Family

Happy 2nd Birthday Bug!

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Photo Credit: Diane of White On Rice Couple Our little Bug joined our family 2 years ago today.  It feels like yesterday that we were celebrating her first birthday—time flies by so quickly!  Her birth was much anticipated, not only because I was anxious to get off of bed rest, but because we’d already caught […]

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Merry Christmas + A bit of fruitcake wisdom.

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* Don’t miss out on the current LFM giveaway! Enter to win a copy of the cookbook No Whine with Dinner! “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” ~Burton Hillis It has been an interesting week.  On Sunday, Bug threw up […]

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Nutella Pinwheel Cookies & Christmas Magic

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“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.  In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.”  ~Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas There are moments in life that I wish I could package up and save for later to re-experience over and over.  Christmastime took on a deeper meaning for […]

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Deep-Fried Thanksgiving Turkey Fun

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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year.  My in-laws drove down from Salt Lake City to stay with us and we all went to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving dinner. My aunt and uncle drove in from Bakersfield, and my cousin and his wife and their 2 kids drove in from L.A.  Everyone chipped in […]

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Apricot-Fig-Pistachio Bars

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Apricot-Fig-Pistachio Bars Adapted from Perfect One-Dish Dinners, by Pam Anderson Makes 16 bars 1/2 cup bleached all-purpose flour 1/2 cup old-fashioned oatmeal 6 tablespoons packed light brown sugar 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut 1 cup shelled roasted and salted […]

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(Sort of) Brazilian Sweetened Condensed Milk Strawberry Limeade

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(Sort of) Brazilian Sweetened Condensed Milk Strawberry Limeade Adapted from Big Davy’s Brazilian Lemonade Recipe Makes about 4 3/4 cups of limeade3 cups cold water 1 cup strawberry syrup juice of 4 limes zest of 1 lime, finely grated 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk 1. Put the the cold water, strawberry syrup, lime juice, and […]

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LFM Family Bites Recipe Collection on Foodbuzz

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I always love getting an ingredient and being asked to come up with a recipe.  Oftentimes the result is something I might never have thought of before.  At the end of last year I received a box of products from Newman’s Own and was challenged to come up with a series of convenient recipes that […]

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Going Bananas (Splits) For A Cause

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As I mentioned in my last post, I took Squirrel and Bug to New York City to attend a special event to help kick off a new virtual campaign to support the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). I am so glad that I said yes when Foodbuzz contacted me and asked me if I would […]

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Banana Splits in NYC

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The next couple of weeks are going to be crazy for our family.  On Thursday I’m going to be flying to Tokyo to meet up with Mr. Fuji who has been in Japan for the past week and a half on a business trip.  I am so excited to go, because I haven’t been back […]

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Orange Blossom Sablés for Mother’s Day

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Orange Blossom Sablés Makes about 36 cookies 2 sticks (8 ounces, 1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature 2 teaspoons orange blossom water 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4  cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 large egg yolks, at room temperature 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup […]

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