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Brown Sugar Sorghum Muffins & Yoga Nonsense
So, I’m a semi-recent yoga convert. And while I am grateful for the practice and enjoy my flexibility, I have some issues. Do I appreciate my toned back and newfound tolerance for way elevated heart rate meets ninety-two degree heat? Yes. Stretching, working hard, lifting one leg up high behind me while stretching one arm… Read more
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Pomegranate-Date Bursts & The Horse Phase
My daughter is teaching herself how to draw horses. She studies the musculature displayed on the library book pages and carefully draws the head, the hindquarters, parts of the horse’s body I can’t name because I was never a horsey girl. Possibly this is due to the fact that I exploded into an allergic fit… Read more
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Double Quinoa and Collard Greens Pie & Eating Alone
I spend most of time with other people. Often, these humans are small and frustrate easily and see nothing wrong with digging for worms in the yard and running in to taste a dish with their wormy fingers. I’m a fan of dirt. And worms. And people. This weekend we had staggered some visits but… Read more
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5 Minute Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond Bark & Creativity
After a few fun-and-food-packed days, the kids are wiped out. Daniel, especially. He dug deep into the energy well and got his sister to ride bikes and scooter yesterday despite the failing light and their fatigue. He promised to build his littlest brother a Lego ship and did so, only yelling once when sad brother… Read more
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Pumpkin Dulce de Leche Pie & Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Holidays from Well-Cooked Life! Read more
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Italian Cherry Pie with Graham and Ginger & Recovering from Tragedy
So, I tried not to think about it. But, like all emotional baggage, tragedy does not fit into the overhead compartment nor under the seat in front of me. Today is year anniversary of the worst day of my life. The night before, I’d gone out when everyone was asleep and bought a super soft… Read more
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Whole Grain Apple Crumb Pie with Buttermilk Crust & Thanks
This pie is cousin to the tart tatin, lover of the tart, delicate sister of the traditional apple pie or apple crumb cake. It’s also what I created when all but three of the apples in my house were consumed by my children and cooked-fruit-loathing husband. In terms of the buttermilk powder, let me explain…I… Read more
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Whole Grain Pumpkin Bread & Parenting Pre-teens
My bedroom door swings open. “Jamie, please knock next time,” my husband tells our 12 1/2 year old. A shrug. “So, you want to know something weird?” This is one of Jamie’s lead-ins. He appears most nights, often remembering to knock, after the other kids are asleep. Sometimes he has a specific question (“Can you… Read more
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Pumpkin Pudding (Persian Halwa) & Falling in Love
I might be falling in love. Never met the person, never will. And yet. The mix tapes! I was always a sucker for a great mix and my basement can prove it – boxes of cassettes titled “Driving Mix ’92” or “Is She Really Going Out with Him?” or the ambiguous “Let’s See.” There are… Read more
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Fig-Apricot Compote & Giving Thanks
It’s difficult to make the transition from talking about someone in the present tense to the past. Grandma Ruth likes liked likes liked to bake. She made chocolate bit cookies the size of a half-dollar, taught me how to make coffee-vanilla-caramel puddings from scratch, and always whipped up a banana bread with lemon icing for… Read more
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Whole Grain Pumpkin Twists with Maple Glaze & Welcome to the Well-Cooked Life
Whole Grain Pumpkin Twists with Maple Glaze & Welcome to the Well-Cooked Life Those who know me (either personally or through my books or blog) know that I love fall. Autumn colors make me look like I have food poisoning, but the foods of fall – apples, pumpkins, seeds, kale – are perfect for cooking… Read more
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Cauliflower Cheddar Soup & In Praise of Canada
Dear Canada, Thanks for making winter boots that actually keep my feet warm and dry. We try to imitate your footwear here in the US but we fail. Or we produce boots that are as airtight as a sieve or as heavy as a 5-lb bag of flour (yes, that would make the boots 5… Read more
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Shark Week Soup Week!
If you like shark week – with its gory images of multiple rows of slicing teeth and overly dramatic voice-overs – then you will be disappointed here. However, if you swoon over soup, you’ll be thrilled! What started as “let’s use up the squash and pumpkin from the farm share” turned into “let’s have bisque”… Read more
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Whole Grain Double Apple Breakfast Cake & Parenting
You know you want this. We have a two snack per day rule in our house (gasp!) and one of those snacks must be fruit (double gasp!). We started this when the kids were very young and now that 3 of the 4 are old enough to be in charge of their own school or… Read more
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Rosh Hashanah Recipe 2 & Happy New Year!
Rosh Hashana Recipe & Happy New Year Read more