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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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Pizza Bar

It has taken me a very long time to create the PERFECT pizza dough recipe. We had some of our closest friends over, and I decided for dinner we would do a pizza bar with their 3 kiddos, my 2 kiddos, and us 4 adults. Two of my pizza crust recipes fed us all with lots of leftovers. The kids 100% loved making their own pizza, one of the kiddos wanted a heart shape pizza, the others just loved "playing" with the crust. It was such an amazing experience with them. I love teaching young kids new things and including them in the kitchen. I believe it's important for their growth. Anyhow, when I made my dough recipe, our friends said the crust was the best crust, fluffiest crust, they'd ever had. Asked for the recipe. This will not fail, and will turn out amazing. I found a way to cut my time needed in half, by using my bread machine my hubby and kids got me for Christmas. 

You will Need: 
5 Cups Bread Flour (or All Purpose)
2 Cups Warm Water
1 tbsp Yeast
4 tbsp Honey
1 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Olive Oil

Here is the bread machine I am using, it has been a life-saver, but I learned my lesson. I started this dough 3 hours before I needed it, and the dough went all out the machine and rose everywhere! Oops.. I suggest starting the dough 1.5 hours before needing it.


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