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Archive for June, 2009

200 pie crusts, more or less

Posted in Baking Ingredients, Pie, Pie crusts on June 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Jen here!  First, a quick lesson …
Essential Gear
12. Patience
It’s a quality and not a thing, but it’s essential so we’ll include it here.  Forget perfection on the first try.  In the face of frustration, your best tool is a few deep breaths, and remembering that you can do anything once you’ve practiced two hundred times.  [...]

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If I could be famous …

Posted in Pumpkin Chocolate Chip, muffins, winter squash on June 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Maybe I was the only one (yeah, right) that wanted to be famous when I was younger. I’m sure my reasons were deep and profound, like, I want to be popular and not be the weird one, I want to have a lot of money and a giant house and great cars.

I see famous people [...]

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Corn Chowder – 3 ways (and The Prepared Pantry)

Posted in Dill, Kid-friendly, Parsley, Quick, Soup, corn, food storage, simple recipes on June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Jen here!  I don’t know about most of you, but much of our “summer” so far has been overcast and cooler.  Definitely a grey June.  I’ve heard about Utah’s rain, so I’m guessing it’s been similar other places too.   Soup weather, in June!
Anyways, last night, we enjoyed a lovely, easy corn chowder that went together [...]

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Still around . . . and feeding my kids

Posted in Canning, Fruit, Jam, Kid-friendly, food preservation on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Jen here.  Seems like we all needed a bit of a hiatus.  Life happens.  Gardens and family take over.  Meals simplify way down (quesadillas and burritos are happening a lot around here).   Over Memorial day weekend, I processed over 30 pounds of cherries (thanks Dad and Melanie) – I’ve never done cherries before, except as [...]

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What every chocolate Easter bunny should become

Posted in Marshmallows, chocolate on June 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Matt declared that all Chocolate Easter Bunnies should have this fate.

I might agree. That said, you have just discovered what HORRIBLE FAILURES we are at eating holiday candy in the appropriate season. Our babysitter has helped us and yet we continue to fail. That is until I prepared the appropriate accompaniments for said chocolate.

I learned [...]

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Strawberry Shortcake

Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of my favorite summer desserts since childhood is Strawberry Shortcake. Typically I have just made the individual portion shortcakes using the Bisquick recipe. Well, I ran out of Biquick while having a plethora of strawberries and I decided to break out of the mold. (I know, living on the wild side.)
Not only is this [...]

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