AT THE WATER’S EDGE:
LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
food
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Making Things: Bagels, Cheese and Other Recipes
Unintended though it was, this past weekend was a weekend of making things — mostly food. On Friday, after a delicious surf ‘n turf meal (in which I almost burnt the house down when the grill caught fire, but miraculously managed to keep the steaks from getting charred or overcooked), I decided to try the…
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French Bread, Fried Egg and Feta Brunch
Twas the day before Easter and I just had a hunch, that combining these ingredients would make a great brunch! Some freshly made feta, and freshly baked bread, a fried egg and fresh salad did rouse us from bed! (Okay, enough of the rhyming.) Seriously, though. I’ve been on a homemade bread kick since a…
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Welcoming Spring into the Home and Garden!
My dad just told me today that my grandmother used tolook for the crocuses each spring and announce theirarrival — I wasn’t sure I had any anymore, but I found thislittle guy in the front yard today! Spring is my favorite season. Summer is my favorite, too. In fact, so is fall. But, I think…
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Fried Goat Cheese Spring Salad
Tonight’s dinner truly sprang from a desire to use up the rest of a goat cheese log that I had. After some perusing on Pinterest, I found this recipe for Crispy Fried Goat Cheese and thought it sounded delicious! Then, I realized that I had recently had this sort of fried goat cheese, and it was…
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Two Twisted Taco Recipes
I love tacos. That’s no secret. But I’ve been branching out recently and have tried some new variations on this household favorite…including one for breakfast and one with an Asian flair! I was dreaming of a delicious Saturday morning breakfast and taking into account the ingredients I had on hand (including a green pepper that…
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Crock Pot French Onion Soup
So, I have to be honest. I am not sure that I have ever tried French Onion Soup before tonight. It always sounded intriguing, but looked kind of weird, so I shied away. I’ve been searching for interesting recipes for my new handy dandy Crock Pot I got for Christmas, and I came across this…
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Sriracha Ramen Noodle Bowl
I’m not sure if it’s the old age kicking in or what, but I had a bit of a brain fart at the grocery store yesterday. I knew I had seen a recipe on Pinterest that I wanted to try that was some sort of Asian / Ramen noodle bowl. It sounded like a fairly…
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Pomegranate Cranberry Craze – Three Holiday Recipes
With Thanksgiving this past week and Christmas around the corner, I’ve been in a festive mood lately. We didn’t travel over the holiday weekend so it allowed me the chance to have some good downtime and also do some experimenting in the kitchen! I’ve been spending [too much] time getting ideas from Pinterest, and I…
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Delicious Desserts: 15-Minute Caramel & Pan-Fried Apple Crumble
Saturday at our house felt a little chaotic. After some morning cleaning and some trips back and forth, we finally dropped my car off to get new tires put on in the morning. From there took Happy to the dog park for a last romp before the snow really started to fall. We got home…
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Stuffed Acorn Squash – with Couscous, Bacon and Crispy Sage
I’ve been stepping out of my comfort zone a little this year and have been cooking a lot of squash! I need to find and post some of the other recipes I’ve tried, but I thought I would write down tonight’s meal right away, before I forget! Tom had gotten a home grown acorn squash…
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