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Breakfast

Sunday Snapshots: Sunday Breakfast and Egg Cooking Tips

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I am very lucky to have a husband that never complains about the food I serve him. He is always honest with me about the way a dish tastes, if it can be improved, or if it is perfect as it, it is something I really appreciate. Ninety-nine percent of the time I cook what [...]

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Sunday Snapshots: Current Favorite Breakfast Foods and YBR Signup

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**Submissions to March’s YBR are now open. Come add your best recipes of March.** I know it’s Saturday and you’re probably wondering why I’m posting Sunday Snapshots a day early. Uhm…let’s blame it on the time change taking place tomorrow, in Europe, and lack of sleep , okay? (update: oops, the website I read was wrong [...]

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Homemade Bagels: A Work In Progress

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Have you ever made bagels? When the craving for a bagel strikes I reach for the yeast, flour, sugar, salt, water and my mixing bowl. I mix the ingredients, wait for the dough to rise, knead, shape, boil and bake. The smell always puts the craving into overdrive and I can never wait for the [...]

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Quinoa Muffins with Apple and Coffee Spiced Pecans

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In a previous post I wrote about me not being a good baker. I’m still working on that. There is still much to learn and a long way for me to go before I can call myself a baker. Unfortunately I don’t get as much practice as I should. The main reason is that I [...]

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Cinnamon Raisin Muffins and My Problems with Baking

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It is commonly said that baking is a precise science. In school science was not one of my best subjects, so when it comes to baking I’m not exactly surprised with my countless failures. Baking is about precise or accurate measurements, then there is the whole chemical reaction thing. If that’s not enough you have [...]

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Blueberry Banana Yogurt Smoothie and Tips For Homemade Yogurt

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Smoothies are one of my most favorite drinks. I love them for breakfast or as a mid-afternoon snack. Actually I could drink them any time of the day and during any season. Besides being delicious they are a great way of using up extra fruit. Let’s not forget how nutritious all those extra fruits are [...]

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Untraditional Croque Madame or French Ham, Cheese and Egg Sandwich

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When we lived in Paris often times Hubby and I headed out for day long exploratory walks of  our Parisian surroundings. Those long walks of never ending boulevards always left us hungry, a lunch break was a must. Unless it was raining, we’d sit at typical Parisian sidewalk cafes. Many of the sidewalk cafes have [...]

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