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Breakfast Casserole
This past week my in-laws were in town visiting. For their visit, I pulled out my trusty breakfast casserole recipe. It’s a great recipe to prepare when you have guests – it’s a crowd pleaser and...
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Easter Eggs for Keeps
My most memorable Easter egg decorating experience from my childhood was about 1992 – when I was nine years old. I spent the week at my grandparents’ home and as usual, my gram had plans for every...
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Poached Eggs
Don’t laugh. But I’ve never poached an egg before. Never needed to, never had the burning urge to, never thought of it. But over Easter brunch, we decided to make Eggs Benedict, which requires poached...
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Weekend Round-Up
Hey everyone! I had a great spring weekend. Hopefully all of you did too. I ran a 5k. Which obviously meant I deserved a reward. Don’t worry, the bacon-maple bar was Steve’s. It’s not like I ran a 6k...
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Guacamole
Last weekend I was that party guest. The one who thought to herself “You have ALL day to pick up an appetizer to share. Just go later.” Funny how “later” morphs into the end of the day when you are...
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Polka Dots
My aunt’s birthday just came and went, and in lieu of buying her a 2nd birthday card, I opted to embroider one instead. Why? Because I am a glutton for punishment like coordinating my gift details...
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Miso Ramen
I love a good miso soup. We have limited options for this kind of meal in our area, so imagine my interest when I saw a miso ramen recipe in the most recent issue of Rachael Ray Magazine. I will admit,...
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Masked Crusader
In our little neighborhood, there are streetlights that line the walkways. Nice and bright, they create a sweet little film noir look in our neighborhood. Oh, and they shine into our bedroom. All....
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
As I am my own worst saboteur, I found myself in the kitchen baking chocolate cookies last weekend. Simply because I wanted them. Did I even work out for them? I walked from the living room to the...
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Avian Abode
For the past month or two, Beverly’s has featured a customized Mod Podge birdhouse project. After walking by it for weeks on end, reaching the point of being inappropriate, I decided to pick up the...
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A Paper Anniversary
Earlier this month, Steve and I celebrated our first anniversary. Given that the first anniversary is where you give gifts of paper, I decided to give it a whirl (besides, the gift card to have his...
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Baked Zucchini Fries
This week in our CSA package, we got more zucchini than we could…. well, shake a zucchini at. Included in the package was a recipe for zucchini fries, courtesy of allrecipes.com. I decided to give it a...
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Raspberry Compote French Toast
Oh, ahem – hello! I’m back! Where have I been? Um, well, I have no idea… around, of course. But not organized enough to blog recently, apparently. There are a lot of changes going on in our little home...
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Penne with Sausage, Artichokes, Sun Dried Tomatoes
This recipe by Giada DeLaurentiis is one of my old favorites. It would be what I would serve friends when I worked and lived in SF (easy and affordable to put together, and made for amazing leftovers...
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Satin, Tulle, and Grosgrain! Oh My!
Last week I found myself with a bit of time on my hands. Not letting it go to waste, I headed over to my neighborhood Michael’s store to replenish my ribbon stash. Unlike Beverly’s, which is staffed...
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Zucchini Bread
If you recall this post from a few weeks ago, then you know we had more zucchini than we knew what to do with. And in true fashion, instead of using the zucchini for good, I sealed its fate by dousing...
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Homemade Croutons
Have you ever had one of those moments where you think “and why haven’t I ever done this before?” It’s as if you’ve been living under some modified version of a rock, and finally have seen the light....
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Something New
Despite what it may seem like around this blog (dusting off cobwebs and shooing crickets away as I type), I’ve been busy. No, seriously. I swear it! Fine, since I have to prove myself – I’ve been busy...
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Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Mini pineapple upside down cakes. This is one of my favorite little recipes, and yet one I almost never make. I think it’s hard to justify having 6-8 mini cakes for two people, so I save them for...
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Classic Potato Salad
Sometimes you need a basic, go-to potato salad recipe. Why? For the mayonnaise-laced potassium. I mean, HELLO! Classic Potato Salad Ingredients 1 lb small red potatoes1/4-1/3 C mayonnaise 1 TBSP white...
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