makes me feel extremely confident sharing this recipe with everyone and with my family too. I had a feeling that pasture-raised eggs were the safest and best choice but honestly you certainly never know! Well, onto it... here is my most amazing, chewy, perfect, delicious cookie recipe! Enjoy!

You Will Need:


1/2 Cup Organic Butter, unsalted (softened)
3/4 Cup Organic Coconut Sugar (or reg. organic sugar)
1 Large Pasture-Raised Eggs, room temp
1 tsp Organic Vanilla Extract
1 Cup plus 2 tbsp Organic All-Purpose Flour (or whole wheat)
1/2 tsp Baking Soda or Baking Powder (Bob's Red Mill)
1/2 tsp Salt
1 Cups Organic Chocolate Chips (click here)



Cream the sugar and butter together 


Perfect 


Whisk in eggs, until light and fluffy


Add vanilla


Whisk in dry ingredients


This is the correct form you want; not to wet, not to dry 


Fold in the chocolate chips!


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