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Crispy Waffles with Salted Caramel

For Christmas my dear friend Tiffany gave me a cookbook full of her favorite recipes. It was bound in a lovely hand printed binder made by our friend Leslie. All of the recipes looked amazing and I couldn’t wait to try them. Bella begged me to make the crispy waffles with salted caramel...

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Molten Chocolate Cake

7 oz bittersweet chocolate (bakers)
7 tbs butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp flour
3 eggs
Double boil 7oz choc and butter together. Mix the rest of the ingredients together.
When choc is melted you don’t want to dump it all in at the same time. you want to slowly
add choc to the mixture so that it brings it up to...

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Fun times

Today we met Abby and her gang at the Science Center. Our kids entertained themselves quite well for several hours. Lydia stayed home with my brother and napped so I was actually able to visit. I had almost forgotten what it was like to have a conversation with another adult. We...

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Budget gourmet

This afternoon’s lunch of grilled cheese just didn’t sound appealing. I rummaged around the fridge to find something less … ordinary. Caprese salad sounded yummy but I had no fresh basil (I slept through most of the Farmer’s Market Saturday and then ended up going on a nature hike instead). So here is...

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Yummy recipe for Lent

Ok, so I really don’t like fish but this tuna casserole was amazingly good . Do yourself a favor and make some! You will be happy you did.

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