Mid-April recipe round-up
Yes, I’m posting two weeks in a row! I really do see a lot of fabulous recipes. It’s not really my fault if so many of the ones that catch my eye are desserts, is it? First up, this wonderful recipe...
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The weather here can’t seem to decide whether it’s spring or not. Yesterday felt like winter again, so we were back to chili and cornbread, while today was mid 70s and humid, meaning we had chicken...
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Just a couple of the recipes I’ve been eyeing over at Serious Eats: Lamb-stuffed collards. I’ll probably make these with kale rather than collard greens, and the odds are really good (given the price...
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Reversible brioche cowl
A little bit ago, I posted about learning the brioche stitch in knitting. Well, the real test of learning is trying to make something (other than swatches). So I poked around and found a simple cowl...
View ArticleLots of yummy goodness
I’ve been mining Beth Cato’s Bready or Not posts this summer. Every week, she posts some new goodness. I know I’ve linked to her site before, but these are recipes I’ve tried since then. One of the...
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It’s a cake! (No lie)
The most recent of my baking (literally — I only finished assembling it about a half an hour ago) is this cake that I made for my husband’s birthday. (Recipe found here.) First thing this morning,...
View ArticleMy history with pumpkin
My earliest memory of eating pumpkin comes from when I was about four. My parents had decided to make a bunch of pumpkin stuff from scratch, although the only things I remember for certain were the...
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Colorful chocolate pretzel bites!
I talked about these in the latest issue of my newsletter (and if you haven’t subscribed yet, there’s a box at the end of the post so you can). I just made up this batch for parties — birthday and...
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Double-knitting for double the fun
Not quite floor-length! I realized my daughter needed a scarf for winter, especially with cold mornings waiting for the school bus. I decided to make one for her for Christmas (fortunately, not her...
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Oh, for the wings of a dragon
Kim Harrison created her own pattern for a knitted dragon (if you want to check it out, it starts with the supply list), and being me, I immediately thought, “I want to do that!” Of course, my next...
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