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As part of Operation Debt Free and in cooperation with the project Bikini 2010, I have been cooking a lot more than usual. To make it more interesting each week I’ve tried to cook at least one if not two new dishes. I thought I would share the ones I’ve liked enough to make it into my recipe book. Christina and Wes can attest that I am the biggest critic of my cooking. To make it into the book it has to be very good or at least adequate but really easy and quick to make.

Blue Cheese Burgers I don’t own a grill so this was made on a pan. It is NOT good for you but it is oh so yummy! I did have some problem keeping the burgers together as I was cooking, definitely get the higher fat meat like they say.

Irish Beef Stew I of course left out the carrots because I am still 3 and not a fan of vegetables. They call it a stew but it is not really thick, it is more like a soup. A yummy yummy meat soup. Wes likes this one because it means I bring over all the leftover beer for him to drink.

Heidi’s Steak Diane I was a little nervous about this one but figured hey if I don’t like the sauce I can just eat the steak without it. This is one of the only trial ones I’ve made for Christina that turned out really good. If you follow the directions the steak is cooked well-done (Christina’s preferred) so if your like me and like it more medium rare you may not want to cook it as long.

Fettuccine with Creamy Italian Sausage Sauce This is one that tastes even better as leftovers! It makes a huge amount and I ate this for lunch for basically the whole month of January and I still love it.

Christina and to some extent Wes have suffered through many of my experimentations with good grace. That I believe is because every once in a while I find a gem like these Heart of Darkness Brownies (which I found in the book in the background).

Yep that is home-made brownies which have chocolate chips and chunks of Snickers in them topped with marshmallows and a caramel sauce. SO GOOD! Also VERY messy and time consuming to make. I made this for Christmas for my family. I knew I had made something awesome when even my Grandma was scarfing them down.

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