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Banana Bread and a Reflection on Family
This season is ripe with family time. We just returned from our third trip to Kansas City yesterday, and are settling back into the quiet that is our little apartment. Banana bread helped…
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Homemade English Muffins (and first photos on our new table)
There is beauty in the simplicity of homemade bread, Warm water, yeast, flour and salt bake up to something so much more. Homemade english muffins are a favorite around here that I often…
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Pumpkin Espresso loaf with Sunflower Maple crumble
“The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places” Ernest Hemingway Every time I wonder into the kitchen, I never feel alone. I always imagine that I am baking…
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Caramel Chai Banana Bread / 19 things I learned about cooking while being 19
This year marks my first year in my own kitchen, our first year living together, and I have learned so much. Especially when it comes to food… 1) you can always make do…
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Orangette’s Winning Hearts and Mind’s Cake
This cake. This book. Molly Winzberg’s book “a homemade life” made my week. All week, I sat on the couch, reading pages and pages, tempted to try every recipe, yet not wanting to…
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Back to School Party: How To
Back to school is always a bittersweet time for me. It brings back sweet childhood memories of buying colored binders and flowery pens but it also comes along with new thoughts of the…
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Cooking: Grilled French Toast
Some mornings are sweet and relaxing, waking up and having time to do many things before lunch. But in all honesty, my summer waking up routine involves getting up about an hour before…
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Cooking: Greek platter, a new favorite!
This has become a new favorite of my families dip recipes. I found it initially on Pinterest, and have many a few changes to make it even better The recipe is simple and…
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Minimalist makeup storage
A few weeks ago, I went through all of my makeup and offered my sister most the makeup I had. I love the idea of wearing makeup but often I was overwhelmed by…