Category: Recipes
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Pumpkin Bars
I love all things pumpkin, but I usually don’t start cooking with it until the fall. I think it’s the ascetic in me, trying to save this pleasure for a specific time of the year, so as not to “use it up” or tire of it. I do that a lot. When I was younger,…
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Skillet Pizzas
I made up this recipe ages ago, in an attempt to use up half a jar of pasta sauce. It has served to feed us when time was short or money was low, and it’s so adaptable that it can be as simple or as complex as you’d like. It’s an easy, oven-less way to…
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Tidbits
So I’ve been under the weather (again) the past few days…just general weak and achy and fatigued. It seems to be disappearing, though, which I am happy about, because staying at home is B-O-R-I-N-G. I have learned a lot from my lovely television, though…did you know that Rachael Ray has a talk show? Does that…
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Baking and baking
I think I’m going through a baking phase. Usually I don’t do much of it at home, because I do so much of it at work. But lately…baking seems much more fun than cooking. I made this cake yesterday for our movie night, and I think everyone enjoyed it. I loved that it wasn’t too…
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Udon noodles
I was drawn to this recipe because it seemed simple and quick to pull together…most of the ingredients are easy to find, though I had to do a search for udon noodles (which I found at Central Market and Whole Foods). Udon is a thick Japanese noodle…the ones I found were made from wheat, and…