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Don’t you just love it when a new fabulous recipe just drops into your lap?  I know I sure do.  My co-worker, K, brought this to work a couple of months ago and I knew then and there that this would be my Easter dessert.  The meringue crust is so light and airy and the creamy filling is wonderful with the peaches. 

I do need to tell you that this is not one of those recipes that you can just decide to make on a whim and have it ready in 30 minutes.  Make sure and read the complete recipe because there is a time commitment to it, but it is so worth it.  I wish I had a piece of this right now.

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Below is the photo for the entire ingredient list, but I am breaking down the recipe into three steps.

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 For the crust:

6 egg whites, room temperature

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/4 tsp. salt

1 3/4 cups granulated sugar

In a mixing bowl, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar and salt until foamy.  It should look like this:

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Gradually add the granulated sugar, beating on high until stiff peaks form.  Tis will probably take at least 5 minutes.  Then it should look like this:
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Spread evenly into a 9×13” greased baking dish.  Bake at 275 degrees for 1 hour.  Turn off the oven after the hour but DO NOT open the door.  Allow the crust to cool in the oven for at least 12 hours.  Again, do not open that oven door! 

Before baking and cooling:

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After baking and cooling:

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For the filling:

8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 cups whipping cream, whipped into stiff peaks

2 cups mini marshmallows

Beat the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together until smooth.  Gently fold in the whipped cream and marshmallows. (Note: I forgot the mix in the marshmallows so I just sprinkled them on top.)  Chill for 4 hours.

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For the topping:

2 cans peach pie filling (21 oz. each)

Spread the pie filling over the cream cheese layer.  Chill and enjoy!  I know this is a long recipe but it is so delicious that it is worth every second.

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Good Monday morning, everyone!  I am so sorry I have been MIA for the past few weeks, but since Spring has sprung, C & I have been working our tails off outside.  I can’t wait to share our “doings” with you in a future post, but I will give you a hint that it has to do with our little garden. 

Hopefully I can now get back into the blogging swing of things and keep up with what is going on around here.  This week’s menu is pretty simple since, you know, it’s SPRING and I get to be OUTSIDE so much more.  Have a great week and I hope you feel blessed beyond measure.

Bubble up sloppy Joes with fresh fruit

Tacos with salad

Easy deep dish pizza with salad

Grilled hot dogs & oven fries

Apple BBQ pork chops (new) & butter roasted potatoes

Pizza night

Please join me at I’m An Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.

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I needed to bake a treat for someone as a thank you gift, but couldn’t make my mind up on what I wanted to fix.  You can never go wrong with one of Bakerella’s recipes, so I decided that these cookies were the perfect thing.  Oh, my goodness…these are little pillows of chocolate heaven. The recipient loved them and so did I!  Thank you, Bakerella!!!!

Chocolate Chip Comfort Cookies

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup cocoa

3/4 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup butter, slightly softened

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

10 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips (The original recipe calls for dark, but I didn’t have any.)

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare 2 cookie sheets.  In a small bowl, mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk and set aside.

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In another bowl, cream the butter, sugar and peanut butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.  Add the eggs and vanilla; stir until combined.

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Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until combined.  Add the chips.

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Roll the dough into about 1 1/4 inch balls.  I used a cookie scoop to measure the dough and then rolled the scoop into a ball.  Bake for 10 minutes and allow to cool before devouring!!  This recipe made about 36 cookies.

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Chocolate Chip Comfort Cookies 1

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People, let me tell you about this dish!  I have made it so many times in the last few months and the last time I realized that I had not posted about it.  That had to change because everyone else needs to know how tasty and easy this is. 

It would be awesome at parties, but I fix it just for C & I for supper and then have the leftovers for lunches later.  C LOVES it and always asks for seconds when I make it.  The flavors are awesome and the gooey melted cheese is so so good.  Try it and see!

Easy Enchilada Dip 1

1 lb. ground beef

1/4 medium onion, finely diced

1/4 tsp. minced garlic

1 can red enchilada sauce

2 cups shredded cheese (I used the Fiesta blend.)

Corn chips or tortilla chips

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Cook the ground beef in a medium skillet over medium heat until there is no pink left.  Add the onion and minced garlic and cook for about 3 minutes or until the onion is soft.  Sir in the sauce and the cheese.  Cover the pan and allow the cheese to completely melt.

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Serve with the chips of your choice.  I found these Pringles tortilla chips and they were great!  This makes a meal just by adding a big green salad on the side.  Love it!!  Thanks, Add A Pinch, for this recipe.

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This recipe is a leftover makeover starring last week’s slow cooker roast beef.  It is also from Donya at A Southern Soul and it is a winner!  I fixed these for lunch on a cold snowy day a few weeks ago and they hit the spot.  These will definitely be made again and again.

Beef and Cheese Sandwich 2

3-4 cups leftover slow cooker roast

1/2 cup beef stock

1/2 onion diced

salt & pepper to taste

4-6 hoagie rolls

4 tbsp. butter, divided

sliced provolone cheese

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In a medium saucepan, add the roast beef and beef stock.  Bring to a low simmer and continue to cook for approximately 10 minutes or until most of the liquid has reduced.

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Melt 1 tbsp. butter in a skillet and add the diced onion.  Season with salt and pepper then cook the onions until they are golden and soft.

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Spread a little butter on the inside of each hoagie roll then layer some of the beef, cooked onion and a slice of provolone cheese.  Wrap each sandwich in aluminum foil.  Bake for 5 to 8 minutes or until the cheese is melted.  Serve and enjoy!

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Beef and Cheese Sandwich 2

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One of the great things about being a member of the Kentucky Food Bloggers Association and the Southern Food Bloggers Association is having contact with other wonderful bloggers.  They are wonderful cooks and writers and I encourage you to visit their blogs as well. 

A Southern Soul is a perfect example.  Donya has some delicious recipes and her site is neat and easy to read.  This slow cooker roast is going to lead into another recipe next week which may be even better than just the roast and the roast is wonderful.

Slow Cooker Roast

2-3 lb. beef roast

1/2  large onion sliced

2 cups beef broth

2 tsp. kosher salt

1 tsp. pepper

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. dried thyme

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Let the roast come to room temperature for 30 minutes.  Slice the onion and place in in the bottom of your slow cooker.  Put the roast on top of the onions and season with salt, pepper, garlic & thyme.

Pour the broth around the sides of the roast.  Cook on high for 6 hours or low for 8 hours. 

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Hi, folks!  I am posting this a day early because I have a photo challenge post going up tomorrow and I decided two posts in one day was probably a little much.  I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend. Ours was busy, but good.  C & I got an eye exam on Saturday and I am now officially old because I have to have bifocals.  Yuck!  I knew I was having trouble reading, but I really hadn’t considered the fact that bifocals may be needed.  When the doctor adjusted the lens with the bifocals it made a huge difference and I hope they help my eyes feel less tired by the end of a long day working at a computer.  Oh, well, I guess it could be worse.  I can still see after all!

It was also a great weekend of college basketball and we cheered on the University of Kentucky as hard as we could.  It was so much fun!! 

The weather is supposed to be really nice this week and I hope to get outside and start cleaning up the flower beds and maybe starting building my new raised beds with a lot of help from C. 

Have a great week!

Cheesy steak sandwiches with oven baked fries

Lasagna calzones (new) with salad

Slow cooker beef tips (new) with oven baked fries and salad

Pizza night

Sloppy Joes with curly fries

Oreo pie

Please join me at I’m An Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.

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A long time ago, I made an orange juice cake and remembered it as being so moist and delicious.  Fast forward a few years and that recipe kind of got lost in the shuffle until I received a new Bundt pan for Christmas. My uncle mentioned an orange juice cake and bells started going off in my head so I knew that I had to make one again. 

I couldn’t find my old recipe so off to the world wide web I went in search for one.  Of course, Christy at Southern Plate had a recipe on her site and it was just as I remembered it.  The method of piercing the cake and pouring the sauce over it while it is still in the pan makes it so good. 

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For the cake:

1 box yellow cake mix

1 small box instant vanilla pudding mix

4 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 cup orange juice (I used Florida’s Natural.  The cheap brands give this cake an odd flavor.)

1 cup chopped pecans, toasted

For the glaze:

1 cup granulated sugar

1 stick unsalted butter

1/4 orange juice (Name brand again.)

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare a Bundt pan.  Mix all of the cake ingredients together and stir until smooth.  Pour in the Bundt pan and bake for 35-45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.

Put the glaze ingredients in a medium sauce pan and cook over medium/high heat for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

While the cake is still in the pan, poke several holes into the cake with a knife and pour the glaze over it.  Then let the cake cool for 10 minutes before removing it from the pan to cool.  The sauce should soak into the cake completely in that 10 minutes.  If it hasn’t, just wait another 5 minutes or so before turning out the cake.

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Good Monday morning! Sorry I was MIA last week, but I just wasn’t feeling up to snuff.  I thought it was just the winter weather blues until I started having tons of sinus drainage by the end of the week.  It turns out I was rocking a pretty severe sinus infection so after a shot and a few pills, I feel SO much better! Now that I am back to normal, there are so many things I want to do!

C & I are planning to update our raised gardens beds with cedar boards and add a couple of extra beds while we are at it.  I can’t wait! Now if the weather will just cooperate.  Speaking of gardening, please check back on Wednesday to see how my seedlings are doing.  

I have a couple of new recipes on the list this week that I hope are keepers.  I will let you know!

Dr. Pepper pulled pork (new) with curly fries

Tacos with salad

Grilled hamburgers with oven fries

Panko pork chops (new) with butter roasted potatoes & salad

Pizza night

One pot baked rotini with cheesy bread

Please join me at I’m An Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.

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Here is yet another slow cooker recipe.  Dear readers, I hope I am not burning you out on these, but I LOVE a good main dish that I don’t have to fuss with.  So…enter the slow cooker!  This is another successful Taste of Home recipe that I will definitely be making again. 

Slow Cooker Saucy Pork Chops

6 pork chops (Bone in would be best, but I used boneless.)

1 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

2 tbsp. vegetable oil

2 cups ketchup

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1 tsp. liquid smoke (Optional, but it adds great flavor.)

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Sprinkle the chops with garlic powder, salt & pepper.  Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.  Brown the chops on both sides.

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In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients to make the sauce.  Pour a little of the sauce in the bottom of a small slow cooker.  Then add a layer of the browned pork chops and another layer of sauce.  Continue this until all of the chops are in the crock and covered with sauce.

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Cook on low for 4 to 5 hours or until the meat is tender.

Slow Cooker Saucy Pork Chops

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