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I'm living a little further out from work this week and it roughly doubles my commute time. Unsurprisingly, this causes a bit more chaos in the morning, especially with a german shepherd puppy supervising all activities. From chasing her to retrieve my underwear dangling between her teeth to closing her up in the office before I leave, it adds a ( Read more... )

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For the roommate get together on Halloween, I bought a can of pumpkin for some donuts. The donuts ended up becoming muffins and I made orange icing for a topping. Then I thought, what I would I do with the leftover 25 ounces of pumpkin? I had marked this recipe a while ago and wondered if it would work. To be frank...it sounded sick. One box ( Read more... )

My brownies may only be a quarter of an inch thick, but at least they didn't boil.  I have had terrible luck with brownie mixes and tonight for the first time in two years I was able to successfully bake brownies.  Next time I will experiment more with leavening agents, but for now I'll enjoy my gooey, chocolatey, melt-in-your mouth brownie success

One of my favorite foods this summer has been stirfry. Here is a meal of tofu and snow peas, stirfried in soy sauce, ginger and splashed with the hot chili sauce Sriracha. A bed of quinoa is under the tofu and peas.

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After a week and a half of schedule adjustment and the promise of a long weekend, I decided to take advantage of some extra time. I had not made a good dinner for a while and so decided to do something with squash and then make tiramisu cupcakes. My parents had bought a Kahlua knock-off this week and I was excited to use it ( Read more... )

I registered for the GRE Subject test--April 12. Early? Yes, but it's a better time to take it now than in the fall. The general test will be taken (again) in the summer ( Read more... )

What a lovely day to catch up on things needing doing. Sleep was the first priority and now that that's out of the way, on to more important things like laundry, letter-writing and list-completing. It's been a whirlwind lately. Lots of cooking and baking. Lots of events. Lots of everyday-ness that needs to be completed ( Read more... )