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For the love of PIE ~ Week Five: Loyalty
10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie. For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Entertaining, Pastry, Sweets, Vegetarian
Tagged Baking, Blueberries, Blueberry Pie, Cooking, Dessert, Food, fresh whipped cream, Fruit, Fruit Pies, homemade whipped cream, loyalty, Pastry, Pie Crust, Recipes, Summer Foods, Summer Pies, Sweets, Vegetarian, whipped cream, Wild blueberries, Wild blueberry pie
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For the love of PIE ~ Week Four: Forgiveness
10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie. For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Dessert, Entertaining, Sweets, Vegetarian
Tagged Baking, Chocolate, Chocolate and Peanut Butter, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, Chocolate Pie, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Mocha, Mocha Sauce, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Pie, Pie, Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian, Warm Mocha Sauce
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For the love of PIE ~ Week Three: Responsibility
10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie. For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Entertaining, Pastry, Sweets, Vegetarian
Tagged Baking, Blackberries, Blackberry Pie, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Fruit, Fruit Pies, Pastry, Pie, Recipes, Sour Cream, Sour Cream Blackberry Pie, Summer Foods, Summer Pies, Sweets
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For the love of PIE ~ Week Two: Diligence and Discipline
10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie. For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Entertaining, French, Pastry, Sweets, Uncategorized
Tagged Baking, Berries, Cooking, Cream Cheese, Dessert, Food, French Strawberry Glacé Pie, Fruit, Fruit Pies, Pastry, Picking Strawberries, Pie, Recipes, Strawberries, Strawberry Pie, Summer Foods, Summer Pies, Sweets, Vegetarian
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For the love of PIE ~ Week One: Resilience
10 Weeks ~ 10 Pies ~ 10 People ~ 10 Virtues There’s no sweeter way to honor those who have impacted my life with virtue than by baking pie. For the next 10 weeks, I will be spotlighting a pie … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Entertaining, Lunch, Pastry, Sweets, Vegetarian
Tagged Baking, Coconut, Coconut Cream, Coconut Cream Pie, Coconut Cream Pie with Coconut Meringue Topping, Coconut Meringue Topping, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Greek Dessert, Meringue, Meringue Topping, Pastry, Pie, Pie Crust, Recipes, Resilience, Sweets, Vegetarian
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Go BIG or go home.
There have been times when some have accused me of having an all or nothing mentality. I’ll concede to not being a lover of compromise but if this was actually the case, I’d either be living in a box with … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Entertaining, Sweets, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
Tagged Baking, Brunch, Cake, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Pecans, Pineapple, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian
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The Waldorf Salad…a dish to pass.
I call myself a potluck snob. Potlucks have never made my list of favorite things for several reasons. First, I’m very critical of other people’s food. I won’t spend more than one bite on mediocre cooking. Secondly, it takes several trips … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Entertaining, Greek, Lunch, Salads, Savory, Vegetarian
Tagged apples, brown sugar, Brunch, Cooking, Dinner, dried cranberries, Food, fruit salad, grapes, Greek, Greek yogurt, Honey, Lunch, maple syrup, maple-glazed, maple-glazed pork chops, Pecans, Pork, pork chops, Recipes, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian, Waldorf Salad
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Kiss me I’m GREEK!
If you’ve ever been a little girl, you’ve written your name a hundred different ways, taking on various last names belonging to cute boys as your own. For instance, in third grade I was Mrs. Andrea Kieft taking on the … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Entertaining, Greek, Savory
Tagged Beef, Cabbage, Cabbage Rolls, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Greek, Lahanodolmathes, Lamb, Mediterranean, Recipes, Side Dishes, Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
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Get out of my kitchen!
There are people who love to cook with their kids. I am definitely not one of them. Whoever thought it was a good idea to invite children into the kitchen for fun was most certainly not a control freak like me. … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Entertaining, Lunch, Savory
Tagged Bacon, Bacon and Eggs, Baking, Breakfast, Brunch, Buttermilk, Cooking, Food, Hash, Lunch, Muffins, Orange Zest, Poppy Seed Muffins, Potatoes, Recipes, Sour Cream Muffins, Zucchini
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A little taste of Italy…in Spain.
In June of 2008 I took my daughter, Julia, on a trip to Costa del Sol, Spain in celebration of her high school graduation. This was just as much a celebration for me as it was for her. After all, … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Bread, Dinner, Entertaining, Italian, Pasta, Savory
Tagged Appetizer, Baking, Bread, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Garlic, Garlic Bread, Manicotti, Marinara, Mediterranean, Parmesan, Pasta, Recipes, Ricotta, Spinach, Tomato Sauce, Vegetarian
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I'm From Baklava and Ouzo...a love story 