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Happy Hump Day!

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Had company over for dinner tonight, and served a nice and easy meal. Made Bruschetta to start, a modified version of Barefoot Contessa’s Shrimp Salad and a Spaghetti dish with Artichokes, Sage and Bacon. All very yummy, and better yet, simple to pull together, taking maybe an hour or so from start to finish. Perfect […]

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Have.To.Stop.Now

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Confession Time. Ever since I made that yummy Mexican Fried Ice Cream for dinner on Saturday night, I’ve had it every night for dessert. Just a really teeny portion, but it’s so good, I can’t stop. But tonight, I did. I had a Weight Watchers dessert. Not quite as satisfying, but a one day break […]

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Monday Chilly Monday…

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… is that something like Sunday Bloody Sunday? ;) Temperatures have surprisingly dropped in this area and it’s unseasonably chilly. Brrr. Might be time to dig out some tried-and-true soup recipes again.
Anyone catch the season finale of Desperate Housewives last night? Finally, it’s starting to make sense. Of course, there are still those pesky cliffhangers, […]

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Paula Deen Rocks!

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I went to the Gourmet Food Show with my Mom today, and had a great time. It was about 50% smaller than the Food Network Expo we went to in Philly last year, and in terms of walking/crowds/shopping, that made it a bit more manageable. A few great finds there today, but first let’s talk […]

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Mexican Dinner, Take Two

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Happy Saturday! Spent the morning doing local garage sales with Nicholas. We each had pretty big scores today. One of the garage sales we went to had a box of cookbooks for 10 cents each — cheapest I’ve seen yet. I snagged 10 of them. Most of them were older, but still, at 10 cents […]

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