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Darth Vader bakes a pear pie

Darth Vader bakes a pear pie

Darth Vader baked a Lattice Pie with Pears and Vanilla Brown Butter. I was his kitchen assistant and as you can see, there were issues with the crust which is why the lattice pie doesn’t have a lattice crust. The podcast is coming up shortly and we put this pie together during the recording.

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Making s’mores

The kid is way into making s’mores lately. I can’t remember what started it, but all of a sudden last weekend all I heard about was s’mores. So we got graham crackers and Hershey’s chocolate bars at the grocery store (we had the marshmallows) …. and we bought those little containers of Blue Bunny ice …

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Running update & foodies get ready

Well I’m starting to get into the longer mileage for my training for the Lakefront Marathon. I’ve got 14 to do this weekend, I’ll probably try to do them on Saturday morning with the Striders. Jeff has his Home Alone run on Sunday, which I’ll most likely be at too. I’m not sure I’ll do …

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52 Weeks of Cake: Olive-oil cake?

52 Weeks of Cake: Olive-oil cake?

The cake of the week was Olive-Oil Cake with Candied Orange, from the June 2011 issue of Bon Appetit.   Here it is while it was cooling off.   Here is the finished cake with the candied oranges on it, and those are pistachios sprinkled on top. The cake was DELICIOUS!!! We both agreed that …

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Mmmmm cake!

Mmmmm cake!

My husband is on a cake baking quest, 52 weeks of cakes, he made this one while I ran the Bastille 5K (after he baked all those cookies). So I’m washing all of the dishes that do not fit in the dishwasher and he’s trying to take a picture of his cake. He did not …

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Ep 5: Spotted Cow

You can download Running & Other Stuff Podcast Ep 5: Spotted Cow here or here.   I talk about reading the nutrition labels on food, that time we got lost on a hike, I go for a bike ride and somehow the words just flow! Spotted Cow, Fat Tire, my bicycle, Ragnar, how will I …

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Thursday Thirteen: Irrelevent stuff

I’ve been using the Lose It! app for almost two weeks now and it’s really helped me stay in check with the food that I’m eating. And I’ve lost four pounds. I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I feel like I’ve lost my taste for sweets. Everyone once in a while I crave some …

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