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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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Protein Chocolate Chip & Blueberry Bagels

These are soooooo good! My kids ask me to make these ALL the time. Esp my picky eater, she loves them!! Def can add whatever you want to them, or as toppings. I love mine with either plain or strawberry cream cheese. Yum! I know what I am making this week! No judging, our microwave broke and we decided to order new appliances, these were just old and needed to go, had them for 8 years. I LOVE our new appliances!  Funny story content: I was making mini corndogs and the stupid muffins would not stop crumbling! I was pissed and kinda sorta hit the pan on the side of our counter until it dented! oops.  My son, the one speaking, loves throwing that in my face. 😀  You Will Need: 2 Cups Flour 1 tsp Salt 2 tsp Baking Powder 1 tsp Cinnamon 1 Cup Greek Whole Milk Vanilla Yogurt 2 tbsp Honey  Chocolate Chips/Blueberries (I used frozen wild ones, thawed) Melted Butter, brushed on top before cooking. Cook 400 degrees for 10-15 mins or until golden brown. 

Ranch Style Beans

I am so obsessed with beans I cannot express enough how much I love them! Ranch style beans have always been my favorite. Growing up I remember my mother buying the ranch beans from Wal-Mart (the ones in the black can) and now I realize all the crap that is in them is so bad for you! I recently fell in love with canning (have had to take time off due to moving and cannot wait to get back to it) and was given a recipe that was approved by the canning group I am in (which is one of the best canning groups- they follow all the guidelines). I posted, down below, the recipe link where I find this recipe. So, if you wish to can these amazing beans and I advise you to learn how and definitely do so! That is linked below, just make sure you follow the correct guidelines for safe canning! 
Now you do not have to can these, you can easily just put all ingredients in your crockpot cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-5 hours. 
You Will Need:
4 tbsp Dried Parsley
4 tsp Garlic, minced
1 bag of Dried Pinto Beans
4 tbsp Chili Powder
1 Onion, diced
15 oz Crushed Tomatoes
1 tsp Brown Sugar
1 tsp White Vinegar
1 tsp Paprika
1 tsp Cumin
1/2 tsp Oregano
1 Cup Boiling Water
3-4 Cups Beef Broth
1/2 tsp Salt & Pepper
You can see the beans are almost done, continue to cook them until the liquid is almost gone (reduce, reduce, reduce). You do not want lots of liquid in your beans. I personally LOVE canning these beans, then opening them and eating them! I will share the link where I get how to can them. I made these for a dinner side in my crockpot, which you can do too.
Canning Ranch Beans: Proven Safe Recipe Site 
(from a facebook group I am apart of)
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