Kitchen

Turn on Your Hot Light

January 5, 2012

The first time I saw Krispy Kreme was in Virginia in the late 80′s.  Driving home from after working the midnight shift and see the beautiful sign that said the doughnuts were Hot Now.  How can you resist that.  I immediately pulled in and bought a dozen.  OMG the YUM!  I made it home with [...]

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Smart Teacher Gift

December 21, 2011

Smart & Final is working with the California Milk Advisory Board to help schools through their “Help Our Teachers, Help Our Kids” promotion. On the First Street dairy products pictured above you can find a Real California Milk seal which can be collected and submitted to your child’s teacher for an entry into a sweepstakes [...]

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Holiday Dinner

December 9, 2011

I missed out on making Thanksgiving Dinner for everyone, but got on the ball early and have everyone invited over for Christmas Dinner.  Bought a roast beast yesterday and put it in the freezer and will buy a ham soon thanks to a gift card from Smart & Final (it was a thank you for [...]

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Clever Marzetti

December 1, 2011

I can hear most of you now.  Veggie Dip?  Yeah right Adrienne, you expect us to believe that you ate veggie dip?  Yes, yes I do.  Of course I don’t expect you to believe that I ate ALL of it or even more than a taste, but I will never write a review of something [...]

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Raspberry Cheesecake Tart – Yoplait Swap

November 27, 2011

I needed a last minute dessert the other day and I needed to finally step up and make a Yoplait recipe instead of sending you to another bloggers site again. I was perusing the Yoplait site to get some ideas and came across the Lemon Blueberry Tart.  I immediately knew I could switch that up [...]

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Thankful to Have Choices – Even When I Make Poor Ones

November 24, 2011

Most of you know already where I am today and what I am doing. Some of you even know part of the reason why. But mostly it’s my own fault that I am alone on a family holiday.  A few years ago I made the choice to join my mother and sisters back East on [...]

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Carmelized Parsnip and Farro Dressing with Sage Browned Butter

November 20, 2011

When I attended the Thanksgiving Cooking Class at Simple Gourmet a few weeks ago, this was my favorite recipe that night. Ingredients 9 Tbl Butter 1 White Onion finely diced 4 Cups finely diced Parsnips 1 Cup finely diced Celery 1 Tbl fresh chopped Thyme Salt and Pepper to taste 8 Cups cooked Farro 2 [...]

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Yoplait Swap Idea

November 18, 2011

Last month I received a case of Lemon Meringue Yoplait Light Thick and Creamy Yogurt to try and to make a recipe with.  then all hell broke loose in the house and my life and I didn’t do either. I did pass along some of the yogurt to a friend who’s favorite pie is lemon [...]

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Simple Gourmet Thanksgiving

November 16, 2011

It’s time for everyone to be planning their menus and laying out their shopping lists for the big Thanksgiving Meal. Last week I attended a cooking class at Simple Gourmet LA and learned how to make some new dishes for this Thanksgiving.  I even tasted some new foods (well, new to me). We started off [...]

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Better’n Eggs Swap Idea

November 1, 2011

 Diabetes is rampant in my family.  When giving information to a new doctor they always run out of space when I rattle off how many of my relatives are diabetic.  Maternal Grandmother, Paternal Grandfather, Father, Sister – Gestational – Just to name a few.  The old wives tale is that diabetes skips a generation, but [...]

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