ANZAC Biscuits s
ANZAC biscuits are Australia’s favourite biscuits. They were first made by the women at home during World War 1, for the soldiers who were overseas. They can be baked to be crunchy or chewy, and even in our house, where they are very popular, opinions are divided as to which way they’re best! I hope you will enjoy them! Ingredients 1 cup rolled oats 2 tablespoons w
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Meet and Greet s
We recently attended our first meet & greet with the Seattle Chef’s Collaborative. We were bit apprehensive and really didn’t know what to expect. This particular meet & greet was held at the FareStart Restaurant and the theme was about distributing extra food resources from the food service industry to the needy and homeless. While we have not been actively working on this p
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Leftover Thanksgiving Frittata
What to do with leftover turkey! I made a frittata for breakfast - the boys loved it! Unfortunately I still have about 2 containers worth of turkey left… eep! I’ll have to cook some more turkey things. The frittata is really easy to make. It’s basically a fancy baked omelet. Ingredients: 1 cup of cubed turkey meat 1/4 cup of leftover stuffing 2 eggs 3 tablespoons of whole milk 4
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Late Thanksgiving in Switzerland
One of my favorite holiday memories is eating cold stuffing the day after thanksgiving. Disgusting, isn’t it? Last night, we had this huge urge to have some stuffing, but given that I don’t like to make stuffing in the bird… too many problems with cooking the bird, plus the birds are too small. So, I’ve learned to make a simple bread stuffing on the cooktop, to bake in th
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A new twist s
Happy happy turkey day everyone! I hope you all had a lovely day filled with the company of loved ones, and of course, loved food! I had a GREAT thanksgiving day with my friend Rachel. We cooked our first turkey day meal together, but with a twist! We cooked a CARIBBEAN thanksgiving turkey dinner Since we were only cooking for three, we didn’t want to cook an entire turkey. Plus, we wanted
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What a $300 Speeding Ticket Will Teach You ~ Part 2 in the Life of the Double Spender
In the last entry, I thought I came face to face with the fact that my financial life was spinning out of control - that I had become a Double Spender. In plain English, that I have been living beyond my means… for years!! At that time, I had absolutely no idea what the next step would be to put me on the right path… On September 12, 2008, life had an idea of how to get my attention an
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(Relatively) Quick Pulled Pork Wraps 1s
Since you’ve already made the coleslaw from last post—you do cook everything I talk about? no?—now it’s time to procure a large hunk of meat. About 4 ½ pounds of pork shoulder (or pork butt) to be exact. Preferably from a good butcher, one who’s about 80 years old and learned the art of butchering as a young lad. If this is not available, get organic from the super
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Ultimate Chewy & Soft Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies must be one of the most baked recipes out there. At any bake sale or potluck you will usually see at least a couple of plates of chocolate chip cookies. I had proof of this just a couple of weeks ago, when 2 out of 15 guests at my book swap brought chocolate chip cookies. Our fabulous Cookie Carnival hostess, Kate, selected a chocolate chunk cookie for this month’s co
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Carneros in the Fall
My wine industry friend placed a quick call to me on Monday, “what are you doing right now?”. I was out hiking on the south ridge above San Geronimo Valley in western Marin County. A gorgeous trail, by the way. ”You have to get up to Carneros and check out the vines, the colors are amazing…”. Hmmm, not a bad idea. I don’t need much coaxing to make a quick tr
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Share your traditions... Win a book!
Frequent readers and subscribers to our feed will notice we’ve taken a couple of sabbaticals since we began this blog. Occassionally people have mailed asking, “So, what are you up to?†Well, this post is an effort at both making excuses and shameless self-promotion. Well, during one of these breaks, the wife - the funny and talented one - wrote a book: Cole Family Christmas. The tale is
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