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Agree with MyContainedLife that they could get a little heavy, but these would be great for places where you can scan your own groceries as well (which is what I do, while I struggle with my floppy canvas bags)

A classic in our home was egg salad in a hot dog bun with a big chip for a sailboat.

We had a very similar kitchen when we bought our house, except what is wallpaper in your friends kitchen was more knotty pine wood paneling (and you think their kitchen is dark!) Luck for us the existing cabinets were in really good shape (just super dirty) and the layout wasn't too bad. Because of that we decided to keep the cabinets and paint them and the wood paneling. Just make sure you use a really good primer so the knots don't eventually come through. We also recently replaced the floor with vinyl click lock "wood" floor. The countertop is currently still old ugly linoleum. We may try painting it....still haven't decided. All that said other than the new appliances everything has been fairly cheap and it's our 10 year plan to gut the whole thing and have a brand spankn' new kitchen. I'll let you know in 10 years if that happens ;)

I had never even heard of Kraft's blue box mac'n'cheese until college. Our family was into Velveeta's shells and cheese, it's so fake, but I don't care one bit, I love the stuff. I get it probably once a year to get my fix. Also when I'm sick, all I want is some Campbell's chicken noodle soup. Even though there is not much chicken to speak of, that salty broth makes me feel better.

its too bad the green continues as a backsplash or it "probably" wouldn't be as bad. great use of the back of the cabinet door though, all in all very cute little kitchen!

I know first hand of the peach tree plant first-learn later dilemma. We had tons of little peaches on our trees and then a couple days later no little peaches and a couple broken branches :( I've yet to see the culprit.

My mom taught me this trick and that was well over 20 years ago. Only problem is I don't eat too much iceberg lettuce anymore.

Haha, love it. I've been wanting to have a classic recipes party (ie. pull out all those Rotary, church and fundraiser cookbook compilations). I’ll definitely add this recipe to the list!

My best friend has many food allergies/intolerances and I happily “bend over backwards” to make something that she can enjoy as well. Isn’t that what friends are for?

allrecipes.com has a calculator where you can reduce the number of servings in a recipe and it will tell you the new amount of ingredients. I've only tried it a couple times on things that seemed somewhat easy and straightforward. Of course then you have to deal with things like only needing a third of an egg...