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Homemade Pasta (and a Wish List Item for Christmas)

A couple of days ago, something possessed me to make pasta for dinner.  I don’t mean to take out dried pasta from the packet and put into boiling salt water.  I mean make pasta from scratch. I think I was … Continue reading

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Minestrone Soup: Healthy Homemade Goodness

Often times our dinner du jour is a one pot meal, or something close to that.  In the recent weeks, as I explore a variety of vegetarian meals and try to cut down on meat, I’ve fallen back on Minestrone … Continue reading

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Caramel Macadamia Brittle Cheesecake

Needs and Wants.  It is often very easy to distinguish between the two.  A Need is something you require to sustain your life on this planet.  A Want is something you wished you could have to make your life easier … Continue reading

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Honey/Maple Oatmeal Bread: Homemade Yumminess

Please go to the end of this post for a special blog message. There are three reasons why I made this bread. Firstly, I didn’t want to be making milk loaves all the time.  I wanted variety, and I wanted … Continue reading

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Gỏi Cuốn: Simply Healthy, Seriously Addictive

It’s a known fact that I love my Vietnamese food: I can wax lyrical about a steaming hot bowl of phố, a delicious-tasting Bánh Mì or some steamed rice with a heartwarming bowl of   Bo’ Kho.  But the best appetizer … Continue reading

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