Dec. 24, 2009 10:17 am
Updated: Dec. 25, 2009 4:55 am
My aunt sent the most lovely box of Pittman and Davis pears for us. We simply devoured the first few, but we quickly needed to use a lot of pears in order to get to them, and through them, in time.I did one recipe last night that was quite delish. It is modified from an AllRecipes…
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Dec. 23, 2009 12:59 pm
Updated: Dec. 24, 2009 10:03 am
We repaired Gingerbread House version 1.0 and added version 2.0, plus a tree and two men...They're really over the top with all the crazy candy adornments my kids added, but they had fun. Perfection was not the aim here...
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Gingerbread Central
Dec. 23, 2009 9:29 am
Updated: Jan. 8, 2010 12:53 pm
So, we have embarked on a baking and decorating extravaganza this morning. So far, I baked brownies (from a mix - a gift from my daughter's kinder teacher), and then added a chocolate drizzle to the tops along with a crushed candy cane peppermint sprinkle. I had an assistant for the…
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This is the pan I used to make the individual 'brownie bites'
Resultant mini brownies
Drizzled with chocolate
Sprinkled with crushed candy cane
Dec. 22, 2009 10:04 pm
Updated: Dec. 23, 2009 5:18 pm
A gift box arrived today jam packed with baking goodies courtesy of my MIL. My kids and I have already made several batches of chocolate chip cookies, and a batch of sugar cookies made with cookie presses (we each have our own presses, the nice 'gun' variety). And, we've assembled…
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Gingerbread House Version 1.0 (roof beginning to slide)
Sugar cookies = hours of sugary decorating fun + twice as many hours of sugary clean up
The sugary final product
Fragrant clove-oranges, with the added touch of my daughter, the pearly straight pins
Dec. 22, 2009 9:19 pm
Updated: Jan. 1, 2010 7:43 pm
Sorry, everyone. I have really slowed down in my posts since our CSA season ended (we don't get a winter harvest). But, I am going to try to keep posting every once in a while just to stay in the habit until March rolls around.So, since I am not getting a box of fresh veggies to…
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Dec. 2, 2009 5:15 pm
Updated: Dec. 23, 2009 5:20 pm
What to do with red cabbage and apples? I mean LOTS of apples, more than my kids will eat just as snacks.This recipe, Grandma Jeanette's Amazing German Cabbage, is everything it promises. It is amazing. I served with brats. Yum!Tomorrow I am doing Slow Cooker Pork Chops…
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Nov. 22, 2009 9:23 am
Updated: Dec. 2, 2009 5:10 pm
I seem to have a stock pile of onions of all varieties. So, I tried my hand at my husband's favorite, French Onion soup.I merged a few AllRecipes recipes into one that seemed to work ok:chop onion and saute in about half a stick of butter and a bit of veg. oil (to stop it from burning too…
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Nov. 11, 2009 5:01 pm
Updated: Nov. 14, 2009 6:10 pm
No one in my house will eat cauliflower in any form that I have presented so far, and the fact that this particular cauliflower is yellow is not helping its chances.So, tonight I am going to try making a soup. A cheesy one. This is the cauliflower's only chance, and it is a slim one…
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Oct. 30, 2009 9:17 pm
Updated: Nov. 1, 2009 2:12 pm
I wanted to make a sort of pumpkin soup for this weekend but I have every kind of squash from my last few farm boxes except pumpkin. I used two other orange-fleshed varieties (a smallish butternut and what I think was a delicata squash - it had the right shape but the outside was bright…
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Our Halloween Gingerbread House
Oct. 29, 2009 6:04 pm
Updated: Nov. 5, 2009 8:42 am
I made a super simple beet relish that I am so incredibly proud off. My experiments usually do not pay off, but this one I want to remember. It is a take off a recipe I wrote about earlier, but even easier.Boil 3-4 beets until tender, slide off outer layer and cube.Dice 2 leeks (the…
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