Dessert Ice Cream

Vanilla Ice Cream

My one word of advice to myself: don’t skimp on quality ingredients. When you have so few components and the main flavor is vanilla then by all means use REAL vanilla extract.  And maybe splurge for a whole vanilla bean.  But that’s for another recipe.  This perfectly simple vanilla ice cream recipe comes to me from the Cuisinart Ice […]

Chocolate Cookies Peanut Butter

No Bake Cookies

No Bake Cookies: Revisited. I can’t believe I don’t make these little gems more often.  They are incredibly simple. so fast. so delicious.  Assuming, of course, that you love chocolate and peanut butter.  Which I do.  I had to do some editing to this recipe from the original format.  First, I doubled the ingredients–because who […]

Appetizer Side Dish Snack

Homemade Popcorn

I love me some popcorn. Always have, always will. I think I’ll blame my love for popcorn on my dad. He has popped a bag of Act II almost every night for as long as I can remember. I know it’s a healthy snack–if done right. And “butter lovers” probably isn’t the best option. I’ve […]

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The One with the Preferences

Confession: I am territorial.  I don’t get mean and catty about it, but I am definitely particular about my areas.  Examples include the following: my desk at work.  (though I got over that one.  Just needed time to get comfortable at all of the desks.) my pew at church.  (though that’s more out of habit than anything.  but please […]

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The One with the Prison Break

I’ll be honest. I love our cat. Butterscotch. Reginald. Baby. He answers to all three. And I know I love him because I clean his litter box. Something you may remember me saying I would never do. We have our little routines with him. We expect certain behaviors from him, he expects us to reciprocate. For instance, […]

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The One with the Fragility

Remember when I mentioned this: “It’s okay to say ‘no.’ In fact, it’s even healthy. I don’t have to do everything in order to know I’m loved, appreciated, or valued. And it’s okay to admit when I’m tired and weary and need a break. Who knew I just couldn’t do it all?” It was just […]

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