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fat free cinnamon rolls
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Dorm lounge
I read an article about fb being a big echo chamber. Discussing this with Andrew, it was clear what I want from social media is the dorm lounge experience. That is not fb. Perhaps I need to return to lj. -
hamantaschen and vanilla orange biscuits
We made Hamantaschen for Purim this year. The first batch I made pie crust, cut it into 3.5" circles, put a teaspoon of apricot (and then plum when I ran out of apricot) jelly in the center, and then folded them into the triangle shapes. The second batch I did the following ( Read more... ) -
Elena's 3rd Birthday
Elena was old enough this year to express preference for cake (cherry cheesecake which she made herself) and candles (5 - one for each year completed, one to grow on and one for luck) enthusiasm for presents ( Read more... ) -
carob treats and other candy experiments
In a food processor put ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year!
New Year's has historically brought up mixed feelings for me. I don't like staying up late, even at the best of times and NYE always seemed like a college/college aged type of holiday. Mother would always make a feast on New Year's Day which is nice, but brutal if I stayed up late on New Year's Eve. I like the idea of starting the new year by ( Read more... ) -
coconut products AND more food to try when the weather is colder
coconut milk + vanilla + hazelnut extract + sweetener, blended, refridgerated overnight and then blended again, reminds me of soft whipped cream that mom used the one time she made cream puffs and would use to top strawberry pie ( Read more... ) -
excited to try making Bolani and kibbe
I made pita a few days ago and today for lunch stuffed the pita with red lentil soup. It reminded me of the spinach bolani I had in Menlo Park. so then I started looking on the internet. I found a youtube video for potato bolani that looks like the recipe is mashed potatoes, chopped tomato, thickly sliced onions, chopped chili pepper and chopped ( Read more... ) -
thoughts on posting
So I know Elena has been *more* interested in the computer and has figured out that pushing the power button gets the adult's *immediate* attention. Also, after Halloween was Thanksgiving and Christmas and Amyas' son being born and Valentines Day and Jeselle, Mom, Bonnie, Alanna and Aiden moving to San Diego and then the fiasco of Elena's party and ( Read more... ) -
Wow! the last time I was on lj was Halloween and this is what I wrote b4 getting interrupted...
The year I enjoyed the Halloween festivities perfectly. There was nothing I would have added or taken away and each part of the process was enjoyable ( Read more... )