I’m usually not one to eat a ton of food out of season. In fact, it makes me feel guilty just thinking about it. It’s the dregs of winter when I start to wish I lived somewhere like California. Somewhere there is always something fresh and in season and locally produced and available. Sure, we […]
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Well, the holidays are almost over. A few more days, one more big get together/party and we’re all going to be going back to normal. This giant tree taking my living room will be a sad new addition to our burn pile out back, the decorations will be stored away for next year, all that
Ah, the holidays are almost over. I hate this time of year. All the hoopla, parties, festive attitudes and joy are gone again for another year. There are only a few days left of the year and the decorations will all come down soon. The tree will be gone, the candy canes bagged, the santas
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Merry Christmas Eve everybody! Today, I hope your spending lots of time with family and friends, drinking way too much egg nog or Tom & Jerrys by the fire and gorging yourself on overly indulgent chocolates and cookies. It’s all a great warm up to tomorrow’s big feast! But hey, maybe you do all that
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Honestly, right now, I’m sure, is not the time for recipes featuring more sugar. Desserts this time of year are my downfall though and I just couldn’t resist. This being the second time I’ve been lucky enough to be pregnant during the holiday season, I’m just a tad worried about gaining too much…you know. I
No words today folks, just more Christmas baking! Eggnog Shortbread 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1/2 cup icing sugar 1 1/2 tsp rum extract 3/4-1 tsp grated nutmeg 1/2 tsp salt 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour 1. Cream butter until fluffy, beat in sugar and rum extract. 2. Mix flour, nutmeg and salt
Christmas Baking 2009 – Part II Read More »
Well, here it is! I’ve been talking it up, but I finally got it all finished. Loads of time left to ship it all out to locations across the nation. I’m not sure if I should be embarrassed or not, but it took me 9 hours to fluff, fold, mix, spread, refrigerate, roll out, dip
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Has anyone ever done something amazingly nice for you, totally out of the blue, that you weren’t expecting? That’s what happened to me this past Friday night. I was hanging out with some girlfriends at a friend’s house, cooking up a big pan of my amazing lasagna (recipe to come eventually), when my husband called.
Black Bean Soup with Hot Italian Sausage and Spinach with Parmesan Sesame Twists Read More »
Popcorn. Lovely, buttery, crunchy, melt in your mouth, popcorn. I could eat it everyday. Sadly, my thighs might begin to hate me, should I feed “the baby” popcorn everyday. There is much to say and bicker over when it comes to the creation of the perfect popped kernel. Some things to think about: What kind
Well, I finally had to do it. I had to add watermarks to my pictures. Why? Rampant theft and violations of clearly stated copyrights. It’s sad isn’t it? I’ve found people taking credit for my recipes from Tokyo to Russia and everywhere in between. The worst is finding my recipe AND the accompanying pictures being
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