Martha Stewart: Chicken Parmigiana & Baked Ziti

Alternatively, this post could also be called “Cheese Overload” or “How To Gain Ten Pounds in One Sitting.” I don’t think I’ve mentioned this here before, but my Mom’s been suffering from severe depression and panic attacks the past few months which is why I’ve been doing the cooking (she’s on complete rest)… and connected [...]

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Martha Stewart: Gingerbread Snacking Cake

All that soup making made me hungry for gingerbread, so since I was on a roll (read: crazed cooking spree) I baked up a batch. These days I am craving all things fall. I’m breaking out the sweaters and scarves, drinking hot tea, singing Christmas songs (it’s going to be a long fall…), and there [...]

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America’s Test Kitchen – “Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies”

It’s been one of those dark, incredibly green North Carolina mornings where heavy rain falls ceaselessly and to steal a line from Lemony Snicket, “the world is quiet here.” The perfect day for library browsing, comfortable arm chairs, long movies, tea with friends, monopoly marathons, and definitely cookie baking. I decided to try out a [...]

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Cookie Cutter Creativity

A puzzle AND a cookie… all my wildest dreams have come true! I am now on a quest to find this cookie-cutter.

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Thanksgiving Snow

It snowed. Lots. There’s a few inches already, and it’s still snowing. I’m so happy. :) I was on a bit of a baking kick this afternoon, so I threw an apron over my head, popped on some Christmas music – because I can now listen to it to my heart’s content without guilt – [...]

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Fall Break :: In Photos :: Part I

I very nearly labeled this post: “What I did over fall break” but that sounded dangerously reminiscent of a “What I did last summer” essay. Sunday Monday I also made muffins. Surprise! Tuesday Mom, Sean, and I went hiking at Liberty Lake… I also took pictures of my cat…

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Do You Know the Muffin Man?

I had a sudden craving for muffins a few mornings ago, and these were the result: Better Homes and Gardens recipe: 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 beaten egg 3/4 cup milk 1/3 cup cooking oil “In a large mixing bowl stir together the [...]

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