NCOTB #2 Orange, Pistachio and Chocolate Shortbread (New Cookies on the Block)

NCOTB #2 Orange, Pistachio and Chocolate Shortbread (New Cookies on the Block)

Yay, the Twelve Seven Eight Days of Christmas Cookies! The best-laid plans of mice and me…sometimes need a tweak.  Actually, not to pat myself on the back or anything, I think I did pretty “good”.  In between holiday baking we took a quick trip to Seattle. Four days of eating, walking, visiting the Space Needle …

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Back to My Lotus ROOTS (Renkon No Kinpira)


Back to My Lotus ROOTS (Renkon No Kinpira)


We are always looking for ways to increase our veggie intake.  Part of the problem is our everyday veggies are BORING.  Let me clarify, Veggies aren’t boring, it’s our method of prep.  We should be arrested for vegetable prep neglect and indifference.  We often find ourselves nuking frozen corn or mixed veggies as we sit …

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Yet Another Peanut Butter Cookie, Soft and Chewy

Yet Another Peanut Butter Cookie, Soft and Chewy

Peanuttttt, peanut butter….cookie!  If asked what my favorite cookies are, Shortbread, Snickerdoodles, and Thumbprints immediately come to mind.  Peanut Butter Cookies would not make the cut and yet a quick search of 3Jamigos will reveal more than a few recipes for peanut butter cookies.  This leads to my 🤦🏻‍♀️ forehead slap moment  “I LOVE peanut …

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Ritz Cookies (Crackers in Your Cookies?)

Ritz Cookies (Crackers in Your Cookies?)

Cracker for crackers like me?  I love crackers, the perfect vehicle for dips, spreads, and cheese…it is the ultimate edible utensil.  Taking its place as the number one cracker in my book is Ritz Crackers.  Buttery, golden, flaky rounds that go with everything. When I find a recipe that uses crackers…I’m all there, Babee.  I …

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Rowing for Coconut & Jam Oat Bars

Rowing for Coconut & Jam Oat Bars

About this time of year, I wax nostalgic about one of my passions (not food this time), rowing.  Say what?  Yes, rowing.  I started rowing, gosh too many years ago to count, and it changed my life.  Instead of trudging toward a sedentary, middle-aged lifestyle, it became my sport and form of exercise. Spending early …

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Easy as 123 Spareribs

Easy as 123 Spareribs

As I was driving home the other day I called the Hubster and asked “What’s for dinner?”.  The retired guy replied, “I thought you were making dinner”.  Excuse me? Moi?  The person driving home after a full day at WORK? Fine, I’ll make dinner but you are on cleanup… A pack of spareribs, cut crosswise …

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It’s The Great Pumpkin Bread, Charlie Brown!

It’s The Great Pumpkin Bread, Charlie Brown!

Who else besides me groans at the first sign of the fall season.  You walk outside, take in the fall air, admire the color of the leaves on the trees, the golden orange rays of sunlight that filter through… When you notice All around, everywhere you look…PUMPKIN, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin soup, pumpkin yogurt, pumpkin ice …

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Whip It, Whip It Good (Coconut Whipped Cream)

Whip It, Whip It Good (Coconut Whipped Cream)

We’re baaackkkkkkk!  In person meetings, dinners in restaurants instead of take-out, classes on campus instead of on Zoom, we are adjusting to living with COVID.  With midterms just around the corner, our political action group hosted a Democracy Dinner to re-engage and see folks in person.  What better way to entice folks to join us …

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