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Day to Day Life: Week Twenty-Two
The last week looked a bit like this: Climbing roses in the rain. One of my favorite spring (or summer) scents. A cinnamon-sugar topped crumpet. A brilliant decision. A new cheesy, savory waffle experiment that I’m excited to share. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashland Oregon, blue skies, crumpets, day to day life, every day life, everyday life, fresh squeezed margarita, hair, hippie tactics, homemade yogurt, life in photographs, Oklahoma City tornado, photographing, photography, photos, spring garden
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Little Pastas with Seitan, Herbs and Cheese
On evenings like this, where the only sounds echoing through our downtown Ashland home comes from the downpour happening outside my open windows, there’s a peacefulness. Perhaps it’s the comfort I’ve always found in water. I could spend hours in … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Kids, Lunch, Sides, Vegetarian
Tagged acini di pepe, creamy pasta recipes, easy pasta, fresh herb pasta, fresh herbs, homegrown herbs, little pastas, meatlessmonday, Sweetwater Music Hall, Sweetwater Music Hall pastina, Upton ground seitan, Upton's seitan, vegetarian pasta recipes, vegetarian pepe recipe
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Day to Day Life: Week 21
The last week looked a bit like this: Some weeks certainly require doughnuts. We dug out our front yard last fall and in the process, took out many of the poppies that have always bloomed in abundance this time of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashland, brandywine tomatoes, everyday life, everyday photos, Instagram, Jasper's Cafe Medford, Jasper's Cafe oregon, Jasper's Medford Oregon, life in photos, oregon, photo blog, photo post, photography, photos, Rogue Valley, savory waffles, southern Oregon, spring strawberries, springtime, sweet waffles, The Spice and Tea Exchange, The Spice and Tea Exchange Ashland
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Strawberry Basil Gin Cocktail
Can a person have a “drinking career?” I was about to start this off with, When I think about my drinking career… Then I realized drinking isn’t exactly a job nor how I’d ever hope to describe the majority of my day to … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Booze, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged alcohol, cocktail, fancy gin and tonic, gin, gin and tonic, gin and tonics, gin cocktail, gin drinks, strawberry basil drink, strawberry gin and tonic, strawberry gin basil cocktail, vanilla bean and gin drink, vanilla bean cocktail
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Sourdough Doughnuts with Vanilla Bean Glaze
If I could eat fresh hot doughnuts every day without worrying about turning into a doughnut myself, I would absolutely do it. My birthday is in two weeks. I encourage each of you to send me your favorite doughnut. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Dessert, Kids, Snacks
Tagged baked doughnuts, best doughnut recipe, breakfast, dessert, donuts, doughnuts, fried doughnut, fried doughnut recipe, fried doughnuts, glaze donuts, glazed doughnuts, homemade donuts, homemade doughnuts, sourdough, sourdough doughnuts, vanilla bean glaze, vanilla beans
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Homemade Crab Cakes with a Spicy Sauce
Sometime over the last two weeks, I dropped out of the blogosphere. Life happens. It moves. Time tucks itself into moments that don’t feel like they’re flying by while they’re escaping you right under your grimy garden-dirt coated fingers, or … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Sauces, Seafood, Sides, Snacks
Tagged best crab cakes, crab cake recipe, crab cake sauce, crab cakes, crabcake recipes, fresh crab cakes, homemade crab cakes, lump crab, panko breadcrumbs in crab cakes, seafood, seafood recipes, spicy mayo, spicy mayonnaise
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Day to Day Life: Week Twenty
For the first time in well over a year, a week has passed since I posted anything here. I have been b-u-s-y. My in-laws are here visiting. A week or so before they arrived, we decided to do a full … Continue reading
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Tagged anya's thai, Ashland, Ashland Oregon, every day life, homemade doughnuts, life in photographs, life in photos, photo life, photographs, photos
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Day to Day Life: Week Nineteen
The last week has been absolutely nuts… but it looked a little like this:I actually made these almond butter dark chocolate fudge brownies to welcome our new neighbors… but they apparently went back to California before I could deliver them … Continue reading
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Tagged every day life, ife in photos, photography, photos
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Toasted Coconut Cardamom Rice Pudding with Blueberries
In the last few weeks, I’ve grown a deep appreciation for leftovers and nearly empty refrigerators. I’m not even being sarcastic (gasp, I know). The sparseness remaining once all the newer groceries have been consumed can be motivation to try … Continue reading
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Tagged cardamom, cardamom pods, coconut blueberry, coconut cardamon rice pudding, coconut flakes, coconut milk, coconut milk rice pudding, coconut pudding, coconut rice pudding, dessert, dried blueberries, pudding, pure vanilla, rice pudding, sweet rice pudding
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
