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Category Archives: Life
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Sage Brown Butter
I have to admit something. I do not get super wrapped up in TV shows or trendy gossip. There aren’t any TV programs I eagerly wait for week-to-week (possibly because we don’t have cable). I do, however, have one thing … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Gluten-Free, Life, Lunch, Sides, Soup, Vegetarian
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Baked Lemon Poppy Seed Doughnuts with Lemon Glaze
Today my husband had to put in a full day’s work, despite it being Saturday. So Silas and I had a morning and early afternoon to ourselves. We started off with cinnamon apple oatmeal, orange juice that Silas insisted needed … Continue reading
Roasted Tomato and Carrot Soup
It’s almost winter and I must admit: I like the dreary cold weather. Except that I know it’s only November and the seasons are hinting at a much colder winter. Will I still wear my slippers (flip flops, for all … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Life, Lunch, Sides, Soup, Vegetarian
Tagged basil, carrot and tomato, creamy tomato soup, fall soup, herbs, homemade soup, homemade tomato soup, roasted tomato soup, thyme, tomato soup
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Happy Halloweenie!
I’ll admit – I’ve never been one to go all out for Halloween. In fact, my anticipation for Halloween probably mimics that of an 85-year-old lady (no offense) rather than someone in their mid-20’s, or teens, or even mid-adult years. … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Dinner, Kids, Life, Lunch, Sides
Tagged apple cider, black bean hummus, Halloween, Happy Halloweenie, hummus, jello worms, Joy the Baker, pretzel dogs, shrunken head cider, veggie mummy dogs
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Homemade Pad Thai with Tofu
Having no real training in cooking, most of my learning has come from wandering into the kitchen with little fear of making huge mistakes. That doesn’t mean that when I have a huge kitchen failure, I don’t get frustrated or … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Life, Lunch, Sauces, Vegetarian
Tagged bean sprouts, dinner, homemade pad thai, homemade thai, pad thai, pad thai recipes, peanuts, rice noodles, silken tofu, tamarind, thai, tofu pad thai, tofu thai food, vegetarian, vegetarian pad thai
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Baked Buttermilk Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
I had been eyeing baked doughnut pans for a good year. It wasn’t that they’re overly expensive, or hard to find, or a complete irrational buy… It was merely a last resort effort at having self control, knowing that as … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Life, Vegetarian
Tagged baked donut, baked doughnuts, bittersweet chocolate, buttermilk, buttermilk donut, buttermilk doughnut, chocolate glaze, chocolate glaze with coconut oil, chocolate glaze without powdered sugar, donut, honey, Kauai bakeries, nutmeg, vanilla
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Mahi Mahi “Burgers” with Slaw
When people ask me if I miss home after finding out I’m from Kauai, my answer rarely fluctuates. Yes, I miss parts of the place I spent more than half of my life thus far. One thing I especially miss … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Life, Lunch, Restaurants, Seafood
Tagged coleslaw, Dave's Killer Blues Buns, Dave's Killer Bread, fish burger, fish sandwich, halibut, halibut sandwich, homemade restaurant meals, mahi mahi, mahi mahi burger, mahi mahi sandwich, Paia Fish Market, Paia Fish Market coleslaw, Paia fish sandwhich
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Easy Banana Cake with Vanilla Bean Frosting
Sometimes I am not sure where the day goes between waking to the sound of my husband’s voice urging seven year old Silas to “Hurry, baby! Brush your teeth! We’re going to be late for school…” and then the slow … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Life, Vegetarian
Tagged banana, banana cake, bananas, cake, cinnamon, dessert, easy dessert, frosting, vanilla, vanilla bean
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Homemade Glazed Pop Tarts
When I think of pop tarts, it’s very nostalgic. I remember funny things about growing up. Like obsessively listening to the radio on the weekend, waiting for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 after looking up what was in the charts, cassette … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Kids, Life, Vegetarian
Tagged 90's kid, apple, apple ginger tart, baking, breakfast, candied lemon peel, crystallized ginger, dessert, early 90's, glazed pop tarts, homemade pop tarts, lemon peach tart, Nickelodeon, Paradise Fruit, Paradise Fruit Co, Paradise Fruit Company, peach, Penzey's Spices, Pop Tarts, treats, vanilla glaze
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The Art of a Homemade Veggie Burrito
A few years back, my husband wrote an article for the local paper, rating various taco trucks and hole in the wall taquerias around the Rogue Valley. Being a vegetarian, his firsthand experience was strictly set on the veggie burrito … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Kids, Life, Lunch, Restaurants, Travel, Vegetarian
Tagged beans, cheese, Don Pancho tortillas, Frontera, Frontera salsa, hole in the wall, homemade burrito, Los Arcos Medford, Medford mexican food, Mexican food, rice, Rogue Valley taquerias, sour cream, Tacopancho Medford, Tacos Michoacan Talent Oregon, vegetarian burrito, vegetarian mexican food, veggie burrito
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
