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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.
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Carrot Cake

Carrot cake was one of my favorite recipes to make with my grandmother growing up. Now we did not always see eye to eye or see each other but when we saw my grandmother it was all about potato soup and carrot cake (our 2 favorite things to make). I have not made this recipe since 2007 when I had my first born Kris. My second born, Kai has been really into learning how to bake as of lately so I figured what better recipe to start with then something my grandmother and mother showed me sooooo many years ago when I was her age.

You Will Need:
2 Cups Flour
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Nutmeg
1/8 tsp Ground Clove
3 Eggs
1 1/4 Cup Apple Sauce
1 1/2 Cup Sugar
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tbsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
2 Cups Carrots
Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz pkg. Cream Cheese
1 stick Butter
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 Cup Walnuts (chopped)
Blend together your eggs, sugar, and applesauce
Add vanilla
Once blended add your dry ingredients
Blend until well incorporated 
Grate your carrots, this honestly took us forever because we used BABY CARROTS!

Fold in carrots
Pour even amounts into your cake pans
Bake at 350 for 30-45 mins.
Time to make your frosting; add cream cheese and butter into your kitchen-aid mix well
Add vanilla and powdered sugar until the flavor is to your liking (I added the amount above... I do not like super sweet frosting) then I folded in the nuts
Spread onto cake
Put in fridge until frosting is set

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