September 2009

Pie Crust and Public Radio Kitchen

September 30, 2009

A few months ago I did a post on how to make pie crust. Today, that post was featured on Public Radio Kitchen. They have several links on perfecting pie crusts and my pie crust post is one of them. The best part is it that my link is right next to the Smitten Kitchen and Simply Recipes links. [...]

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How I Store My Artisan Bread In Five Bread Dough

September 29, 2009

I love the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day cookbook. I know I have said that several times before, but I really do use this bread a lot. I think this dough is so easy, yet so versatile. It is so nice to know that I have dough waiting in the refrigerator when I need it. By [...]

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Cookies and Cream Mini Cheescakes

September 28, 2009

This is a Martha Stewart recipe. I love her recipes and the minute I saw this one I knew it would be no exception. I love cookies and cream, so to combine it with a cheesecake sounded like a great idea. This recipe is easy because you are making mini cheesecakes. My 9 year old daughter and I worked on [...]

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Bagel Breakfast Sandwich

September 28, 2009

This is not a recipe exactly. This is more of a brief explanation of a meal my family enjoys for breakfast, lunch, or even for dinner, on days like today. We really are having these for dinner tonight. I am really behind on housework after being sick last week and I still have two sick kids. Today I had [...]

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Menu Plan

September 27, 2009

Last week I planned to make quite a few new recipes and I only made two of them. Life happened, I got sick, my daughter got sick , then everyone else got sick. We also had a few doctors appointments to go to. With all that I was not really in the cooking mood. So, I rearranged things and [...]

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Fruit Fly/Gnat Trap

September 26, 2009

This is not a recipe for food, but a recipe to deal with something I think we have all had a problem with at one time or another, fruit flies/gnats. Aren’t they awful? I can’t stand them and the last couple of weeks I have had a bad case of them. I could not figure out [...]

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Fall

September 24, 2009

Warning, this is one of those non-food posts that I occasionally do. I wanted to take a brief break from food posting to talk about fall. I love fall. It is my favorite time of year in Oklahoma, and this year we are having some real fall weather. Some years it is still quite warm [...]

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Olive Garden Style Salad Dressing

September 24, 2009

My sister was recently telling me about a salad dressing recipe that she had made and really enjoyed. She had found it in the food network magazine. She also told me that she really likes that magazine. I think it is becoming one of her favorite cooking magazines. She gave me several other recipes that she has [...]

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Apple Muffins

September 23, 2009

This recipe comes from my sister Flora. It makes a perfect fall muffin. We love these for breakfast, but they also make a great afternoon snack for the kids. I like that fact that these have both apples and applesauce in them. It gives them a really nice apple flavor and also makes them very [...]