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Thanksgiving Verse (Desktop Wallpaper Too)
I work up various desktop backgrounds to match the season (or my mood)- see “Desktop Wallpapers” for more. With Thanksgiving coming right up, I thought I’d create one for the verse about Thanksgiving...
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Christmas Party Ideas: Yankee Swap/White Elephant with a Twist
We’ll be having our 31th annual New Deli Christmas Party soon. We always play a few games, and always do a “White Elephant” (AKA “Yankee Swap” or “Snatchy Christmas Rat”). But we wanted to do something...
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German Potato Salad (Good Starch?!)
I was never big on potato salad. I figured it wasn’t exactly healthy. But what if it WAS healthy? Turns out, cold potato starch (along with other “resistant starches”) can improve gut health, which can...
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Tres Leches Cake w/ Coconut
My husband says a cake can use a fancy name, to distinguish it from any average cake. Of course, a good recipe helps too! There are a lot of recipes for this type of cake, but I wanted one that...
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White Chocolate Cake w/ Strawberries
My mom subscribed to Sunset and Bon Appetit magazines for years (back in the seventies and eighties), and was inspired to make fancy cakes like this, found among the pages. I made the cake again, some...
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Poppy Seed Cake
I wanted to make a poppy seed cake for my husband’s birthday, but he hadn’t been too thrilled with the original recipe. Fine. He was right. The first cake was not exceptional. So I pushed myself to...
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Mashed Potatoes w/ Rosemary
Our church’s annual Women’s Christmas Dinner was a success- beautiful music, good message, great company. And apparently, “the best mashed potatoes ever” Cool, since my team and I did a lot of mashing...
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Oatmeal Cookie Pie (AKA “Crack Pie”, “Shoefly”…)
Hard to know what to call this. It’s an adaptation of a New York baker’s recipe for “Crack Pie” (from Christina Tosi, of Momofuku Milk Bar). I decided it’d be handy to use our easy New Deli oatmeal...
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Strawberry Mousse in Chocolate Cups
I think I can talk myself into this dessert for Tom and me for Valentines’ Day. Because… strawberries are good for you! And chocolate’s good for your mood! Forget it- you don’t have to talk me into...
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Caramel Flan, Taste-of-Home Style (+ 200-serving Recipe)
My friend wanted me to share the flan recipe we served at our church’s annual Christmas Dinner. It’s actually straight from the Taste of Home website (see “Creamy Caramel Flan” recipe here). But I can...
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