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I promise it is worth the trip

June 25, 2009

I am over at A Southern Fairytale today. AND in honor of Rachel’s foodie brilliance…I posted a recipe. *duck and run* I know. I don’t cook…but when I do it is EASY and YUMMY. Here is a little preview: Click here for Texasholly’s Cheeseburger Runzas with BONUS Cinnamon Rolls.

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Top this offer.

May 9, 2009

Act now… In These Here Parts Holly is known as Fierce Trapper Story at Smart Girl Nation. But WAIT that is not all… If you respond in the next 15 minutes we will double the offer and also include this BONUS STORY: An Issue of Space Story at Smart Girl Nation. If you go now [...]

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Holly plays THE GROCERY GAME

April 15, 2009

I am starting a new REALITY CHECK series over at Burb Mom. I am not going to post the follow up stories here, but wanted to let ya know what I was doing over there in case you want to follow along. For the next month I am going to play THE GROCERY GAME. The [...]

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I'm in the kitchen and I can't get out!

March 22, 2009

This week Bianca and I tackled Chef Cat Cora’s 21 meal menu with the goal of staying under $150 for home cooked meals as seen on the Oprah show. This is day 6 of our journey. So let’s see what is for breakfast! Potato Frittata And here is where I yell “Please Chef Cora have [...]

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Hey, Cat Cora I need a word with YOU

March 21, 2009

Bianca and I are DANCING into the kitchen this morning to see what day five of our 21 cheap, cheap, cheap meal menu courtesy of Chef Cat Cora and the all knowing Oprah has to offer… Let’s start with breakfast! Rizogalo (Creamy Breakfast Brown Rice Pudding) We were glad that I had made a large [...]

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For the love of pancakes

March 20, 2009

Today is another day on our quest for cheap meals with the help of Oprah and Chef Cat Cora! Holly squeals with excitement hoping to over come her kitchen fatigue. Today is day four of the Chef Cat Cora 21 meal menu as seen on the Oprah show. Let’s make breakfast! Lemon-Pecan Pancakes These pancakes [...]

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Holly may yell at Oprah day 3

March 19, 2009

We made it through day one and flew through day two of our quest to attempt the 21 meal plan of Chef Cat Cora as seen on Oprah…so what does today hold? For breakfast we made: Garlic Mashed Potato Pancakes Let me start by saying this tasted good, BUT I just don’t get it. We [...]

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Holly makes it to Day Two of 21 meals

March 19, 2009

Whew. We felt pretty good making it through day one of the Chef Cat Cora 21 meal menu as seen on Oprah. And then we realized that day two would mean three homemade meals. Three homemade meals. I think I can…I think I can…I think I can. Let’s make breakfast! We decided to try: Egg [...]

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Holly takes on a 21 meal challenge

March 17, 2009

Someone recently lamented to me that “Americans follow Oprah like sheep”. Really? A few days ago I breezed through my TiVo’d Oprah episode from last week that told the story of three professional chefs “living with” three ordinary families and making-over the family meals to be cheap, healthy and easy. There is no way that [...]

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The Motherscribe Interview

March 13, 2009

I participated in JCK’s Motherscribe Interview Series: Feminism, Aging, Parenting, Identitiy & Sex… I evaded the first question… And then tried to make up for it with quantity of answers. Thanks JCK!

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Holly make-over, I mean take-over…

November 21, 2008

Hi, My name is Holly and I am a low maintenance girl. It isn’t that I don’t like to look nice.It isn’t that I don’t want to look nice.It is just it takes so much effort… I have tried to change. If you don’t believe me, please click here for the story how I nearly [...]

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