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September 9, 2011

Lemon Coconut Cake for Recipe Friday

This cake recipe is not an original, but it is special at our house. It comes from the essential baking cookbook by Murdoch Books, and it has become my son’s signature cake. He has made it at least 5 times, most recently for our anniversary....

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September 2, 2011

Wanted: Bread Pudding for Recipe Friday

Last night we went out to dinner at a local Irish Pub. I had Plum Duff Bread Pudding for dessert, but was a bit disappointed. It tasted okay, but wasn’t what I was expecting. It was extremely dry and the outside crust was overdone. It...

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August 26, 2011

Chop Salad for Recipe Friday

It’s finally really summer here in the Pacific Northwest. It was 90° last Saturday and as I write this on Wednesday night I see that it’s supposed to hit 90° again the next two days. This has me thinking about salads. I know we should...

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August 19, 2011

Hot Mango Chutney Dip for Recipe Friday

Last Saturday, on my last day in Austin, my Aunt Norma made a delicious dip to go with crackers as part of our lunch. I was a bit puzzled when she started making it, and then when my cousin arrived with the last two ingredients...

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July 29, 2011

Dueling Chickens for Recipe Friday

I love chicken on the Traeger, but usually we do chicken breasts or drumsticks. But a couple of weeks ago we were at Costco and they had two-packs of whole chickens. We decided to just cook them both on the same day and have leftovers....

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July 22, 2011

Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin for Recipe Friday

I am really loving having my Traeger again! There are just so many good things to make on a Traeger. Last week we had bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin. I’ve made tenderloin lots of times, but have never tried it with bacon. It turned out awesome! We...

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July 15, 2011

Caesar Salad for Recipe Friday

It’s been a busy week and there hasn’t been much new being cooked around here. I’ve been trying to think of what to post for Recipe Friday, but seem to be lacking in creativity. I finally decided to post my husband’s favorite salad recipe. It’s...

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July 8, 2011

Traveling Sandwiches for Recipe Friday

I love to travel, but flying is not my favorite. I do like to travel by car and we have done that a lot, including for our vacation to the Redwoods this past week. My favorite is to stay in rustic cabins, but quite often...

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July 1, 2011

S’mOreos for Recipe Fridays

I know what you’re thinking — I spelled it wrong. It’s supposed to be s’mores. But trust me, I spelled it right. I had my Recipe Friday recipe all planned. I had asked my son to make his awesome Lemon Coconut Cake for a potluck...

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June 24, 2011

Chicken Salad for Recipe Friday

Friday night and Saturday I’m attending a Women’s Retreat at my church. It is going to be awesome! Because we are a Lutheran church, we had to include potluck in the mix somehow. So for dinner on Friday night we are having a salad potluck....

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