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March 25, 2010

Making entire meals with the rice cooker

We’re busy-busy-busy and when we’re home after a long day at work, we’re exhausted. I’m sick and tired of grabbing food on the go, but when we get home, the last thing I want to do is stand in the kitchen for an hour. And hey, I have baby weight to lose so I don’t [...]

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October 24, 2010

Boo! (Not so) Spooky ghost meringue cookies!

Sophia and I just whipped up our first batch of meringue ghost cookies. They were SO easy and a lot of fun to make. Recipe: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees 1 1/2 cups of sugar 7 egg whites Extract (optional, we used 1/2 tsp. of vanilla) Put the egg whites and sugar in a [...]

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January 17, 2011

Cooking: What’s on the menu this week

My friend Sean and his wife Amy gave us a beautiful red enamel cast iron pot for our wedding. After using it as a fabulous piece of shelf decor for 2 1/2 years, I’ve finally whipped it out and put it to work. Yesterday afternoon I spent about 4 hours in the kitchen (not counting [...]

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Posted in: cooking, N.Y. resolutions

January 22, 2011

Cooking: More proof that you can’t go wrong cooking meat in wine.

I shouldn’t be so lazy with the photos. The camera phone pic doesn’t do the colors justice. Thanks to Elizabeth for the recipe! Yumm! I had to substitute lemon slices because I found out halfway through cooking that my giant jar of capers has gone MIA. That was my weak attempt at answering the need [...]

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May 29, 2012

A couple of weekends in Michigan’s harbor country, canning fruit, and gardening

A couple of weekends in Michigan’s harbor country, canning fruit, and gardening

Mother’s Day weekend and this Memorial Day weekend were spent happily skipping up and down the Red Arrow Highway, camping on the lakes, discovering new vintique shops, and enjoying the wonderful company of my little family and very sweet friends. A horribly unflattering pic of me, but the rest of the gang looks cute so [...]

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Posted in: cooking, family, flea/junk/antique, gardening, home

May 30, 2012

How to make strawberry rhubarb preserves

How to make strawberry rhubarb preserves

This last weekend we spent a couple of days wandering around out near the Allegan, Michigan area. We camped on Swan Lake, hit some antique shops, & did some picking at the area farms. One of my scores was a big enamel canning pot and rack. I had it on my agenda to pick up [...]

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