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Baked Spaghetti Casserole, Soft Bread Machine Breadsticks, and an Announcement
Are you trying to put together a menu for Mother's Day, a graduation party, or Memorial Day? Here are a couple of ideas.
- Try this recipe for Baked Spaghetti with Cream Cheese with French Fried Onion Rings on top (the secret ingredient that makes this spaghetti memorable). You can make it ahead and serve it to a crowd. Here's what one reader recently wrote about it:
- Whip up these Soft Bread Machine Breadsticks using the DOUGH cycle on your bread machine. I recently revised and updated this recipe and gained a couple of pounds in the process--Oof! So hard to resist.
Announcing a new feature on saladinajar.com
- Did you forget the name of a recipe you read about in one of my emails but can't find the email?
- Do you remember reading a bread machine or yogurt tip and want to reread it?
- Are you new to my website and want to catch up on old newsletters?
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Note: I'm going to take a break for the last half of this month to rest and catch my breath. I may not answer emails as fast as usual, but I will get to them eventually.
Blessings,
Paula
Salad in a Jar
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