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April 3, 2012 Green Apples

recipe: apple and blackberry crumble

One of my favorite summery recipes is a fruit crumble. It’s quick. It’s versatile. You can use whatever fruit you have on hand. And it’s just so tasty! I use Jamie Oliver’s recipe for the topping and about a pound of fruit for the filling. This past weekend I made my favorite combination: apples and [...]

January 26, 2012 cinnamon rolls

recipe: better than anything cinnamon rolls

Last Sunday night, the hot water heater gave up the ghost. It was old and cranky. Having no hot water made me cold and cranky. The natural thing to do seemed to be to make cinnamon rolls. Warm, delicious cinnamon rolls. I used Paula’s recipe because when it comes to comfort food, her recipes have [...]

January 15, 2012 yum

recipe: apple sharlotka

I love this being on holiday from schoolwork! It means that for now I can spend my Saturdays working on whatever project or recipe strikes my fancy. Friday afternoon, I spied this recipe for apple sharlotka on Smitten Kitchen and it looked so good (and easy) I thought I’d give it a shot. The recipe was [...]

January 2, 2012 Bokeh

my new year’s eve

I rang in the New Year quietly, but quiet and happy has been a theme for the holidays at our house this year. Joel fixed a fine little chicken dinner. Cors wouldn’t budge from the kitchen because the smell of the chicken roasting was just too good! I made the Dubliner cupcakes I made last [...]

December 27, 2011 Bokeh

two christmas recipes

There are so many must makes for this time of year and I thought I’d share two of my favorite Christmas recipes today. Hopfully you aren’t in too much of a sugar coma from the sweets that the holidays bring! The first recipe, well, I don’t have a good name for it. Growing up we [...]

December 22, 2011 gooey butter cookie

recipe: gooey butter cookies

Today is my last day of work until the New Year. So exciting! So I wanted to bring in an edible office gift. Lottie + Doof has a wonderful 12 Days of Cookies series going on and day 5 was a recipe from Matthew Rice for Gooey Butter Cookies. Gooey Butter Cake is a St. [...]

October 20, 2011 Lara Lewis Earrings

wednesday loves: belated

I don’t know where my head is these days! I had this week’s Wednesday Loves post all set to go and completely forgot to post it. So today we have a belated loves. It’s so chilly and rainy here this week. In other words, we’re having my favorite weather. I mean it. I love cold [...]

September 29, 2011 Cheesecake

recipe: the best darn cheesecake, ever

I have always had a miserable time making cheesecakes. Mine just never turned out. They were too runny or two dry, but that’s all changed! Normally, Joel asks for pie for his birthday cake, but this year he wanted cheesecake with blueberries. I tested this recipe on my in-laws a few weeks ago and we [...]

September 8, 2011 Cookie

recipe: chocolate peanut butter surprise cookies

Monday, I went looking for something sweet to eat with my afternoon coffee and couldn’t find anything ready-made. Nicole had posted about a recipe for chocolate peanut butter surprise cookies over the weekend. They looked like the perfect thing and I had just enough ingredients in the house to whip up half a batch. My [...]

August 13, 2011 Coffee

a coffee break

Sometimes, when you should be tidying your home, it is easier to bake mini peach pies and drink French pressed coffee instead. And when there’s a wonderful thunderstorm brewing outside and the wash is humming away, it really is the only thing to do!