New Carrot Tradition

I am a sucker around the holidays for classic flavors—when its fall I’m pumpkin and when its winter I’m gingerbread. I was making a cake to take to my boyfriend’s family for Christmas day and my gingerbread cake got vetoed and carrot cake was suggested. I was very hesitant but I accepted his suggestion and found…

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Our Table

I am finally out of my food/drinking coma and want to share what my Thanksgiving table looked like. Dessert pictures really were forgotten because at that point brain function had slowed way down so for this post you only get a before photo of the apple pie cookies I made from Smitten Kitchen and my…

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Weeknight Bourguignon!

It is now November and even though Denver hasn’t really cooled off that much yet, I have been itching to make some hearty belly filling foods. I decided to compromise with Smitten Kitchen’s Mushroom Bourguignon; which isn’t really a compromise at all, just less filling with the mushrooms versus beef. Another great factor was that…

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