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Homemade Mandarin Marmalade (a.k.a. what to do with all those Mandarin Oranges)

Every year without fail, we will be left with loads of mandarin oranges, leftovers from the Chinese Lunar New Year.  The man of the house INSISTS on getting a box/carton of oranges each year (“Get ‘kum’ (gold in chinese) into … Continue reading

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The Return of Tax Returns Filing

How many of you notice that I always seem to “disappear” from my blog during the first three months of the year?  It was no different this year, if you’d noticed.  I had a valid reason of course… My three … Continue reading

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Spaghetti Aglio Olio with Buttered Chicken & Homegrown Genovese Basil

I just wanted to make the name of the dish extra long because I am so extremely pleased with myself.  Heh. So this was what we had for dinner last night.  It was a last minute preparation, given that yesterday … Continue reading

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I’m a Green Finger Wannabe

Sometime during the middle of last year, I decided to give gardening another go.  I can almost hear my hubby chuckling away in the background because the truth is, I never had success growing stuff.  The prospect did not look … Continue reading

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Breakfast of Champions: Overnight Oats

Can I have a show of hands as to how many of you have succumbed to the latest fad that is Overnight Oats? Me? I’m guilty as charged! I was never a fan of oatmeal before this because I don’t … Continue reading

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