Category: Food
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Spicy Pumpkin Soup
I had an impromptu dinner with my sister the other night. We quickly decided to make Spicy Pumpkin Soup as I still had fresh pumpkin in the refrigerator that needed to be used. We drove over to the store quickly as I was running a little low on a couple of ingredients. We had a…
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The Husband’s Pizza
The other night, Brent decided that he wanted to take a turn at making a pizza. He did an awesome job. He has a completely different view on pizza which makes it fun for him to make one. He is so much better at rolling out the pizza crust than I am. We decided to…
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Pumpkin Ginger Soup
I wanted to try and make a pumpkin soup last year, but I never got around to it. This year, I chopped up a pumpkin and pureed it to make a Pumpkin Ginger Soup. It tasted great! We had my parents over to enjoy this meal with us. It was great food and great company.…
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Gazpacho…Once a distant memory.
I have been wanting to make gazpacho, a cold soup filled with tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers to name a few of the ingredients, since my return from Spain in the summer of ’07. I was even preparing myself for this while I was still there. My host mom spent an afternoon showing me how…
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Homemade Pizza & Cucumber Salad
My homemade pizza tonight consisted of tomato sauce full of some special seasonings with mozzarella cheese. I topped it off with chicken, green & black olives, onion, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Oh boy did it turn out good. This was my first attempt at a pizza completely from scratch. Brent and I like our bagel…
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Our Adventures on Brent’s B’day
Here are some pictures of the adventures Brent and I took on his birthday. Read about it here. Enjoy the photos and be sure to click on the thumbnails for a full/larger view.
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Brent’s Birthday Breakfast
Last night I was trying to figure out what to make Brent for his birthday breakfast. Since he normally makes breakfast, I decided that he could not on his birthday. I wanted to give him a day off as it is definitely deserved. His 26 years in this world and all the running he does…
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Dinner for One
Brent headed over to some friends house tonight, but not before I whipped a batch of homemade brownies for all the guys. What guys do not want tasty brownies after pizza? What a combo. I then decided to make myself a tasty dinner for one. I had a bunch of fresh peppers and onion, a…
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Trying New Things
Last night, some good friends of ours invited us over for dinner. She had just got a Japanese cook book and wanted to try something out on us. Well, it turned out great. I can not tell you the type of soup we had, nor what the chicken skewers are called. For dessert, we indulged…
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Raspberry Pear Crisp
Last night, I decided to take a chance at making a raspberry pear crisp without a recipe. We had some friends over the other night and I had made individual apple crisps. Well, I wanted to make sometime of dessert for last night as Brent was upstairs working on some projects that he is several…
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Tastiness
Last night, we had some wonderful friends over for dinner. I made mahi mahi tacos, pineapple salsa, and individual apple crisps. With the leftover pineapple salsa, I decided to make pineapple chicken for dinner tonight. I served it with a side of rice, a side of avocados, a dollop of sour cream, and topped it…
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Breakfast Time
I love the mornings as my most amazing husband ever always shows off his breakfast skills. He has no problem coming up with great things to make. As a girl that hardly ate breakfast before her husband came into the picture, I do not know how I could live without it now. It is probably…