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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.

Four Cheese Ravioli

When I think about Italian foods my mind goes to my homemade ravioli's. These suckers take some time to make but let me tell you, it is well worth every minute you invest in this dinner! You will surely please anyone, and everyone who tries these! You can even cheat and use Organic Simple Truth canned pasta sauce (totally fine and makes it one less step).

You Will Need:

Pasta Dough
Pasta Sauce
16 oz Organic Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
1 Ball Organic Mozzarella Cheese
2 Cups Organic Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1/2 Cup Organic Parmesan Cheese
1 tbsp Organic Parsley
2 Organic Pasture Raised Eggs
Salt & Pepper, to taste



Mix all the cheese, eggs, salt, pepper and parsley


Mix well


Roll out your pasta, I used a pasta roll attachment with my KitchenAid mixer (you can find here)
**let me tell you, that attachment is WORTH the money! you get 3 rollers!**


We pressed it through 1 about 4 times, folding after each


Then slowly worked towards a 4 (we rolled through the 2 once, and the 3 once)


The 4 is PERFECT thinness! 


Cut the stripe in half, and place one half on your floured counter (PLEASE FLOUR! I did not and they stuck) add 1 tbsp filling, leaving about 2-3 finger space in between


Add the second half you cut to the top, make sure you have no air in them as you cut


Cut with a ravioli stamp (stay tuned for possible GIVEAWAY of one)


They are too cute


Place on floured baking sheet until ready to boil


Fill stock pot with water, add salt and bring to boil, add 10 ravioli's at a time, once they start to float I let them cook another 3-5 minutes, then remove and drained


Add pasta sauce to a skillet, and add ravioli, cook tossing (be careful  not to spilt them, Daniel did twice) cook about 3 minutes just to warm sauce with them


There you have them! They are so amazing and so delicious! 

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