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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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Focaccia

Focaccia is soooo fun to make esp with kids. I love getting my kids involved in cooking. The younger you get them cooking, the more love they have for it and want to do it. I started my son off at 4 years old.. today he LOVES to cook. I did not do the same with my daughter and she is really not into cooking. So, I decided any children we have going forward, their little butts will be cooking. Anytime my nieces or nephews are over, we cook together (bread, pizza, biscuits, whatever).  You Will Need: 4 Cups Bread Flour (King Arthur) 2 tsp Salt 1 tsp Sugar (honey or agava)  1.5 tsp Yeast 1 tbsp Oil (olive or avocado) 1 3/4 Cups Warm Water  Bake at 445 degrees 10-12 minutes

Instant Pot Ham & Bean Soup

I use bone broth in this recipe ALL the time, but I was out of my stock when I made this. :( Bone broth gives you an added health benefits and if you are ill bone broth is VERY good for you to help you start to feel better. I cooked this for 40 minutes on high pressure but it needed longer. I like to do 40 minutes open it and check it because it won't take as long to come up to pressure since its still very hot. Here in Ohio, it has been SOOOO cold and windy that soup is really all we want (the kids even want it and they are not big soup fans). This soup, however, is everyones favorite. We love this soup so much, that I canned it and is downstairs in our canned foods storage (all canned from myself and my husband together- here is a photo of it below). Anyhow, if you love soup, give this a try it is super easy and sooo yummy! But def start it a few hours before dinner so we can double check it is done and give it another 20-30 minutes if needed once 40 minutes is up.
You Will Need:
16 oz Dried Navy Beans
1 pk Diced Ham
2 tsp All Spice
2 Bay Leaves
1 Ham Hock
3 Carrots, diced
2 Celery Stocks, diced 
1/2 Onion, diced
4 Cups Chicken Bone Broth 

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