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Chicken Tortellini Soup

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Adapted from Point of Grace 3T olive oil 2 good sized garlic cloves, finely minced (I use a garlic press) 3 stalks celery, finely chopped 3 carrots, peeled and chopped 1 small onion, finely diced 5 oz pkg frozen spinach (I used pict sweet) 2 cans cream of chicken soup Just under 2 cans water 32 oz chicken broth 1 to 3 tsp chicken bouillon (add to taste) Salt and Pepper to taste Family size package (3lbs) of cheese or chicken tortellini, half cooked (we used the four cheese tortellini from Costco) 2 lbs chicken, cooked and diced (I cook mine in the oven or crockpot with some chicken broth and pepper) Instructions here Put olive oil in the bottom of a large soup/stock pan. Over medium heat, saute garlic, celery, carrots and onions until tender. (I used freezer carrots from the garden. They were perfect and so good!) Add the half package of frozen spinach. Break up blocks of spinach as you cook. Continue to saute until spinach thaws, then heats up. Add cream of chicken soup and water (I...

Candy Bar Madness Chocolate Chip Cookies

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AKA: Halloween Leftover Cookies Every Halloween we have LOTS of candy that I prefer my kids not eat and rather not drag it out for a long time either... So one year I decided to sneak into their stash and get all the candy bars that I could find and create some cookies to use them up. :) They weren't too happy with me for stealing their candy without asking, but when they tried the cookies all was soon FORGIVEN! ;) Now they go through and give me as much as they can part with to repeat the cookies every year. Here is the basic recipe that I follow 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup butter (no margarine) 1 Tbsp. vanilla 2 eggs, slightly beaten 3 cups flour 3/4 tsp. baking soda 3/4 tsp. salt 3-4 cups of cut up candy bar mixture and some chocolate chips too :) Instructions here               **I put in m&ms, snickers, crunch bars, Hershey's chocolate bars, almond joy (all bars are cut up into small chunks).... the choice of what ca...