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3 Quick Dinner Tips

What’s for dinner tonight? Does this question stop you in your tracks? Daily? You’re not alone! Want some quick dinner tips? On average most people don’t know what they are having for dinner that night by 4PM! That means they have to figure it all out within the next couple hours before the family starts…

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4th of July Party Menu and Decor

June 28 By Christie Leave a Comment

Hobby Lobby inspired me to host a party. After a year+ of not hosting a gathering it just didn’t cross my mind until I walked into Hobby Lobby and saw the 4th of July party decorations. I HAD to have them and I HAD to host a party! Here are simple table top decorations and,…

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Easy Kid Friendly Menu

Easy Kid Friendly Menu

June 22 By Christie Leave a Comment

My guilt is screaming at me as a I reach for the bag to make my son’s lunch! “You should’ve planned better” “You’re being lazy” “He deserves a more nutritious meal” Before I close the freezer door I grab a bag of frozen veggies to make his meal more complete. My guilt/inner voice is obnoxious!…

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Easy Shredded Beef Sandwiches to Feed a Crowd

June 21 By Christie Leave a Comment

  This is the tastiest and easiest way to make shredded beef sandwhiches. It makes enough to feed a crowd.

7 Ice cream bar tips for your next party

7 Tips for Your Ice Cream Bar

June 21 By Christie Leave a Comment

Can you name 3+ fro-yo places near you?  Around here that’s not hard!  I’m not complaining, I mean who doesn’t love a wall with 12 different flavors of frozen yogurt and a whole bar of junk food to pile on top of the frozen yogurt? Seriously, as I am writing this I realize the irony…

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How to Host a Social Distancing Get Together

August 14 By Christie 4 Comments

I realized yesterday, I haven’t had people over since January. I have wanted to, but between social distancing, health concerns for others and lets be honest, stress, I just hadn’t planned out a get together. A few of my girlfriends and I have gotten together, more often spur of the moment, to sit in one…

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kabobs - 26 Tastefully Simple BBQ recipe ideas

An A-Z List of Tastefully Simple BBQ Recipes

June 24 By Christie 4 Comments

The other day I posted a fun game in my Tastefully Simple Facebook Group asking members to list items they would bring to a BBQ and the food had to start with the next letter of the alphabet. I started the game with Apple Pie. Next someone wrote Burgers, then Chips… The game went on,…

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4 Ways to Celebrate During COVID-19

May 8 By Christie Leave a Comment

Who could have ever even imagined graduations would be canceled, all children would be e-learners, churches, parks and Disney would all be closed? I guess it’s true what they say, reality is stranger than fiction! I mean is Dean Koontz or Steven King writing our new reality? While we deal with all this unimaginable reality,…

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Why I joined Tastefully SImple

Why I Joined Tastefully Simple – I Needed Bread!

April 18 By Christie Leave a Comment

I’ll be honest, I have been in five direct sales businesses! Let’s see, it started with Mary Kay while I was in college. I thought, for sure, I could sell it to all my college friends! I don’t know what I was thinking – I am terrible at matching skin tones to colors! I never…

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Welcome to Cooking with Christie! I'm Christie and I have a true passion for trying new recipes, cooking, cooking for parties and entertaining!
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