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Persnickety Plates - Easy Family Recipes

8 recipes for your week (sweet & savory)

Published about 17 hours ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

Happy Sunday!

Recipe Inspiration for the Week

  • The cream cheese layer is the reason this coffee cake never makes it to day two.
  • These pumpkin bars made a strict one-dessert guy break his own rule (and his second piece was bigger).
  • One can of Guinness does something to this slow cooker stew that water and broth never could.
  • Nobody agrees on why it’s named after John Wayne, but everybody agrees on seconds of this casserole.
  • ​Homemade strudel sounds intimidating until you see the shortcut I use.
  • Make this quiche once and you’ll stop paying $9 a slice at the café.
  • That pink hibachi sauce you can put on everything? You already have everything to make it.
  • ​Apple crisp for one, ready before anyone else in the house knows it exists.

Random purchase of the week

After I went on a purging rampage & tossed too many socks (to be fair, several pairs had been around since high school & it was time), I needed to restock on some. I bought these no-shows and these thin, low cut socks and am loving both.

Persnickety Plates - Easy Family Recipes

by Melissa Williams

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