Category Archives: Kids

Whole Wheat Lemon Blueberry Belgian Waffles

When it comes to waffles, it’s hard to beat a light, fluffy, crisp-on-the-outside, fresh-out-of-the-iron, hot waffle. At the opposite end of that spectrum is the dense, mushy, but hopefully-still-tastes-good waffle. I hate to tell you, but my kitchen experiments have … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week 7

This week looked like the following: I had forgotten what it’s like to go through the car wash until this week. We decided to go through all the books in the downstairs part of our house. Twelve or so shelves … Continue reading

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Homemade Hot Dog (or Hamburger) Buns

I have been experimenting more and more with making homemade seitan sausages and hot dogs… So I thought, why not homemade hot dog buns? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a crazy lady… or perhaps I am a crazy lady… … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week 5

 What happens when you try to make juice, but mid-beet juicing your juicer decides to simply die? I don’t suggest what this photo says I decided to do. Beat remaining beets to pulp in your food processor, then hand squeeze … Continue reading

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Homemade Banana Pancakes

It has taken me two decades to appreciate pancakes. What’s wrong with me? How is the idea of dessert-breakfast not appealing? Perhaps it’s simply that I’m not big on breakfast. I like black coffee and a glass of water. It’s … Continue reading

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Slow Cooked Steel Cut Oats with Apples, Pears and Walnuts

One of the more difficult things about this blog really isn’t the cooking, or experimenting with recipes, or even the photographing (except perhaps this time of year, when I’m hoping for daylight, but don’t have dinner ready at 1 o’clock … Continue reading

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Vegetarian Pepperoni Sausage

I shall confess that on the first day of this year, I absolutely ate a chicken fried steak smothered in sausage gravy, two over-easy eggs, and half a Belgian waffle for breakfast. Call it post-drinking (a.k.a. hangover) food. Call it… … Continue reading

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Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies

Is it too soon for cookies? Probably. Am I going to share this recipe with you anyway? Absolutely. Do these cookies satisfy both emotional eating and the need for buttery, sugary, little treats? For sure. How long does the phrase, … Continue reading

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Top 16 Recipes from 2012

It’s almost 2013 and yet, somehow it feels as though 2012 just started a few short weeks ago. Its been a good year, filled with family, friends, travel, new recipes, good food… A year’s worth of blogging. And I’m graciously … Continue reading

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Hazelnut Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies

One thing about this season: there are so many sweets everywhere it makes my teeth hurt just to think about them all. I usually shy away from that scene. Not as a sugar snob – it’s just that generally, I … Continue reading

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