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Not much of a post.  I’m anxious waiting to hear about a job, so I spent a couple of hours today wrapping lots and lots of wontons and putting them in the freezer for quick meals in the future.  Working with my hands helps to keep me calm!   I’ll include my recipe for my [...]

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Roasted Shrimp and Green Beans

Thanks for bearing with me while I recovered from my injury!  I had a bad fall while on my morning run, but am back up on my feet without crutches!  I plan on joining back in with Tuesdays with Dorie (thank you, Laurie, for being so understanding while I took a break!).
Even while I was [...]

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Wow, it’s been awhile since I last posted.  Sorry!  I’ve been in transition and haven’t been up for posting much.  I’m just trying to keep my chin up and hope for the best during the next few weeks in regards to my job search.  I feel like I can’t really settle down in our new [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Brownie Buttons

Aren’t these fun?!  I also loved that the recipe was for a small batch (I mixed the whole thing in a 2-cup measuring cup, which I then used to easily pour into my mini-cupcake mold).  As for their deliciousness, I can’t attest because I gave these away before I could have one.  I met up [...]

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Chickpea and Cauliflower Curry

When my husband and I moved out of state six weeks ago, our friends threw us a good-bye party.  It was a potluck, and there was soo much good food.  The dish that stood out to me the most was this chickpea and cauliflower curry that my friend, Patti, made.  I liked it so much [...]

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A Different Kind of Rice Cake

Remember rice cakes?  Those airy, crunchy discs that tasted like styrofoam?  I used to always have a bag on hand, as a low calorie snack, thinking they would help me diet.  I’ve long since realized that I don’t really need to diet, so along with calorie counting (or obsessive calorie counting, where I counted every [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Parisian Apple Tartlet

I was so excited to get back into the swing of things after moving cross-country.  I missed the last few TWDs, but look forward to baking those recipes at some point!
The Parisian Apple Tartlet was a lot of fun to make and eat!  I’ve made tartlets like this before with puff pastry, except I usually [...]

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Baked Chicken Drumsticks

I’m back!  Thank you for your patience during my long hiatus.  Moving across the country is never easy, and we definitely ran into our share of glitches.  Our movers came 4 days late, our appliances (including our refrigerator, which explains why I haven’t been cooking) came a couple days late, our 2nd car (we drove [...]

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Eggs Benedict

The first time I made Eggs Benedict, I was so frazzled that it came out a bit lackluster.  I did not know how to poach eggs, so I was doing that at the same time I was trying to make the hollandaise sauce, whisking constantly in a bowl over a pot of simmering water, and [...]

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French Toast

Life gets a bit too fussy sometimes, doesn’t it?  I take the train to and from work every day.  The other day on my way home, it had rained, which left a slippery platform.  That plus old shoes that don’t have any treads on the soles anymore meant that I slipped and fell.  Nobody stopped [...]

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