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cranberry orange bread

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I made this bread and also a spinach tart for my MOPS group this week.  MOPS is moms of preschoolers, in case you’re wondering. It’s not a support group for compulsive moppers, contrary to popular belief. I’m more of a compulsive vacuum-er, myself. I love vacuuming. And organizing. I’ve been known to organize my cabinets and leave them open on purpose to “enjoy it”

I am such a weirdo sometimes.

Speaking of adding to my weirdness, let me tell you about my weirdo dream last night. I totally need Joseph for this one. It was myself, my daughter and my husband. I’m assuming my stepdaughter was with her mom in the dream- cause she wasn’t with us. Anyway, the continents started to shift-and in Titanic style, the three of us are hanging on to the edge of the earth… then things settled and it was apparent that people survived, but not one bit of technology or modern advancement. No man made anything. Not even a toilet- much less Ipads and cameras and cars. Everything was gone. Not destroyed, just gone.  The sucky part of the dream was when we were trying to figure out who else survived- without phones.We just started to wander around “fields of nothing” by the sea.

Needless to say, I woke up today very grateful for things like toilets and phones. And, I’m going to call my mom. Just not right now, since it’s 6:16 am and she wakes up around 11:30. (She gets too many movie stations and stays up watching old movies)

So I made some bread…

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January 13th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: breads | Leave a comment

eggnog pancakes

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eggnog pancakes~ festive breakfast bites

These were breakfast today… so this picture is really fresh.  Taken just 35 minutes ago, to be exact.

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December 24th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: breads, breakfast, holiday | 3 comments

four cranberry things

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First of all,  I know I need to announce a winner. You guys have probably been on the edge of your seats, huh? I had one of those surprise-busy days yesterday; but I was happy about it since I was honored to be a friend that can- and will be there.  :)

Anyway… here in the states we are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, sometimes it’s pretty controversial when you look at the history of it- and some downright horrible things that happened to the native people here; but I choose to take the simplistic veiw of the holiday: to give thanks and feast.

Cranberries always show up this time of year as well. Cranberries amaze me. You wouldn’t dare pop a raw one in your mouth, but- cooked up they become tart little morsels of flavor. Oh yeah! Anyway, today is a good day to give you some ideas for all things cranberry.

Speaking of cranberries and Thanksgiving- black Friday is coming up but, this year I think I will call it Black Thriday, since certain retailers are starting their sales Thursday night. Hmmm,

There is a bright side to that, however: I used to only have from 4am-6am to shop on black Friday. (I had to be home in time for hubby to leave for work) NOW, I can shop all night long. ( insert Lionel Ritchie song) of course, this means that by the time I return home I will have been up 24hours straight- but hey coffee can work wonders… right?

I decided that this year, I may bring my little camera and get some pics. Maybe. We’ll see. Would you like that? I need feedback.

By the way, I get dressed to shop. You’d be amazed how many women I saw in their robes at 4am last year.

If you’re going to the trouble of putting on socks and shoes, may an effort to put a t-shirt on, people. Continue reading four cranberry things

November 22nd, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: breads, breakfast | Leave a comment

glazed gingerbread scones

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 glazed gingerbread scones- spicy pillows of fragrant bliss

This is a re-visited post, I did this once before in the early days of this blog… you can see it here: gingerbread scones complete with crappy photographs.

Now, the new, improved version has a printable recipe. Because you;re going to want to make these. Continue reading glazed gingerbread scones

October 27th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: breads, breakfast | 7 comments

caramel apple breakfast cake

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 caramel apple breakfast cake~ a caramel apple that’s soft and fluffy

I made this recipe on a whim, it was going to be a muffin, but then I thought in muffin form it may be too sticky. Sticky is fine, don’t get me wrong, but I just psycho cleaned my house- and I happened to be avoiding sticky at the time I made these.

You know how when you psycho clean your house and you want it to stay “psycho fresh” for longer than an hour?  Me too. I think that’s why all those companies claim “freshness for days” because it’s what we always long for.  Sometimes I talk to those companies through the television, don’t they know just because it smells good doesn’t mean it’s clean?! That’s 1800′s  ” lady of the night ” thinking.

Come up with a product that psycho cleans in one squirt and I’m in.

Anyway…

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October 26th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: breads, breakfast | 5 comments
 
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