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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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Rice-a-Roni

These make the best Christmas gifts ever. Who does not appreciate food, made with very minimal ingredients. I sure do and would love these as a gift. Esp since each 32 oz mason jar holds 3 servings or 3 meals each. I included 1 Spanish rice, 1 chicken, 1 beef and 1 brownie mix for each person we are gifting too.  You Will Need: 6 Cups Rice 2 Boxes Fideo Noodles Chicken:  2 Cups rice 1 Cup Fideo 1/2 tsp Pepper 3 tbsp Chicken Bouillon  1 tsp Onion Powder 1 tsp Garlic Powder Beef: 2 Cups rice 1 Cup Fideo 2 tbsp Parsley Flakes 1/2 tsp Pepper 3 tbsp Beef Bouillon 1 tsp Onion Powder 1 tsp Garlic Powder Spanish Rice: 2 Cups rice 1 Cup Fideo 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Minced Onion 2 tbsp Tomato Bouillon  1/2 tsp Chili Powder 1/2 tsp Cumin 1/2 tsp Onion Powder 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder  To Make: heat 2 tbsp butter in a skillet with 1 cup rice/noodle mix. Cook until brown. Add 2 cups of bone broth (I use chicken for chicken, beef for beef and beef for Spanish Rice one). Add 2 tbsp seas...

Baguette

Baguette is a thin crunchy (on the outside) soft and fluffy (on the inside) bread that pairs amazingly with my homemade bruschetta. I have such a fascination with making homemade breads, it is one of my favorite things to make with my kids; besides Christmas cookies! I take great joy in cutting, buttering, or adding toppings to bread that I know what is in it. Let's just stop with all this gibberish and get to making the bread...


You Will Need:

1-1/2 Cups Warm Water
5 tsp Yeast
2 tsp Real Salt
2 tbsp Organic Sugar, Honey or Agave
3-4 Cups Organic All-Purpose Flour


Add sugar, warm water, and yeast to a mixing bowl or your stand mixer bowl, stir gently and let bloom for 10 minutes
It bloomed amazingly, smelled so good in the kitchen.. 
After the yeast is bloomed, add salt and flour
Nicely kneaded
Grease a bowl and place in a warm area to rise for 1 to 1 in a half hours
Punch down and start to knead
Knead... 
Roll into a long 'snake' like stick
Place for bread on a lightly greased pan, sprinkled with organic corn meal
Cut nice slices into the tops- 
450 degrees bake 20 minutes or until golden brown and hallow
Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before cutting it, this allows it to become more crispy on the outside

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