With last week's recipe being the crab dip, it made sense to find another recipe as a solution for leftover crab I still had on-hand.  This recipe for Old Bay Crab Cakes was easy to follow for being my first attempt ever for making crab cakes.  But thanks to all these recipes I've been making, I felt ready to give it a try, and I wasn't let down!  

All it took were these ingredients:


Within minutes, everything was mixed and ready to broil!  They held together well throughout cooking.
 

I did ...
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Every year for the last 4 years, I've been following a method for plotting out my goals so that by year-end, I accomplish a whole lot more than "I should have done this" or "maybe I could have done this, if only..."  In fact, it's made me so productive that not only do I spend more time cooking and less cleaning, but I was able to write a book, spend time with my family and friends, and learn some new hobbies and skills!  One thing I hold to that I've yet to fully complete, though is my goal ...
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Today I felt like a brunch that was light and easy out of ingredients I already had in the house.  Leftover fried chicken is one of those things that can either be eaten up fast or stick around for days in my house, and I wasn't particularly in the mood for a salad.  In fact, I wanted something warm and spicy.  Soooo I took a look at Pinterest first and found this recipe for BBQ chicken taquitos using leftover chicken.  Sadly, I didn't have tortillas.  However, I DID have tortilla chips.  And...
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