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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...

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Growing up I loved peanut butter cookies, they were my all time favorite for sure. I cannot really remember a time where we did not have peanut butter cookies made on Christmas or for the Holiday seasons. I do remember they were almost always bagged ones instead of homemade. I prefer to go with the homemade version instead of the store bought crap for many, many reasons. Number one reason is, the extra junk they add to the mix is not needed but they do it because they can! Yuck! These cookies honestly are the best ever! They are crispy on the outside and yet super chewy on the inside!

You Wil Need:

1/2 Cup Organic Butter, room temp
1/2 Cup Organic Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Organic Sugar
1/2 Cup Organic Peanut Butter (or homemade)
1 Organic Pasture-Rasied Egg, room temp
1 tsp Organic Vanilla Extract
1 1/3 Cup Organic Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 tsp Real Salt
3/4 tsp Baking Soda (Bob's Red Mill)
1/4 tsp Baking Powder


Cream the sugars and butter together 


Add egg, and vanilla, mix well


Add the peanut butter and mix well 


Looks so pretty


Mix in the dry ingredients


Perfection... 


Cover in plastic cling and place in the fridge for 3 hours minimum 


Using a 1 tbsp size ice cream scoop, scoop the dough and roll into a ball


Place on baking sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper


Dip a small fork into some sugar


Press down on cookies going in both directions opposite each other, this gives the cookies that classic look


Bake 350 for 9-11 minutes


I took ours down front for the office staff and the guests here at our apartment place! They look amazing! 



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