Dulce de Leche

August 2, 2010
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 Dulce de leche is the most common name for milk caramel in Spanish. It is prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a product that derives its taste from caramelised sugar. The most basic recipe calls for slowly simmering milk and sugar, stirring almost constantly, although other ingredients may be included to achieve special properties. [...]

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A Quick Meal: Gnocchi and Cherry Tomatoes with Basil

July 26, 2010
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It’s just to darn hot to slave over a hot stove or even go out side to BBQ.  It’s been up in the 100′s, peaking at about 109 degrees. If you want to find me, you might want to start looking at the lake! Look for the white lump (I use SPF50), floating on a [...]

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Bacon Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes

July 22, 2010
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There’s not much better then a perfectly ripe cherry tomato.  OK, maybe there are somethings, but these certainly scream Summer to me. Last year at school, we had some cherry tomatoes that tasted just like candy. I swear!!! Oh I know, I use to hate when people would reference veggies as a candy too, but [...]

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Fresh Apricots with Mascarpone Cheese and Pistachios

July 18, 2010
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Summer times means hot weather, vacations, and mosquitoes.  If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, and I know you have been, well…   it’s been vacation time! We left and went to a few destinations in our travels, but our last stop was near Crater Lake in Southern Oregon.  While it was absolutely beautiful, the skeeters [...]

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Banana Pudding: Paula Dean Style!

July 2, 2010
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 The Hubby recently returned from a rather lengthy business trip. He traveled from N. California all the way back to Tennessee, driving through 14 states..  He went back for a music convention, but he played all along the way. He stopped and golfed almost every day, ate at some cool food joints , and went to [...]

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Red, White, and Blue Checkered Cake!

June 27, 2010
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It’s almost the 4th of July and I love me a holiday. Any holiday, I don’t care. I’m a sucker at the checkout for the colors of the season. You dress up those little Hershey kisses in their cute colored wrap, place them near the checkout, and I can almost guarantee they will end up in [...]

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Caesar Salad Flank Steak Burger with Garlic Crostini

June 25, 2010
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I’m a bit late to the burger club party but I did make this months burger for the hubby last night. You see, he’s been gone for almost 2 weeks and deserved some home cookin’. I’m joining Reeni of Cinnamon and Spice, and Everything Nice for her  burger club where we are cookin’ up a [...]

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S’more Bars!

June 20, 2010
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I went to visit a good friend up in Oregon for a few days and I couldm’t believe I had left all the comments I had printed out for my Ice cream maker give away, at home. I was suppose to announce the winner on Friday but…I couldn’t, I had no names, nothing, nada.  Not [...]

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