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Nigella Ruined My Brownies
The other day I had a conversation with myself. I do this frequently. So far I haven’t been locked up, or committed, so until I’m threatened with a padded room in the looney wing located in the sub-basement of my local hospital, I’ll probably continue to have conversations with myself. I’m quite interesting, unless I’m boring. Then by default I’m not interesting. In case you were wondering. I’ve been meaning to share some of my conversations with you guys, but I figured you’d think I was a nutter and you’d stop following my blog. However, I changed my mind when my friend Mandy from South Your Mouth started blogging about her conversations with…
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Roasted Cherry & Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
Wanna know a secret? I could live without ice cream. I know, right? That’s like blasphemy or something. It’s just wrong to not love ice cream. But here I am, and I don’t love it. I do however seriously enjoy homemade ice cream. I’ve had fun coming up with flavors that both The Stud Muffin and I like. TSM loves ice cream. The man has never met a bowl of ice cream that he didn’t like. When I told him he couldn’t have any of this ice cream until I had a chance to take photos I thought the poor man was going to pass out. It’s not nice to deny The Stud…
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The “Help Me!” Series, Chapter 2: I’m Stressed
I’m tired. No, really. I’m worn out, dog tired and stressed. Do you ever get like that? I honestly can’t imagine how you women with children do it. I don’t have kids and it takes every ounce of mental energy I have just to get out of bed. I’d be an even hotter mess if I had kids. You’ve gotta know what I mean, because I know I’m not alone. Today I wanted to talk about being tired, and worn out and go over some things to help us through those times. I already know why I’m worn out. We’re moving 1205 miles away in 10 weeks, my house still has to go…
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Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream
Have you ever had a culinary epiphany? I had one tonight and it sort of started out with me replaying old Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup commercials in my head. I was all “You put your peanut butter in my chocolate” and “You put your chocolate in my peanut butter” except for some reason I was doing that in a British accent, and then I considered that this decadent chocolate pudding would taste amazeballs if instead of using a plain whipped cream garnish, I added peanut butter to the whipped cream! KABOOM!! …Mind. Blown! Yeah, that epiphany made me a little light headed, as brilliant revelations often do. So there I stood thinking, who…
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The Quest for the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie
You know that episode of FRIENDS where Phoebe misplaces her grandmother’s chocolate chip cookie recipe (which happens to be the famous Nestle Tollhouse recipe) and Monica spends an entire day in the kitchen making like 23 different chocolate chip cookie recipes so she can try and duplicate the taste and texture of that one amazing chocolate chip cookie that Phoebe gave her? Well, that’s me. I’m in search for a chocolate chip cookie that doesn’t make me grumpy. I’m looking for the best chocolate chip cookie. A cookie that has some depth of flavor to it, subtle nuances, something more than just sugar, butter, flour and chocolate. I want a cookie that makes…
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Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug
We have 11 weeks until we pack up our entire home here in MN and move down to SC. I’m starting to panic. Just a little. I have to have a somewhat major surgery in a few weeks, I have a house to sell, I have a moving/garage sale to organize, there is packing and deep cleaning that still needs to be done and I’m starting to wonder if one 26 foot U-Haul is going to be enough to hold all our stuff. Because I have no idea if that U-Haul is going to hold everything, I decided to start using up as much of my pantry baking staples as I could so…
