Lentil and Bulghur Soup with Minted Garlic Olive Oil Butter and Camp Memories

by Laura on May 17, 2012

Camp has been a big topic of discussion in my house lately.  First, it is the time of year when we choose a week-long day camp for the girls. Second, Alex just read a chapter book in which the protagonist twins spend 5 weeks at a summer camp, so she is interested in all things “camp” (and she asked if she could go next year! 5 weeks!?!?! I don’t think so! <she’s 6 if you’re reading my blog for the first time>). So the girls asked me if I had any camp stories. [keep reading to whet your appetite]

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Cardamom Yogurt Cake

by Laura on May 13, 2012

Cardamom Yogurt Cake

Happy Mothers’ Day!

I just felt an actual pang in my heart, speaking of the emotional roller coaster known as parenting. [keep reading to whet your appetite]

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A Basque Inspired Red Bean Stew that Got Lost Amongst the Minutiae of Everyday Life

May 9, 2012

I just got back from a fabulous weekend at EatWriteRetreat–and this recipe did not survive the trip.

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Lemon Basil Bundt Cake

May 1, 2012

John and I were squabbling the other day, a run of the mill dumb fight–the kind we do have in front of the kids because I think it is healthier for them to see us fight and make up than always get along perfectly.  

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Warm Beans and Spinach with Sun-Dried Tomato Yogurt Dressing

April 25, 2012

April is turning out to be colder than March, in one of those weird early spring Ohio twists.  I actually had hot chocolate before bed twice this past weekend, and Sammy’s soccer practice tonight was out and out freezing. Alex has a cold and my throat has hurt intermittently for the last week.  John is [...]

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Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake and Some Gardening Mysteries

April 17, 2012

The worst thing about being behind on posts is craving what I am writing about.  I came home with extra lemon bunny cake that a friend made for Easter while we were in Columbus (which was absolutely delicious), but it is gone now and I have not baked anything since returning.  So staring at this [...]

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Weeknight Thai Style Stir Fry

April 11, 2012

SO sorry for the extended absence! It is spring break this week, and I was gone starting last Thursday at my parents’ house.  Also, with the crazy weather we have been having, I have serious spring fever.  Not much cooking or baking around here, more like trips to the park and sitting on my hammock [...]

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All Purpose Cocoa Cookie Dough for Wafers, Bars, Drop Cookies

April 3, 2012

I am frequently wary of all purpose cookie doughs.  They are usually butter cookie dough based, and maybe I should not say wary so much as they do not result in the kinds of cookies that I love, so I pass them by.  But then a few weeks ago I was browsing Fine Cooking: Chocolate, [...]

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Sun-Dried Tomato and Mushroom Bean Stew

March 27, 2012

I was mourning our nice weather, because I had just acquired Crescent Dragonwagon’s Bean by Bean and felt like nothing in it was weather appropriate.  It is not yet fresh bean season,but it was unseasonably hot, making me loathe to stew dried beans all day.  And then bang! this is Ohio in March and just [...]

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Brown Sugar Pound Cake, Slightly Salted

March 21, 2012

I have been skating around brown sugar pound cakes for a long time now. Staring at recipes, thinking about making them, backing off and choosing a different recipe at the last minute.   We have a complicated relationship, me and brown sugar. I love it plain–I steal pinch-fuls every time I bake–but many brown sugar [...]

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