Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

Cooking for a Crowd, Holiday Recipes, Recipes

When I committed to NaBloPoMo, I’m not sure that I realized the commitment it would entail. Well, sure, I knew that it meant that I would post daily. It meant that I would be able to refresh my blog with a multitude of recipes that I’ve been dying to share, but for one reason or another, hadn’t blogged yet.…

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Orange Almond Yogurt Cake

Recipes, Sweet Treats

Since I began training for the Couch to 5K running program with Joy and Denise, I’ve been motivated to also adapt to healthier diet. While that doesn’t mean no cake, it does mean new cake: orange almond yogurt cake. …

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Classic Applesauce

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Sweet Treats

Last year I was all about apples. I went to visit my brother at college and we attended the Ithaca Apple Festival, I made white bean and apple chili from the Moosewood Restaurant dessert cookbook and for the first time since kindergarten, made homemade applesauce.…

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Hearty Winter Vegetable Soup

Recipes, Weekend Cooking, Worknight Dinners
winter vegetable soup

Winter vegetable soup made with acorn squash, kale, chicken or vegetable broth, cannellini beans and thyme, topped with parmesan cheese.  When I was in high school, I was at a local diner with my mother one night and she ordered a glass of white zinfandel. The waitress, confused, told her that they didn’t have white zinfandel, but they had the “pink kind.” Well, yes. White Zinfandel is tinted pink. Similarly, black kale is actually green. Growing up, eating green vegetables…

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