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Coffee Glazed Carrots
I never used to like carrots. When I was a kid, my mom gave us a "choice" of vegetable that we didn't have to eat for the whole MONTH! But it meant we had to eat any other vegetable she put in front of us. My "choice" was usually either green beans or carrots,...
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Flavored Whipped Cream
This recipe is a simple one but definitely worth knowing! This was actually in one of my cookbooks that I typically use for topping pies at Thanksgiving. However, whipped cream is one of those year round toppings for desserts and cool or hot drinks any time of year so...
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Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Coffee Peanut Sauce
My family loves stir-fry and pretty much all things associated with Asian cuisine. As a child, there was a strong Hmong (people group from Laos) influence in our family's cooking. In 1980 my parents helped sponsor and house some refugees from Laos that were displaced...
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Texas Sheet Cake
Texas Sheet Cake is one of my favorite chocolate cakes from my mother's recipe book that she's had for years! It's another one of those recipes where I have no idea where it originated from, I just know I like eating it. One thing that makes it so delicious is the...
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Nancy
Recipes Manager
With her eye for style and passion for food blogging, Nancy is a key contributor to the team through the management of the Mission Arabica Recipes page. She is a proud mother of two boys and wife of Mission Arabica co-founder Chris Cheney. In her spare time she enjoys singing, playing piano, and reading.