Category: Food & Drink

in the kitchen…baking

It's my regular Thursday off from work. Tonight our friend Megan is hosting her annual "Friends Thanksgiving." I'm bringing a couple of sweets. I baked my favorite Butterscotch-Cashew Blondies and a new recipe from Martha's Cookies Book, Apple-Cherry Crumble Bars. The scent that is wafting from the oven right now is incredible. It's like all…

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crafts and meatloaf and apples, oh my!

We had a busy day yesterday. David and Marc invited us to tag along to Carrollton for a craft show. Following the show we had lunch at a diner in Louisville. Finally we ended up at Beckwith Orchard in Kent where we toured the grounds, bought some apples, cider and an apple caramel nut pie….

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the sun has not yet risen

It's six a.m. on my one day off this week. And I'm awake…wide awake. No going back to sleep for this guy. I had a weird dream last night. I was Barack Obama and it was election night. They called the election, way early,  at 9:00 p.m. for me. I kicked John McCain's ass. Landslide,…

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thursday morning | 8:19 am

I haven’t posted a morning photo in awhile. Well this morning was really quite chilly as I walked the Tuckster around the block. Once back in our also chilly house (60 degrees), I made a cup of hot apple cider with caramel and cinnamon. It warmed me right up.

today's baked treat

Pecan Cake with Rum Frosting – from the latest issue of Real Simple magazine I've got a roast slowly cooking for dinner tonight. I made this cake for dessert. The cake batter on the electric mixer beater was delicious. The frosting tasted great too. Click here for the cake recipe. In my opinion, a perfect…

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my one day off

I'm having a great day off, it's my only day off this week. That's right working all weekend, including nine hours Sunday afternoon and evening. So how am I spending the day? Well, I layed around a bit this morning, then showered and headed off to the market to pick up ingredients so I could…

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sunday morning | 8:45 am

Lucky Grahams Cereal. Nope, not a new cereal you can find at the supermarket. It’s a cereal I invented over the summer after finding the charms marshmallow bits at a local bulk foods store. Combined with Golden Grahams, a perfect concoction is created. Pure breakfast bliss in a bowl. That’s how we roll in the…

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