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Archives for October 2010

Special K Berries-n-Cream Cookies

October 31, 2010 By Laura 3 Comments

I get a lot of opportunities to try various products through being a Food Buzz Featured Publisher. The honest truth is that I turn a lot of them down, because many of them are processed or partially made (i.e., things you use in place of making something from scratch) and I swear I don’t judge… 

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Filed Under: cookies, dried fruit, white chocolate Tagged With: cereal, cold cereal, cookies, dried blueberries, dried fruit, dried strawberries, white chocolate

Basic–but so much tastier than that sounds–Pumpkin Muffins

October 29, 2010 By Laura 6 Comments

It’s hard to be a baking mom in 2010. You dream of all the goodies you’re going to whip up for your little darlings and their friends, but then they get to preschool and everything must be store bought and individually packaged. And processed in a nut free facility. Now don’t get me wrong–parents of… 

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Filed Under: muffins, pumpkin, quick breads Tagged With: muffins, pumpkin, quick breads

Strawberry Lemon Pâte de Fruit

October 26, 2010 By Laura 11 Comments

I thought these would take a great picture, but in reality they look much better sans sugar. So just know you would eat them coated in sugar. What are they? They are what I prefer to call pâte de fruit, because pectin fruit jelly just sounds so blah. But in Europe they are pâte de… 

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Filed Under: candy, strawberries Tagged With: berries, candy, citrus, confections, fruit pectin jelly, lemon, Pâte de Fruit, strawberry

Carrot Cupcakes with White Chocolate "Creamy Dreamy" Frosting

October 19, 2010 By Laura 10 Comments

I think I’ve mentioned somewhere on here before that my kids each get multiple birthday parties. It is a function of both growing older (and having kid parties) and having out of town families which are difficult to coordinate. So I stopped trying, and instead have 1 party for each side of the family and… 

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Filed Under: cakes, carrots, cream cheese, cupcakes, white chocolate Tagged With: carrot, carrot cake, cream cheese, cupcakes, white chocolate

Crispy Rosemary Asiago Flatbread

October 15, 2010 By Laura 9 Comments

Confession time. I did not acquire the pasta roller set for my Kitchen Aid mixer to make pasta. I actually did it to make crackers. But then I got intimidated, certain the dough would stick (not being intended for a pasta roller) and finked out of trying it. What a fool I can be. This… 

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Filed Under: crackers, flatbreads Tagged With: Asiago, crackers, flatbread, pasta roller, rosemary

No Nut Apple Pie Bars

October 8, 2010 By Laura 12 Comments

Last week Alex’s kindergarten class studied apples, so her teacher asked me if I could bake an apple treat for them. Because of the prevalence of nut allergies in kids (and indeed Alex does have one child with nut allergies in her class) I skipped past the apple bars I have made in the past… 

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Filed Under: apples, bar cookies, cookies, oats, whole grains Tagged With: allergy friendly, apple pie, apples, bar cookies, bars, cookies, nut-free, oatmeal, oats

Garlicky Angel Hair with Sausage & Peas

October 5, 2010 By Laura 9 Comments

I was not initially planning to share this recipe. The never ending colds from hell continue to plague my family, which means I continue to be very lazy and uninspired about dinner. And picky. I am SO picky when I have a cold. All I want is starch. Which is more or less what inspired… 

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Filed Under: pasta, peas, sausage Tagged With: angel hair, beer, easy, fast, garlic, lager, noodles, pasta, peas, sausage, vermicelli, weeknight

Pumpkin Pie Marshmallows

October 1, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

I have had an epiphany. An epiphany for me, mind you, not the world at large, because I am betting every single parent of a school-aged child already knows it. Kindergarten success has nothing to do with your kid and everything to do with how organized you, the parent, are. My children are doomed. Case… 

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Filed Under: candy, marshmallows, pumpkin, sweet confections Tagged With: autumn, confections, fall treats, marshmallows, pumpkin, s'mores, spices

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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