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All You Need: For the Chicken part: Pot (or Instant Pot) Chicken (whole or boneless, skinless chicken breasts) Chicken broth Water Salt (to season to taste and to mix drop dough) Pepper For the dumplings: 2 cups All purpose flour  4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt  1 cup milk a couple spoons and a mixing bowl What You Do: To cook your chicken, either place in Instant Pot or pot and cook thoroughly. This can take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour, depending on method. Here's a quick run-down of my favorite methods: Using boneless, skinless chicken breasts (thawed):      Cut into 1 inch cubes. Season with salt and pepper. Saute in pot until browned. This takes about 15-20 minutes. Best done when time is short, as chicken will be kinda tough (since it's just breast meat) but it still hits the spot. Using whole (thawed) chicken:       Place in Instant Pot with 4 cups chicken broth. Set to high pressure cook for 50 m...

The Wordy Bit It's all wordy bit and pictures today. My life has been a whirlwind of projects, illness, wellness, craziness, and chaos since just before Christmas. I've got loads of projects going, and none of them seem to be getting done--at least, not fast enough! My baking experiments have been mostly failures, lately...which is very disheartening but! I'm learning. I'm trying new things even when I fail, and I'm making notes (extensive notes) so that I can track my successes and failures. I teased a sugar-free chocolate cake a while back and never came back around to it....it was a mess, and I ate one piece. My husband didn't like it, and I wouldn't even dare give it to my toddler.  I have a love/hate relationship with Devil's Food cakes, anyway**. This iteration is a modified version of my cupcake recipe. It didn't turn out well, so I made some notes on ways to alter the prep (not the ingredients) and see if that yields better results. ...

All You Need: For the Ravioli: Bread Crumbs (Panko works best) Italian Seasoning 1/4 cup butter, melted 10 ounces of ravioli (I use the premade refrigerated ravioli) Dipping Sauce Cooking Spray Baking sheet Oven

Materials: 5.5mm Crochet Hook 3 skeins Lion Brand Basic Stitch in White 3 skeins Lion Brand Basic Stitch in Silver Heather  Tapestry needle Scissors

All You Need: For the Crust: 1/2 cup (approximately) Coconut flour 1 teaspoon Cinnamon 3 Tablespoons Splenda 1/2 cup butter, melted For the Filling: 4 Blocks of Cream Cheese (8 oz per block), room temperature 3/4 cup Splenda 1/2 can Coconut Cream* 3 large eggs, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla Springform pan or cheesecake pan Oven Optional: 1/4 cup Key Lime Juice (I use this one ) * - instead of buying coconut cream, buy full fat coconut milk (like this) and refrigerate overnight. The cream rises to the top and semi-hardens. Use this and discard the liquid. What You Do: Preheat oven to 350°. In a medium bowl, mix the Splenda, cinnamon, and melted butter. Add coconut flour a tablespoon at a time until crumbly texture is achieved. (Coconut flour is highly absorbent and it doesn't take a lot. However, if you have an opened bag you may need to use more because it won't be as absorbent. Coconut flour is weird and finicky, but it is delicious.) Press crust...

Materials: 100% Cotton Yarn  (I've used Bernat Handicrafter , Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton , and Lily Sugar n Cream Cotton ) 4mm or 5mm hook (whichever size the yarn calls for) Tapestry needle (for weaving ends) Scissors (I picked these up off Amazon, and they are adorable and amazing!) Abbreviations to Know: MC - Magic Circle Ch - chain SS - slip stitch HDC - half-double crochet DC - double crochet Pattern (written in US terms): Make a Magic Circle (or use my shortcut, written under the Wordy Bit, bc the Magic Circle never works for me) HDC 6 into the MC; ss to join Ch 2; HDC 2 into each stitch; ss to join Ch 2; *HDC 2 into first stitch; HDC in next 2 stitches*, repeat around; ss to join Ch 3; DC around; ss to join Weave in ends The Wordy Bit Substitute for Magic Circle: Chain 3; HDC 6 in the 3rd loop from the hook; slip stitch to join. Pull the non-working tail tight to close the gap. Simple as that! This pattern is a quick and easy way to use u...

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