Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins

September 13, 2009

Even though our zucchini plants did not do very well this summer so we are not suffering from a late summer surplus of zucchini, I still couldn’t let fall come on in full force without making at least one batch of baked goods pretending to be healthy because of their addition of vegetables. Namely, zucchini […]

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No-knead Challah

September 7, 2009

The way I got ready for shabbat this week made me realize that I don’t exactly do things the way others might. Knowing that time was going to be at a premium on Friday I purchased shabbat dinner at the local deli and only made the challah and dessert. This seemed like a good compromise […]

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Artisan Bread

September 4, 2009

After reading for months about the joys of Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day I finally had to try it for myself. I don’t bake bread all that often, mostly because I would rather eat my carbs in dessert form than have bread with dinner. If forced to choose, however, my husband would opt […]

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Peach Blueberry Cake

September 3, 2009

A little while ago, as I was looking up the recipe for blueberry lemon jam in my files, this recipe for peach blueberry cake caught my eye. Since I am making a real effort to try the recipes I have already saved rather than always searching for new ones I knew that I needed to […]

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A return to real life

September 1, 2009

I just got back from a relaxing vacation where my only creative output was concocting various frozen fruity rum drinks. It turns out that a great daiquiri can be made with mediocre frozen strawberries by adding strawberry jam. Who knew?

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Off on Vacation

August 20, 2009

We are leaving today for vacation and are all looking forward to getting away and spending time with family. A little bit of sand, hopefully some sun, it should be good fun. I was going to leave a few posts for while I was gone but a tailoring emergency this evening had me fixing pants […]

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Peanut Butter Fudge Pops

August 20, 2009

This summer I got a popsicle mold for the first time since I was a kid and I am absolutely loving making popsicles. Grapefruit, pina colada, and vanilla ice cream dipped in homemade magic shell; I love them all. With my own popsicle molds it is easy to make healthy treats for my little one […]

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Roasted Apricot Sorbet

August 14, 2009

A great side benefit of our short lived blueberry picking adventure was stopping at all the farm stands for amazing produce on our way back. The farm that had the blueberries also had large apricot orchards, and they were selling “apricot seconds” for half price. There was nothing wrong with the fruit, it simply didn’t […]

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Blueberry Lemon Jam

August 10, 2009

Last week, wanting to do something fun and summery as a family, we went blueberry picking on the North Fork of Long Island. Since our son absolutely loves picking tomatoes from our garden (unfortunately sometimes green ones as well as ripe ones) we figured he would love picking one of his favorite fruits right off […]

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An unfortunate evening

August 9, 2009

I was planning on posting some of the fun recipes I have been making lately, but unfortunately my evening took a different turn. We spent the evening taking things out of our refrigerator, seeing what could be saved, since the internal temperature of the fridge seems to be hovering between 62 and 64 degrees. That’s […]

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Candied Ginger Cardamom Bars

August 5, 2009

For years I have been collecting recipes. In addition to my overflowing bookshelf of cookbooks (an entire bookshelf, not just one shelf on it) I have a collection of recipes caught my eye that I saved from magazines and other articles. I used to keep them in binders, but a few years ago streamlined and […]

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