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Lemon and Coconut Loaf Cakes
This past weekend, friends came to dinner after a romantic getaway to Miami Beach. Fresh, relaxed, and full of stories, their good times warmed the evening with sunshine. I wanted to create a dinner...
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Penne Pasta with Shrimp and Chicken
I love planning and creating meals for my family. This endless set of tasks bring me great joy. Meals are usually in the back of my mind throughout the week. Still, there are times when I find myself...
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Rich Heirloom Bean Soup
Both of my children are growing and changing, each at critical junctures in their lives. A few months shy of his 21st birthday, our son is negotiating important questions—including his major at...
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Delicate Oatmeal Shorties with Lemon and Coconut
Most of the U.S. has had unusual winter weather. I feel for folks out west who are experiencing drought and for the southern states that saw snow for the first time this year. While we are accustomed...
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Too-Good-To-Be-True Veggie Relishes
This year we are welcoming three of our son’s university friends to our Thanksgiving table. While I couldn’t be happier to have them join us, I find myself getting more anxious than usual about meal...
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Warming Winter Bean Soup
The storm of Thanksgiving is over—our guests have gone, the fancy dishes are back in the sideboard, and there’s not a crumb of leftovers remaining from the holiday feast. While our home has returned...
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Ginger-Snappy Apple and Lime Pie
I started to make this pie as a distraction to the news headlines last week. Upset over the terrorist killings in Paris, I wanted to focus on something else, something over which I felt I had control...
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Sunshine-Filled Orange Berry Muffins
It was a bitter cold when we arrived home from a long work weekend away. Layered with piles of clothing but still shivering as the wind blew through my body, I couldn’t expect the warm sunshine...
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Marinated Winter Vegetable Salad
The northeastern section of the United States is in the midst of a blizzard. Spared the worst of the storm in our part of New Hampshire, the outside is still bitter cold with the wind blowing gusts of...
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Chocolatey Sunflower Butter Cookies
Another day, another snowstorm. That’s how it’s felt in New England this winter. I suppose if you don’t live in this part of the world, it may seem like the snow and the cold are something to endure,...
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Maple Chipotle Meatballs
My husband and I will celebrate our twenty-third wedding anniversary on Saturday. I like the number 23 because there is nothing particularly special about it. With no decades nor parts of a century to...
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Individual Butternut Squash Tarts
The weather is changing in New England and we are all giggles at the turn of events. After what has been an arduous winter of sub-zero temperatures, it’s been so nice to have a few signs of spring....
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