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Archive for February, 2012

Want S’more Cookies?

Posted in Cookies, tagged , , , , on February 28, 2012 | 44 Comments »

I’m dreaming of summer…sandy beaches, toes drenched in the blue Pacific and sitting by a campfire roasting marshmallows. The best I could do for the moment was create a S’mores cookie with chunks of chocolate, marshmallow cream mixed into the batter and dots of marshmallows that are just a bit toasty.

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Lindsey’s Lick the Plate Butter Cake

Posted in Cakes, tagged on February 24, 2012 | 32 Comments »

This rich, moist, golden cake is a butter cake, not a pound cake, but a spongy, soft and fancy bundt version.  This beautiful cake was baked by my own blog super-fan and chef extraordinaire, Lindsey.  She is my thirteen-year-old niece, and she can whip up anything flat…just try her!  I dare you.

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Soup 101 – How to Create Your Own Soups

Posted in Soup, tagged , , , , on February 22, 2012 | 36 Comments »

Making soup is magical. I love to step into my kitchen with a big, empty stock pot on the stove and start building my soup. It’s therapeutic for me; as onions sizzle, and my sleek chef’s knife makes crisp and loud chops against the cutting board through celery, carrots and potatoes, my entire body releases [...]

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Role Reversal and Bacon and Egg Mini Frittatas

Posted in Appetizers, Breakfast, Main Dishes, tagged , , , on February 19, 2012 | 42 Comments »

After a 10 hour excursion to the movies Saturday, I woke up on Sunday feeling like I owed my family a great big “Thank you” for letting me go AWOL. I was sure making a good, stick-to-your-ribs Sunday breakfast was a nice way to start. I was thinking hashbrowns, bacon and eggs but maybe not [...]

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A Lemon Sooful Sit-In {Perfectly Tart Lemon Souffles}

Posted in Fruit Desserts, Other Desserts, tagged , on February 15, 2012 | 48 Comments »

I am a fairly casual person and am most comfortable in jeans, eating homemade macaroni and cheese, baking good ol’ chocolate chip cookies and not having someone scrape crumbs of the crisp white table cloth while “I dine”. Don’t get into my chocolate preferences though because my whole theory on my own unpretentiousness just may [...]

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Snowed-In, Rained-In Mushroom Soup

Posted in Soup, Vegetarian, tagged on February 15, 2012 | 16 Comments »

Valentine’s Day is over, and I am very type-A when it comes to my posts, and it literally makes my skin crawl to have red, pink and hearts spread out on my home page so here is a repeat post just to hold us over for a day. I have a lemon souffle I will [...]

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A Valentine’s Day Round Up

Posted in Cakes, Chocolate, Cookies, No-bake Desserts, Other Desserts, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 12, 2012 | 26 Comments »

I know, us foodie bloggers tend to over-do the holidays. I just may be the biggest culprit of all. But, since we are all in the same red hearted boat my friends, I have decided to do a round up BECAUSE I have found some gorgeous and tantalizing things out there, and perhaps you have not [...]

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Start Valentine’s Day on a High Note With Red Velvet Pancakes

Posted in Bread, Breakfast, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, tagged , , on February 10, 2012 | 22 Comments »

Can you think of a better way to start your Valentine’s Day morning than with rich, soft, chocolaty Red Velvet Pancakes?!  I can’t either.  They even get served with a luscious, cream cheese dipping sauce.  Pretty sweet, right?— pun totally intended…that’s just how I roll. Seriously, these are absolutely decadent and for the handful of readers [...]

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Not for Sissies Spiced Molten Chocolate Cakes

Posted in Cakes, Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2012 | 33 Comments »

Inhale. I am giving you permission unlike Bill Clinton’s little foray. You’re not running for president are you? Let’s hope not. Use some imagination…c’mon…I know you can. Close your eyes, picture standing in my kitchen. Please step over the Golden Retriever. Chances are, she is lying at your feet, or more likely has her nose [...]

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Life is Twisted and So Are Pretzels

Posted in Bread, tagged , , on February 5, 2012 | 35 Comments »

I’m out of things to say my friends, and I yet I sit here and write because it makes me feel better. It’s been a hard weekend. I stood with my mother at the bedside of one of my uncles today during the last hour of his life. I don’t have answers as to why [...]

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