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Waldorf Salad Remix- The BEST you’ll ever taste!
Waldorf Salads. Some people love them. Until recently, I wasn’t one of those people. Sure, I like celery, apples, and walnuts. I even like them together. I do not, however, like mayonnaise. My sweet...
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Purple Sweet Potato Pie
Mmmm pie. Who doesn’t love it? Crispy, flaky, buttery crust, filled with some sort of sweet deliciousness, all topped with whipped cream? I adore pie (and unlike most people, have always thought the...
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Sweet and Savory Caprese Tart
Anyone who knows me well knows I love to create pastries that walk the line between familiar and exotic, between sweet and savory. My favorite creations leave you with a slightly puzzled expression on...
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Browned Butter Cranberry Cheer Bars
Sometimes you just need a little cheer. The colder holiday season is always a little rough for me. It’s when my Crohn’s Disease likes to rear its ugly head. I’m not sure if it’s because of the lack of...
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German Christmas Cookies
Each December, for as long as my husband can remember, his mom has toiled for a long weekend making traditional German Christmas Cookies. Brigitte, Brig for short, is from a small town near Stüttgart,...
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Easy Grain-Free Gluten-Free Poptarts
When I was in middle school, breakfast often was eaten on the go, and very often meant raspberry poptarts. I’d unwrap the silver foil package and drop both poptarts in the toaster oven, and then brush...
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Gluten-Free Baklava Cookies
Oh baklava. The sticky, crunchy, sweet pastry with a nutty bite. There was this Persian restaurant near where I grew up, and they made the best baklava. I always got a piece whenever we ate there...
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Persian Love Cookies
Even as a young girl, I was always drawn to the exotic. I loved watching the elephant riders at the circus, dressed in Balinese gold-embroidered choli tops and harem pants. They perched atop those...
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Chocolate Irish Cream Cereal Bars (glutenfree) recipe
Things have been nuts here, with all sorts of projects in the works. BUT, late last night, I was inspired by the bottle of Bailey’s in my liquor cabinet, and the box of Mom’s Best Cereal Crispy Cocoa...
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Red, White, and Blueberry Cake Roll
For 5 year old me, the fun in the 4th of July wasn’t the fireworks (too loud). Nor was it the hot summer sun (our sprinkler was adequate at best). No, the fun for me was in eating all the red, white...
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