Letting the kids “bake”! Pretzel Drops

December 5, 2011

I have started the cookie baking marathon, and since I am making them as gifts, the kids haven’t really been helping. the thought of their sniffely noses and hacking coughs all over the place, sounds, unappetizing at best. But they still want to have fun and help mommy out. I made a quick trip to [...]

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The Almond Cookie – Revisited

December 1, 2011

I had to revisit the almond cookie, I had a certain store bought cookie and thought “hey! I can make this!” So I did. And they turned out pretty darn good! Ingredients 1 cup butter 1/2 cup white sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons almond extract 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1/2 cup crushed almonds [...]

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Quick Chocolate Rice Pudding

November 13, 2011

The hubs and I recently relocated south of the Mason-Dixon and a quest for decent Chinese food was born. This evening the craving struck us both, so I quickly found a number and dialed up our dinner. Along with all our usual stuff, we got white rice. Now the Chinese food wasn’t stellar by any [...]

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‘Tis the Season to Get Your Christmas Cards Ready!

October 18, 2011

I know, you are thinking; “come on! It is October! Christmas is still 2 months away”. Wait, think about that. Christmas is ONLY 2 months away. Instead of waiting till last minutes and being at the mercy of what cards might be left is stock, get a jump start now! Shutterfly.com has some beautiful cards [...]

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PSA: Sweet Corn

August 10, 2011

This is a Public Service Announcement: Sweet Corn on the Cob is a vegetable. Please stop over cooking  your vegetables. I grew up a country girl, and if there is one thing I know, it is sweet corn. Corn on the cob was something my whole family looked forward to. First, you must have patience. [...]

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Yes, I am a space cadet!

August 4, 2011

I completely forgot I needed to write a blog for yesterday. So here is my pathetic attempt to make it up to you.  A little update on the hubs and the kids and I. So, we’ve moved! Yeah, it is kind of old news, considering we moved the last week in April, and it is [...]

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Food Fail #2 – Raspberry Crisp

July 27, 2011

I am not sure if it is me, or if my favorite go to people for recipes are just letting me down. This time I was looking for some sort of fruit baked good, and while perusing The Pioneer Woman’s Cooking Blog I found what looked like a magnificent raspberry crisp. It really is true, [...]

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Cookie Muffins

July 20, 2011

Over the winter I went on a recipe bookmarking rampage, anything and everything that looked remotely good got bookmarked, and promptly forgotten. In the last few weeks, I have been trying out these recipes. One such recipe is “Oreo Muffins” straight from Kraft Recipes. The ingredient list is simple, but magic happens in these muffins. [...]

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Food Fail #1

July 13, 2011

I was hoping today, to show you the gorgeous lemon meringue pie that I made for the hubs. Alas, it was not to be. Aftersome much deliberation if I should even share my fail here in this blog, I decided it would make a great story, and from now on my food fails will be [...]

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