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Category: Food & Drink
great balls of red velvet cake
This week’s baking project came about after stumbling upon yet another wonderful food blog. This time it was Bakerella.com. I saw her on the Martha Stewart show some time ago, and forgot about her ingenious creations. Last Christmas our friends Tom & Brett made us some similar cake balls. They were quite delicious and I…
thanksgiving treats almost finished
Cranberry waldorf salad is done. Pumpkin cookies are baked, this time sandwiched around a dollop of homemade maple frosting. Pumpkin pie is cooling. I’m ready for tomorrow.
more with the pumpkin
I mentioned last week about my pumpkin puree shopping adventure. Now that I’ve got all of this canned pumpkin, I’ve been immersed in all of my cookbooks and cooking magazines trying to find recipes that’ll use it all up. As usually happens, I fell back on an old issue of Everyday Food Magazine. There I…
pumpkin shortage, my…
Just about daily, there’s been a report on the news about another grocery item “shortage.” First it was canned pumpkin puree now it’s Eggo frozen waffles. Well dang it, I have plans to take a pumpkin-eggo waffle pie to take to Thanksgiving dinner at Greg’s family’s. Just kidding about the waffle part of the…
ahh nuts!
I spent some time today thinking about Christmas gifts. I think I’m going to go the homemade path this year. I’ve printed lots of calendars, now I’ve moved on to testing recipes for snacks to include in the “holiday care packages.” Today’s project, sweet spiced nuts. I found a very simple recipe in the Food…
s'mores icebox candy bars
One of my most favorite food blogs, Joy the Baker, featured this recipe earlier in the week. I knew that I just had to try it. The recipe is ridiculously simple. That makes enjoying the final product, all the better. Now I just need some folks to help us eat all of these. Be sure…
Aunt Helen's Coffee Cake
Let me preface this post by saying that I’ve never met Aunt Helen. All I know is that she makes a crazy-good coffee cake. I was introduced to this cake by her niece Francie. Francie is one of the great bakers/cooks at Main Library. Earlier this month she baked and brought in Aunt Helen’s Coffee…
roasted tomatoes
My first attempt at growing tomatoes has been an unqualified success. The plant has supplied us with mini romas for most of the summer. Finally today, I put the remaining bounty to the roasting test. Bathed with olive oil, salt and freshly ground pepper and roasted at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Towards the end…
the hiking spree continues: trails 6,7,8 & 9
It’s been quite a busy weekend. Friday night was, of course, bowling league. This week we bowled against a fun group of guys named David, Adam, Fred and Jonathon. We had a lot of fun. I wasn’t so sure I was going to have fun after my first game of bowling only 8’s and 9’s….
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