All good things…

Well the time has come, I am hanging up my Tuesdays with Dorie apron. I am going back to school for my Masters in Social Work and will have a busy schedule with classes and practicum, and no co-workers to pawn my treats off to anymore! I have really enjoyed the TWD group [...]

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TWD: chocolate pudding

Thanks for being patient waiting for my full write up! I was relieved to see that Melissa had chosen chocolate pudding for our TWD challenge this week. I just wanted something easy, lol. I’m trying to get back in the groove in the kitchen and focus on getting actual nutritious meals on [...]

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TWD: mixed berry cobbler

A berry cobbler was just what I needed as I’ve been trying to clear out my freezer recently.  Seriously, it was so full we had no room for ice cream!  Now that is a crime!  So we ate the last of our tilapia and chicken this week and I had several bags of berries hiding [...]

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TWD: La Palette’s Strawberry Tart

I’ve almost forgotten how to update my blog it’s been so long!  Sorry about that!  I was determined to make this week’s recipe even if it was late due to my being out of town.  I spent a long weekend in D.C. last weekend where it was very very VERY hot.  A cool strawberry tart [...]

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TWD: French Chocolate Brownies

It is rare that I make brownies from scratch. Box mixes are just so easy, inexpensive, and usually taste good enough (especially when you sprinkle with Andes mints!) But I was excited to see that Di’s Kitchen Notebook chose this recipe for Tuesdays With Dorie because I was hoping for a simple recipe that [...]

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TWD alternate recipe: Orange Berry Muffins

Tara from Smells Like Home chose this week’s recipe for TWD. As intrigued as I was to try my hand at madeleines, I knew our tiny kitchen could not hold yet another pan, so I took the offered out and made a recipe that had previously been made for TWD before I joined. [...]

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TWD: Florida Pie

I finished the pie!  And we’ve already eaten most of it, lol.  It is SO good!  Florida Pie is basically key lime pie with several bursts of coconut.  There is a coconut layer between the crust and the lime layer, then some mixed in with the meringue, and I decided to add some toasted coconut [...]

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A crazy week!

Well I did have intentions on trying out the Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake for this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie, chosen by Caitlin of Engineer Baker, but then on Friday of last week we found out we were going to become parents….PUG parents!  Saturday morning we brought home our first baby, Toby the Pug.  He [...]

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TWD: Carrot Cake

Carrot cake was a challenge I knew I could handle! Unlike the marshmallows last week this recipe gave me very few headaches, and it turned out wonderfully. Now as much as I love a huge slice of carrot cake layered with cream cheese frosting, I only let myself join TWD on the condition [...]

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A Fluffy Flop

Well I tried to make this week’s recipe for TWD! 2 attempts at sweet, fluffy, vanilla marshmallows and neither of them turned out I had never worked with egg whites before so I think that’s where I went wrong. (I was allergic to eggs as a kid and have never [...]

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