Lessons from my daughter

GWH and Thing 2 have been on a hunting trip for the last few days.  So Thing 1 and I have been shopping, eating, and watching bad Errol Flynn movies.
We’ve been eating pretty well.  Caprese salad, yum.  (sliced tomatoes seasoned with pepper and freshly ground garlic salt, layered with fresh mozzarella, sprinkled with dried oregano [...]

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And here are the cookies

They are very yummy.  We thought they spread just a bit too much, so we’ll try them again next week with parchment paper instead of greasing the pan.
Here’s the recipe we used:
Thick & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (we made a variation with 1/2 & 1/2 white & dark choc chips, and we added pecans).
(thing 1 [...]

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At least she’s honest

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Sign of the times

We've been having some work done on our new house.  One day last week we were not at home when the workmen were here, and we wanted to keep the dog locked up and out of the way.  So GWH helpfully posted this sign on the laundry room door:

I think it means don't let the [...]

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What’s for dinner?

I’ve been trying a lot of new recipes lately.  Here’s what the Things and I had for lunch:

You can find the recipe for this rarebit here.  We used an expensive cheese but cheap bread – wish I’d had a good loaf of crusty white bread around for this lunch.
Last night we had this:
(I was [...]

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I thought my life was bad

Really, really bad.
Then I watched Rambo 4 and decided my life was good.

Really, really good.
Then I ate lemon cake and decided it was fantastic!

This is from Cook’s Illustrated…you can find the recipe here (you have to register to see recipes at their site…but it’s free).

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Proud to be an American

Photographs by Thing 1.

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