Lots of pictures to show I haven't been hiding in a cave.
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| spaghetti squash w/ ricotta filling, roasted eggplant slices & sauce - baked it's just as satisfying as traditional eggplant parm. |
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| Got a sourdough lesson from the Bridgewater Baker and kept our take home sample going for a couple of weeks! Made great pizza dough. |
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| Our fantastic New Year's Eve sushi platter from Hayashi |
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| More spaghetti squash with local kielbasa, spinach & sauce |
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| my attempt at Irish Soda Bread |
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| Cauliflower pizza crust - popular on the Web but not so much for me in real life. It didn't crisp enough even though I did it on a silpat. Maybe smaller would work better - 3" rounds topped with sauce & cheese, then baked. |
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| Big project - 100 oatmeal cookies for Mainspring House. Our church makes monthly lunches & this was my family's contribution for February. We're going to do it again but bake & freeze, rather than all at once. Would also help if I hadn't messed up and thought 1 cup butter is a lb. Yes, there were several very rich cookies before I realized what I did and was able to adjust. |
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| Stuffed bread for New Years Day - artichokes & roasted peppers |
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| My daughter's salad, found in a kid's cookbook and enjoyed by all. |
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| Yummy Mid-eastern special from Maguires |
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| My daughter found a recipe online for frog cupcakes and jumped right in. They came out very well for her first try. We're not a family who would think of using a cake mix! |
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| Butterfly Cookies - royal icing creates the dam |
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| Very wet icing works like paint to create the design |
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| Cocktail party goodies - pomegranate flavored cream cheese stuffed apricots w/ crushed pistachios |
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| Veggie Basket |
Cocktail Party Menu:
- Grilled Cheese & Avocado Sandwiches
- Pumpkin Puree Flatbread w/ sage, fennel seeds & parm shavings, balamic drizzle
- Sauteed Chicken & Waffles w/ Rosemary Bacon Maple Syrup
- Stuffed Mushrooms
- Smoked Salmon on Cucumber w/ Dilled Yogurt
- Apricot Canapes - cream cheese, pomegranate molasses, chopped pistachios
- Cheese Tray w/ Seedy Crackers w/ Lemon Basil Jelly & Apricot Rosemary Jelly
- White Bean Dip
- Eggplant Dip - Baba Ghanoush
- Crudités - cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, celery, snap peas, asparagus
- chocolate dipped (butterflies) & plain strawberries
- Fudgy Meringue Cookies
- Butterfly sugar cookies
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| Backyard egg taste test - my sister's on the left, our neighbor's on the right. I love the flavor of my sister's, but the rest of the family voted for the neighbors. I can only think it's because the neighbor's are very traditional tasting and with my sister's, egg flavor is sometimes overshadowed by the thick texture and richness. |
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| sisters to the left, neighbors to the right. |
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| asparagus roasted w/ garlic, anchovies & oil |
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