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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.

Ham, Turkey and Cheese Panini

Recently Daniel and I have taken a new found LOVE to panini sandwiches. I cannot get enough of them, and the fun thing is you can really put whatever you want in them. It makes it easy to feed picky children (yes Kris and Kai are somewhat picky). Today, I wanted to make a panini that not only would they enjoy but that would fill them up for dinner. Now, you can use homemade bread here but Daniel has been buying this Sara Lee whole wheat bread and I figured I would just use it up. Normally, we buy our organic bread from Whole Foods Market (it is our favorite) but he was lazy and did not want to drive 20 minutes to get bread, I cannot blame him. Well, if you want to see any other panini's let me know in the comments and I will be sure to make them!! ENJOY!

You Will Need:
2 tbsp Mayo
1 tbsp Pesto
1 Tomato
Lettuce
Ham Lunch Meat
Turkey Lunch Meat
Bread
Sandwich Cheese (I use Horizon)
1 tsp Garlic
1/2 Cup Butter, softened

Whip butter and garlic together until creamy and fluffy 
Nice and fluffy 
Mix pesto and mayo together
Set butter garlic and mayo pesto aside
Cut lettuce and tomato 
This is the panini press I used Oster. 
Butter one side of bread, place it butter side down on the press
Add pesto mayo to the top of the bread 
Then add turkey, ham, cheese, tomato, lettuce (that is the order I used)
Butter other bread, and place butter side up
I shut the press once to push everything down, then opened and move the bread around and re-shut the press
And done.. add chips, pickles, fruits, or just eat it alone for a great lunch or dinner




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