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Tips & Tricks

Frankie’s Beef Hoagie

by Carolyn 08.01.2010

          A good hoagie is  a treat. One that is quick to prepare and warms your stomach.  Frankie and the girls, Ashlee 9, and Hailey 6, don’t eat a lot of red meat, but a good hot roast beef hoagie Frankie will endulge in once in awhile. Try this simple meal with your family. Ingredients: [...]

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Applesauce Yogurt Snack

by Carolyn 07.31.2010

          A snack that’s prepared in 2 minutes or less, that is actually good for you!!!           Pack this in your childrens lunch box or for a after school treat. Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup fat-free yogurt  * flavor of choice *  3/4 cup  unsweetened applesauce 6 tsp. cinnamon-sugar Directions: Spoon yogurt into 4 dessert/ parfait dishes Add [...]

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Tortellini with Beans Salad

by Carolyn 07.29.2010

           A ‘pretty’ salad stimulates your taste buds. A fast, easy and delicious salad satisfies your soul!            Prepare this salad with your children tonight. Have fun, eat well, Create Memories! Ingredients: 1, 8 oz. pkg. refrigerated tortellini  * Spinach, or cheese filled * 1, 15 oz can Navy Beans, drained, rinsed 1-2 oz. Ramono Cheese, [...]

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Broiled Flounder with Warm Fruit Salsa

by Carolyn 07.26.2010

         My son and grand daughters love fresh fish. Fortunately, Tucson & most parts of Arizona have wonderful fish markets.  This flounder dish takes about 15-20 minutes to prepare and just bursts with flavor. Ingredients: 4 flounder fillets 2 tsp. lemon-herb seasoning  * salt-free * 1/4 tsp. salt  * Kosher or Sea Salt * 1, [...]

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Pantry Staples

by Carolyn 07.23.2010

         Trying to figure out What to cook for  Dinner is always a challange, especially if your a busy parent, working in or out of your home. Over the years I’ve learned that my ‘Best Surprise Dinners’, have developed from having a good assortment of  ‘Pantry Staples’ on hand. Here is a list of what [...]

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Italian Beef Stew

by Carolyn 07.20.2010

          This recipe is NOT for children. I love preparing meals in my slow cooker, since it simplifies all of the work for me, because having Parkinsons & Fibromyalgia, cooking can & does become a challange at times. I hope that you will enjoy this recipe. I learned of it while I lived in Italy, [...]

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Caesar Salad Panini with Cream of Broccolli Soup

by Carolyn 07.14.2010

          With temperatures reaching over 100 degrees almost daily this time of year in Tucson, Az., Frankie and the girls prefer to have easy, simple but always healthy meals.            Soup and Sandwich  to the Rescue!            Try this  Soup and Sandwich dinner. On the table in less than 30 minutes.            Frankie slices the bread & adds dressing [...]

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We Cook with Daddy Cookbook

by Carolyn 07.12.2010

        To celebrate the ‘New Face’ of  We Cook with Daddy Blog, you can now order your copy of our ‘We Cook with Daddy’ Cookbook, for only $2.00 each. This is my  original hard copy version, 135 pages of well over 100 kid-friendly, easy, fun, creatively delicious recipes that your family will cherish.          Easy, PDF, [...]

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Shake-it-up Pasta Salad

by Carolyn 07.12.2010

       With heat & high humidity upon most of us, standing over a hot stove/oven to prepare dinner is not anyone’s choice, Frankie & the girls included.           Frankie prepares this salad to have as a main course & as a side dish with Ashlee, 9 yrs. old & Hailey 6 yrs.old.           Frankie prepares [...]

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Frankie’s Rainy Sunday Soup

by Carolyn 07.11.2010

         Frankie doesn’t usually have the girls on Sundays. That’s his day for calling me in North Carolina, then just kicking back or having a friend over to watch a game & cooking a easy, light meal. Even though the temperature in Tucson, Az. is usually about 70 to 85 degrees, Frankie enjoys a bowl [...]

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