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Chicken Tortilla Soup

So what is the deal???  I am on spring break from school here in East Tennessee at the end of March and would you just look at this weather?  The temperature is in the 30′s and we’re having snow!  Oh well, just give it a few days and it will be in the 60′s again.  …

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Mexican Chicken Casserole

Quite often, my family spends Thanksgiving week at my sister’s house in Missouri.  Jan is a great cook and has shared a number of recipes with me through the years.  We usually arrive on Tuesday evening and stay until Friday or Saturday.  Since we spend all day cooking together on Wednesday , Jan usually has …

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Mexican White Queso Dip

  Our family loves Mexican food and has eaten at Mexican restaurants more than any other type of restaurant.  Very frequently, we order the white queso dip to eat with chips before our meal.  The biggest problem with it is that they bring a tiny bowl for a group of major cheese dip lovers! This …

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Guacamole

So recently on the same night that I made Homemade Enchiladas and Pico de Gallo, I also made Guacamole.  A Mexican fiesta, (OK, it was just a Tuesday night with the family), isn’t complete without a great guacamole.  To tell you the truth, I’ve never been much of a fan of guacamole served with my …

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Pico de Gallo

While we were still living in Kentucky and I was teaching special education, I had four of the BEST teaching assistants ever!  One in particular, Nicki, started working when I did and stayed with me nearly the entire time I worked in the county.  On occasion, we would bring in foods for a birthday month …

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Chicken Enchiladas

It is spring break week in this beautiful state of Tennessee.  My children have spent a lot of time with their friends having sleep overs at my house or at the friends’ houses.  Somehow, I ended up with extra boys on at least 3 nights this week.  What do we know about teenage boys?  They …