Category: Recipes
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Real food
After a few weeks of surviving on cereal, spaghetti, and other FYO (Find Your Own) dinners, I have finally come back to the kitchen. I go through these slumps occasionally, avoiding new recipes and becoming grumpy around dinner time, wishing I could eat something delicious without having to cook it. Then, inevitably, I wake up…
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Chocolate and Mint
First of all, thank you for all of your wonderful birthday wishes to Roux. I gave them all to him individually, and he enjoyed them very much. On to the chocolate. I made these cookies yesterday at the bed and breakfast. My boss occasionally buys Andes mint chips, and I love to use them in…
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Snack time
So now that I’ve shared with you my favorite breakfast, I decided to go ahead and share one of my favorite snacks (I have lots of favorite snacks). It’s a very complicated recipe, dating back to ancient times, full of bold flavors and enticing smells. It’s a banana. With chocolate syrup. I guess it kind…
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I love beans, dinky-doo!
I used to love to watch Space Ghost, Coast to Coast, a wacky cartoon show that featured Brak, a little alien guy who made up silly songs. One of his songs goes something like this: Lima, lentil, soy, and pinto, Navy, northern, and garbanzo, Kidneys and frijoles negros, I love beans! I love beans, woo…
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Pumpkin cookies
One of the many reasons that I love the fall is that it’s time to indulge in pumpkin and apples and winter squash and all things autumn. What’s funny is that I tend to use canned pumpkin puree, which I could get any time of year. I came across this recipe at Everybody Likes Sandwiches,…