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Spent all day at my parents making Christmas cookies. I love to bake so I'll be making quite a few more batches in the next couple weeks.

These chocolate sprinkle cookies also have a dark chocolate hershey's kiss on top. Chocolate overload!

Yum yum yummmmmmm! Mostly followed the recipe, but used 1/2 the chicken, added black beans, crushed garlic scapes and hot peppers. www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/a30613447/salsa-verde-e...

Roast Beef with red wine pan sauce

Dinner tonight. Yummy

tried a new recipe - very good! Short ribs are pretty fatty though - might try a different cut of meat next time.

A quick and easy bread to make.

Spent all day at my parents making Christmas cookies. I love to bake so I'll be making quite a few more batches in the next couple weeks.

These red sugar coated sugar cookies were so tasty! Crisp and chewy at the same time. Yum!

ground pork, minced chives, garlic, dark soy, salt, blk pepper, sesame oil, and cornstarch

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Sweet Italian sausage medallions with green, red, orange, and yellow peppers over a bed of white rice, drizzled with Soy Vay Island Teriyaki sauce. Not pictured: Deschutes Brewery Cinder Cone Red Ale.

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Estofado...mmmm

Phyllo Shells with Brie and dried cranberries

Chocolate Cookie with Butterfinger Eggs

I woke up today with an urge to make new-to-me cookies. It seemed like the Newer, Better Life thing to do. So I made the brown butter shorties from Smitten Kitchen. I'd never browned butter before, but with help from Schnookie and Boomer, it turned out great. Schnookie informed me later that I probably should of weighed the flour for better results; next time, next time. The cookies turned out awesome!

The cookies could have been rolled in sanding sugar, but the only kind we have is confetti colored, so I only rolled three cookies in it. I should have done them all because those three turned out adorable.

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Refreshing and crunchy

2C cracked or slicked Asian cukes

1/2 - 1C. tomatoes.

2T minced green onion

2T sesame oil

1T apple vinegar or pure vinegar

2t. soysauce

1/4t salt

put into bowl and mix well. taste best if made a couple hours ahead esp. if you like a fuller infused flavour.

Chocolate Velvet Cake with Dolce de Leche filling and caramel butter cream frosting. Made with love for my friend Irene's Birthday party.

made from vegetables grown in our garden :)

Roasted Stuffed Acorn Squash

of a steamed artichoke... so yummy, esp with a garlic butter olive oil dip!

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I hope they have the same shelf life as "regular" Twinkies!

Pasta with fresh tomatoes, basil, and corn. I added toasted sliced almonds. The pasta is refreshing tossed in red wine vinegar & scallion.

Next time, I'll add grilled chicken.

It's a keeper! :^)

letting it carmelize, under same temp. with out tenting, every so oftern brush sauce over to add to carmelized layers

the recipe: www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001506fried_green_tomatoes...

Buttery Sugar Cookies

the first stab at the chocolate cinnamon bread recipe courtesy of Starbucks and Marcus Samuelsson

We went camping at Wild River State Park. Also went fishing on the St. Croix River. Did some cooking over a campfire.