My Wooden Spoon

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First, I’ve been nominated for best food blog.  My badge is in my sidebar.  I don’t think my blog is the best by any means but I would still love to have some votes.  If you register and vote for me, I’ll give you 5 bonus entries into my standmixer contest:)   
Every kitchen needs a timer.  It’s extremely [...]

INGREDIENTS:

8 oz. Rigatoni
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 c. chopped onion
2 cans (8oz each) Tomato sauce
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. Oregano leaves
1/4 tsp. Basil leaves
1/4 tsp. Ground Black pepper
 1/2 lb. Velveeta Cheese, cut up

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350′.  Lightly coat 2-quart rectangular baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.  Cook rigatoni according to package directions. Drain.
Meanwhile, [...]

This is fun to make with the kiddos, not to mention, super fun to eat:)
INGREDIENTS:

1 roll frozen sugar cookie dough (buy it or from scratch)
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 c. sugar
4 Tbsp. juice
Fresh fruit of your choice (can be canned but drained) You could also use the juice from this for your 4Tbsp. of juice.
Nuts, [...]

This blog has joined the Blogging Chicks Blogroll. Why? Because I’m a blogging chick of course!..duh! Women are powerful in many ways and when women unite, we are unstoppable!!!
I do hope you consider joining this. If you are a chick that blogs, you are qualified. Not only will gain traffic, you will also meet some [...]

Today’s tips will revolve around baking. I LOVE to bake but hate the clean up;)  BTW–I give tips every Tuesday!!

If you like to use insulated baking sheets, don’t run out to the store to buy them; you can simulate them by stacking one regular cookie sheet over another. Be especially careful when you take them [...]

This main dish recipe was submitted by Annie.  Thanks for submitting Annie!
Tomorrow is Tuesday which means I’ll be posting tips!
INGREDIENTS:

1 pkg. Kielbasa
2 cans Creamed Corn
2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 bag Ore-Ida Hash Brown Potatoes (it has onions & peppers already in with the potatoes)
1 can Milk
Salt & Pepper to taste

Slice Kielbasa into bite size [...]

 This is not a food post.  It’s to help those that don’t know what RSS is.
After reading through some of my contest entries and seeing people NOT know what RSS is, I decided I would post a quick tutorial for ALL you RSS noobs!
I realize that there are many people who see RSS and say [...]

This recipe was submitted by Louise! Thanks for submitting:) …this also enters you into my recipe submission monthly contest!!
INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup butter, softened. For the love of all that’s holy, use real butter. Margarine is stupid when baking.
That’s not just what I say, it’s what I know!
1/2 cup chunky or smooth peanut butter (I use smooth [...]