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[audio https://delectablediction.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/montgomery-gentry-letters-from-home.mp3%5D I know this is primarily a food blog ~ but lately, food for thought is on the menu… I am sharing part of an email I received from my husband, who is currently deployed to Afghanistan. Hope you enjoy his words ~ for they are heartfelt. May they feed…
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Happy Halloween!
Here is a sweet treat that is great from halloween to halloween and everyday in between! Enjoy ~ v Truffle Brownies 1 1/4 c butter (don’t freak out, it’s just butter!) 3/4 c baking cocoa 3 T flour 1 c + 1 T sugar, divided 4 eggs, separated 2 tsp vanilla Heat…
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Happy Wednesday, friends ~ off to do a bread baking class!
The Golden Egg
“Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.” – Russian Proverb No, I’m not going Wonka on you ~ just talking about the glorious, versatile egg… They are almost a perfect food ~ when used as an ingredient in your cooking, they can create leavening, coagulate, emulsify, add texture or bind your ingredients.. they even…
Triple Berry Pie with Cream Cheese Crust
Just a sneak peek at tomorrow’s post – it looks like all evidence of a pie even baking in this house is about to disappear! Until tomorrow!
Demolish me ~
Uno non può pensare bene, amare bene, dormire bene, se non ha mangiato bene. Mrs D has asked for my assistance translating another FANTASTIC recipe! Wow ~ what a flavor explosion! The only thing I did differently, was add 1/4 c of almond flour to the cake flour… I knew it was already going to…
zucca, قرع نباتي, pompoen, citrouille ~ a pumpkin, by any other name…
The following excerpt was taken from the History Channel ~ In the United States, pumpkins go hand in hand with the fall holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving. An orange fruit harvested in October, this nutritious and versatile plant features flowers, seeds and flesh that are edible and rich in vitamins. Pumpkin is used to make…
Scotch-Krispie Cookies
Tis the season of ~ mixing and tasting ~ baking and sharing… Here are today’s offerings… I only wish I could share the yummy smells permeating throughout my entire house. ~ Bath & Body would have a new best seller! Scotch-Krispie Cookies 1 c crisco 1 1/2 c packed brown sugar 3 T buttermilk 1 T vanilla…
Reminiscing ~
The body becomes what the foods are, as the spirit becomes what the thoughts are. ~Kemetic Saying I have always had a love-hate relationship with school lunches ~ loved the slightly sweet yeast rolls, hated the Salisbury steak the rolls were served with; loved the real mashed potatoes, hated the lumpy brown [gravy] stuff they…
Salad ~ the Italian way!
Salad ~ the Italian way!.
Salad ~ the Italian way!
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. – Voltaire Once you try insalatina di petto di pollo e verdure con guanciale all’aceto balsamico, you may never go back to what you knew salad to be ~ no, really! It is…
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