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Last night, Nicholas was helping me put some things away in the kitchen after dinner and wanted a run-down of what his choices were for dessert. After I went through the list, he turned to me and said, “Mommy, do you ever make dessert anymore?”
Ouch.
I’ll give him that I haven’t baked in about a month […]
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Tonight I get a night off as The Sister-In-Law takes over with her very first post here on Sweetnicks. We went to dinner at her house this past weekend, and after a delicious meal, it was only fitting that she tell you all about it.
With the holidays around the corner, I figured what better time […]
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Christmas Eve:
Although I mostly stuck to tried-and-true recipes, this one was a new one and a disappointment. With an expensive ingredient like lobster, you want it to wow you, and this Lobster Salad just didn’t cut it.
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Finally sat down to organize the Christmas Eve menu and make my grocery list. Yup, haven’t gone yet. Planning to go tonight after dinner when everyone (hopefully!) is heading home from a full day of shopping. The list isn’t too terrible, and I’m feeling pretty darn organized, so hopefully all will go smoothly tomorrow.
For the […]
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There are certain phrases that just don’t seem synonymous with the doyenne of domesticity, Martha Stewart, and “yellow mustard” and “cocktail franks” are two that come to mind. But believe it or not, in a recent issue of her Martha Stewart Living magazine, she had a recipe that included both and it was pretty darn […]