Sugar Cookies – blast from the past

My pops is in the hospital/nursing home and is having trouble holding things. So i was trying to think of a large cookie that could celebrate halloween…  So i went through my giant book of cookie recipes. My normal has a frosting that is just meh, so i wanted something better… Came across the generic…

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Spent Grain – Coconut and Pecan Cookies

Still have a ton of spent grain in the fridge and the clock is ticking on it’s viability. Use it, toast it or freeze it. Since i didn’t have 4 hours to toast, i decided to find something that used wet grains! I found this wonderful recipe on Brooklyn Brew Shop I can’t wait to…

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Cauliflower pizza crust

Saw this recipe in the latest version of CL! Had to make it! We even had a head of cauliflower that i needed to use before heading off to work in another state on monday! This was perfect! Ingredients For Crust: 1 cauliflower head, roughly chopped (about 3 poundsCooking spray 1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh…

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Making Indian Food

I got to spend a day making delicious indian food with a friend’s mom. Do i know how to do it again… probably not. But i definitely have 5 pounds of chipati flour, so i have already tried those again. Sadly – i can’t roll out my chapatis so they are round… but i’m getting…

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Ranch Dressing

So i started with beans. black beans. Black beans in the crockpot. I meant to look up the recipe on 365 crockpot blog…  but i picked the wrong one from google and ended up on this 365 crockpot blog It all worked out, cause this was a pretty good recipe, i liked the bullion, garlic…

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Tahini, Honey, and Almond Cookies

So i found these on a site that called them paleo cookies. Now i gotta say i can’t really envision cavemen running around eating cookies.. but they were tasty! Obviously i don’t have all the weird special diet stuff in my house but i did have the tahini, so i made do! Ingredients ½ cup…

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Perfect Hard Boiled egg

Over the years i’ve attempted many different ways of hard boiling eggs… This year, i think i found it! DIRECTIONS Place eggs in a large saucepan. Cover them with cool water by 1 inch. Slowly bring water to a boil over medium heat; when the water has reached a boil, cover and remove from turn off…

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Crockpot – French Onion Soup

I’ve become the team leader for the Spark People cooking light group – so our newest thang is to try and make 1 or 2 recipes from the current issue. We ended up thinking of a couple – but I ended up with the Chocolate Coconut Macaroons (review/recipe coming soon) and Crock Pot French Onion soup….

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Spicy indian chicken

  Found this ditty in fitness magazine. I exchanged the rice for black rice, and i drained it before adding to the onions. Next time i would definitely leave some liquid Ingredients 1 1/2 cups black rice 1 inch fresh gingerroot, peeled 2 cloves garlic, peeled 3/4teaspoon salt 1/4teaspoon ground cumin 1/4teaspoon ground coriander 1/4teaspoon ground…

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