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Black Bean Brownies?

Posted in Cookbooks, Dessert, baking, cooking, tagged , , , , on June 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

They look so good! I may have to make them at some point to “test them” out
Black Bean Brownies
~Sarah

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Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Posted in Dessert, baking, cooking, tagged , , , , , on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Feeling inspired I made this two layer cake up for dessert tonight:

Dark chocolate cake, raspberry filling and encirlced in chocolate fudge frosting.
Decadent and it smells so good…..
~Sarah

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A Fun Resource

Posted in Cookbooks, tagged , , on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This website is an awesome resource of antique cook books. A fun time waster indeed!
The Grocers Encyclopedia is a really cool look at 1911 and how grocery stores were run before WWI. The book is fully scanned in, will all pages. It is neat to see the items sold in stores and the descriptions of [...]

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Salmon Cakes and Sides

Posted in Dinner, cooking, tagged , , , , , on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For dinner tonight I had a craving for salmon cakes. I meshed a couple recipes together to get this version – and I like them very much. Served with a homemade tartar sauce to dip in, sweet and sour beets on the side.
The salmon cakes work best if you make the base a couple hours [...]

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Red White and Blue Crisp

Posted in Dessert, baking, cooking, tagged , , , on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A quick to put together crisp of what I had in the house – 3 pears and half a box of strawberries. A sweet, bubbly dessert.

Red White and Blue Crisp

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups peeled, cored and sliced fresh pears
3 cups sliced strawberries tossed with 1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 cup dried blueberries
1/3 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp lemon [...]

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A Long Time Favorite Book

Posted in Book Reviews, tagged , on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

When I was growing my parents had this book on their bookshelf:

It was the classic by Readers Digest – that went on to teach me a lot of skills over the years. How to skin a squirrel, make soap, ford a river, can, plant a garden…..one of those books everyone ate up in the late [...]

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Neat Blog To Check Out

Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of the ladies I talk to via the hiking forums sent me a link to Family Style Food. Nice blog, gorgeous food shots and tasty looking recipes.
~Sarah

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Clear and Natural?

Posted in Shopping Finds on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is not meant as medical advice – this is just something that has worked for me.
Over on our outdoors blog I have talked more about the workouts I have been doing now for over 4 months (I am in Week 21). While weight loss has been nice, my goal has been strength over fast [...]

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