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Special Nannas Make Jello Smoothies
I am a firm believer in the idea that dessert isn’t truly great unless it contains fruit. Fruit in and of itself is such a wonderful food it hardly seems necessary to fiddle with perfection- but … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged cooking, dessert, easy, food, grandma, ice cream, jello, jellosmoothie, kid pleaser, nanna
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Homemade Rice Milk
Leela can’t digest milk and prior to the age of three, Calixa was the same. The poor little soul gets rashy when she drinks the white stuff and so I expect, like her sister, she probably won’t be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Recipes
Tagged brown rice, cooking, food, homemade rice milk, how to make rice milk, kid pleaser, kids, lactose intollerance, recipe
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Eat Like It’s Hot! Healthy Tacquitos Make It Feel Like Summer
The weather sucks. Is there any other way to say it? Winter has dragged it’s cold and unwelcome feet waaay too long and while I know I have no power to influence the weather gods (apart from trying to shrink … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, cooking, food, healthy tacquitos, how to make tacquitos, Mexico, spring, summer, tacquito recipe, United States, winter
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Citrus Custard Primavera- An Eggy Springtime Delight
The days are getting longer and the calendar, despite the excess of snow around town, doggedly remains set to spring. But even if things around town seem wintery and cold, the chickens know it’s spring. There’s a really good reason … Continue reading
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Tagged about custard, chickens, cream, custard recipe, dessert with eggs, eggs, how to make custard, spring dessert
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Mulligatawny Soup Meets Ham and Hamagatawny is Born
Mulligatawny Meets Ham and Hamagatawny is BornLast Saturday two cultural food icons clashed in my kitchen and I am happy to say that the result was delicious. In one corner stood an Indian soup whose creamy components swilled in a … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, cooking, curry, food, ham, history, Indian food, mulligatawny recipe, mulligatawny soup, pork, religion, rib sticker, rice, soup, split peas
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Plastic Scones Anyone?
Sometimes I can’t help myself. The urge to make scones is like the lemming’s natural instinct for suicidal cliff-jumping or a crack-addicts fondness for white crystals. My scone driven desire consumes me until I just can’t fight it anymore and … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, baked goods, baking, biscuits, cooking, cranberry, delicious, food, funny story, kitchen fire, lemon, mother-of-the-year, plastic food, playtime, recipe, scones
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Double-Dipping Beef Dip
Beef dip is one of those classic meals that everyone loves. I love it too- especially because beef dips are really easy to make and are the best way to feed lots of hungry people. Because a beef dip cooks … Continue reading
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Tagged beef, beef broth, beef dip, cooking, crock pot, crowd pleaser, family fare, food, horseradish, mayonnaise, nosh, pub food, recipe, yorkshire pudding
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Simple Broccoli Cheddar Soup
This soup is deceptively delicious. I say deceptive because like a hungry lion camouflaged by the tall grass on the savannah or a polar bear stalking seals near the snowy north pole this soup ease of assembly belies it’s mind-blowing … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, cheddar cheese, cooking, delicious, easy, food, kid pleaser, recipe, simple, soup
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Divine Chocolate Risotto for Valentines
Valentine’s day merits extra effort and nothing says “I love you” more than a 1/2 hour spent stirring a pot full of creamy rice puffed up with Baileys and an entire bar of chocolate. Who wouldn’t fall in love with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bailey's Irish Cream, Booze, Chambord, chocolate, cooking, decadent, food, indulgent, love, risotto, sexy, valentine, valentine dessert, valentines, whipped cream, wicked
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