It's frosty here in Texas. Here is a holly tree from our back garden. The internet tells me this is probably Yaupon Holly, native to Texas, but I would welcome any correction. Festive anyway.


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.....most of the time.

2 recipes:

( everyone needs sweets sometimes... )

This is a treasured recipe from a Moroccan friend. Pic under the cut. It's very meaty and I didn't want to offend the sensibilities of my vegetarian friends. :)

( mmmmm.... )

Maybe it's just 'cause I'm new to LJ, but I'm really enjoying posting pictoral narrations of my mundane life. Feel free to ignore me as I upload my life to The Cloud. What happens to my journal when The Cloud pops? Maybe I should go back to spiral-bound notebooks, but then I have to wait a whole hour to get the photo prints back. :)

( somebody take this camera away and slap my wrists... )

In an effort to compensate for my EPIC FAIL on dozmuffinxc's recipe swap (I omitted a sentence in the recipes I sent out), here is another recipe for your review.

I thought about sending this recipe out since it's an old standby of mine, but it's got a really strong and spicy flavour. Not for the faint of heart, definitely not for everyone, but if you're in ( Read more... )