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I thought it was high time I shared these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Toffee and Coffee with you. I’ve made them several times since last summer, when my aunt June passed them around the campground on Father’s Day weekend. My family stayed with my parents in their camper that weekend, claiming every last little [...]
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I am so thankful for oranges and other citrus during the winter months, when our local fresh fruit supply is nonexistent here in the Midwest. It’s bright and cheery, and offers incredible flavor and color on our plates when the snow is falling cold and white outside. In both sweet (Orange and Dark Chocolate Scones [...]
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I’m the kind of person who buys twice as many bananas as I know we’ll consume, just so I can be sure to have some brown and ugly, overripe ones to bake with. Our favorite banana muffins (usually plain, without the frosting as shown in the post) are definitely the most commonly baked item here [...]
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I haven’t always been a fan of tomato soup. All those early years, where I’d only take a bowl as “dip” for a grilled cheese sandwich…well, those years are behind me. It wasn’t until I was deep into adulthood that I tasted the offerings of a simmering pot of homemade tomato soup. But better late [...]
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Do you fondue? Our oldest daughter has been wanting a fondue pot for the past few years. She even considered adding it to her Christmas list a year ago, but when it came right down to it, the 9-year-old in her opted to not “waste” a line item on a kitchen gadget. Well, I finally [...]
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I am a total goner when it comes to cheesecake. I simply cannot resist it. A few weeks ago, when our daughters didn’t have school one Friday, I told them to choose where we’d eat lunch after running my errands. Hatti quickly blurted out, “Can we go to The Cheesecake Factory, Mom? And order cheesecake [...]
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Each Tuesday for the past two weeks, my family has been glued to ABC, watching The Taste, a new reality TV cooking show. Professional and amateur cooks compete for a spot on a team by having their dishes scrutinized by four judges in a blind taste test. Have you watched it? What I find most [...]
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I knew I wanted to jazz up my favorite caramel corn recipe, to make an extra special treat for the weekend. So I picked up a few Valentine’s Day themed goodies to mix in and drizzle over it, adding pretty red and pink fun. But then, at the very last minute, I ditched the whole [...]
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If you could have watched our two girls when they walked in the front door, home from a day at school, and their eyes locked on these Brownie Bites with Strawberry Marshmallow Fluff Frosting. Their mouths gaped open as their backpacks dropped to the kitchen floor with a “thud” and a “thud”, and they quickly [...]
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Today’s post marks the very first appearance of cauliflower on a farmgirl’s dabbles. Over the past year, I’ve fallen deeply in love with this veggie, and have been roasting and sautéeing it for my family, and receiving their overwhelming stamps of approval. I grew up eating cauliflower in one of two ways. Either raw from [...]
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Sometimes I can’t believe it myself. But lately, when perusing restaurant menus, I’ve been drawn to dishes that include anchovies. And I’ve been ordering them, and no longer asking the waiter to “hold the anchovies, please”. What in the world has come over me?! I’m not supposed to like these. This is not the life [...]
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I love this Black Bean Salsa with Olives any time of year. But in the middle of January, when there are no sweet summer tomatoes to be had…well, that’s usually when you’ll see me mixing up a big bowl of this colorful salsa. It’s full of fresh sweet bell peppers, onion, and garlic, which provide [...]
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