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Archive for January, 2011

Fill-In-the-Blanks Muffin Recipe Featuring a Pear-Blueberry Muffin

Posted in Bread, tagged , , on January 28, 2011 | 30 Comments »

I have just discovered something amazing! I have “invented” a flavor-of-the-day muffin recipe that is fairly full proof. I have used it several times to make various muffins from run of the mill to exotic. A couple of weeks ago it was pineapple coconut muffins, and today it is pear blueberry muffins with ginger and [...]

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When Life Gives You Lemons—Make Lemon Rosemary Cake!

Posted in Cakes, Fruit Desserts, tagged , , on January 24, 2011 | 28 Comments »

Lemonade is refreshing, yes, but lemon cake is memorable; especially this one. This lemon cake is NOT the syrup-y sweet kind that tastes like a lemon lollipop.  This one  is tart, blooming with hints of rosemary and the lightest, almost translucent, flavor of olive oil.   The texture is exquisite.  It’s full and solid,  yet [...]

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The Particular Happiness of Lemon Blueberry Bread Pudding

Posted in Bread, Fruit Desserts, Other Desserts, tagged , on January 19, 2011 | 33 Comments »

I guarantee that bread pudding is one of the simplest desserts you can make and this one is sure to impart its zesty, sunshine-y happiness onto anyone who digs in. It is comfort food at its finest and most elevated with a punch of lemon, plump blueberries mixed throughout and dotted with white chocolate chips [...]

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Happy Chocolate Peanut Butter Birthday Cake!

Posted in Cakes, Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, tagged , , on January 14, 2011 | 19 Comments »

I know, you have seen this magnificent cake before.  It is not new, nor terribly original in the blogosphere, but this Chocolate Peanut Butter cake  is a magical cake so just in case there are a handful of you newbie blog readers out there, or if you have just come off a long trip from [...]

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Take Care of Yourself Creamy Spinach Soup

Posted in Soup, Vegetarian, tagged , , on January 12, 2011 | 11 Comments »

If you have been fighting off the big, bad germs that have come your way, or if you simply want a delicious but healthy soup for tonight, make this creamy spinach soup.  It has a hint of nutmeg and was started with a few nice cloves of sauteed garlic, so believe me, even though it’s [...]

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Pineapple Coconut Muffins—Take Me Away!

Posted in Bread, tagged , on January 7, 2011 | 28 Comments »

I want a ticket to somewhere tropical where I can lie on a beach and someone will be bring me a nice, tall pina colada; where no one needs homework help, dinner doesn’t have to get on the table in 20 minutes flat and a skunk didn’t just run through my backyard to perfume my [...]

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Snowed-In, Rained-In Mushroom Soup

Posted in Soup, Vegetarian, tagged on January 2, 2011 | 26 Comments »

Is it just too dang cold to go outside wherever you are?  Me too. I won’t tell you where I am because then you would know that I am a big baby. I’ve seen the news; I know that many of you have been snowed in something terrible. It’s been horrible out there in so [...]

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