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Chocolate Pudding Pie (a.k.a. My First Pie)

Yes, it is throw-down time again. Here we will separate the wheat from the chaff and find out if you are really a “foodie”. If you consider yourself to be a high brow food connoisseur of any sort, some of my throw-down recipes will horrify you and you will run away. The rest of …click to continue Chocolate Pudding Pie (a.k.a. My First Pie)

Blackberry Lime Popsicles

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I considered alternative names for these popsicles such as Bloody Murder Pops, Don’t Touch Me Pops, Vampire Pops, Get That Out of My House Pops, and Half Naked in the Backyard Pops. I chose the straightforward Blackberry Lime Popsicles…boring, perhaps. But, since sugar and water are the only other ingredients in this creation, it …click to continue Blackberry Lime Popsicles

Tangerine Sheet Cake

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You well know by now my love of the humble sheet cake. This offering is delicious and has received raves from grown ups and children. I flavor it with tangerine juice and tangerine zest. The best move was borrowed from Cook’s Illustrated’s Cook’s Country Magazine which printed a recipe for a lemon cake several …click to continue Tangerine Sheet Cake

Apple Brownies

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I’m one of those people that will make a pained expression at the notion of blondies, or non-chocolate brownies, devoted as I am to simple deep chocolate “real” brownies. I’ve never even made a batch of blondies. My understanding is that blondies are not so much non-chocolate brownies as brownies which contain butterscotch instead …click to continue Apple Brownies

The State Fair of Texas

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The State Fair of Texas is open for business. This is an event that my little family never misses. I have photos of Pitts and me going to the fair while we were engaged, married with no kids, pregnant, with one little baby, with a toddler and pregnant, with two small kids, and now …click to continue The State Fair of Texas