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Eating the (Colorful) Hungry Caterpillar
Yesterday was Sophie’s last day of school. I can hardly believe another school year has gone by! Sophie and I wanted to make a “last week of school” treat for her class. After seeing this amazing photo...
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Simple Summer Salad
There are two things I’m loving right now: summer and the weekly Farmer’s Market bags I get from Specialty Produce. Today’s post is a combination of those two things with a recipe for you. Specialty...
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Mexican Chicken Soup à la Crockpot
What do you do when your oven and stove break unexpectedly? Aside from not being able to cook much of anything, you end up being creative about meals. This is what happened to us immediately after I...
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Who Needs Turkey with These Thanksgiving Sides?
We’re approaching one of my favorite holidays — Thanksgiving! Really, what’s better than a holiday devoted to food and eating? No gifts, no guilt, just delicious food and family. Each year I always...
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Forget the Turkey, Start Thanksgiving with Dessert
Only four days until Thanksgiving … and I have yet to decide on which dessert to make. Maybe you’re having this problem too. I want to share with you a few of my classic Thanksgiving dessert recipes...
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“Accidental” Crockpot Beef Stroganoff
So here I was a few weekends ago with my plans to get caught up on blog reading, read my three new cookbooks, and just chill out. In fact, I vowed not to even get dressed. And for dinner, I was...
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Baking, Blog-o-versary and a Mocktail to Celebrate!
The last few weeks have been full of sending holiday cards, baking, and trying to finish up work before I take (somewhat of) a vacation next week. As I do every year, I like to bake a variety of...
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Whole Chicken in a Crockpot … And It’s GOOD!
Let me apologize for being MIA for more than a week. Between work, Sophie and my new addiction to Homeland (why didn’t I discover this show earlier?!), life’s been crazy! But I’m back … and with a...
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A Sweet Passover Topped with Chocolate Toffee Matzah
Sundown Monday brought the Jewish holiday of Passover, which re-tells the story of Exodus, the Jews enslavement in Egypt and their journey to freedom. This year’s festivities began with Sophie’s annual...
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An Explosion of 4th of July Desserts
I have made many 4th of July desserts the last few years. Instead of forcing you to search my blog for all the recipes, here’s a handy guide to the recipes. These cupcakes are my favorite dessert so...
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The Most Amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies
You may not know this about me, but I am very picky when it comes to chocolate chip cookies. To me, the perfect cookie is soft, chewy, puffy with texture, sweet, but a little savory too. I detest a...
View Article‘Tis the Season for Apple Honey Cake
Last week I made a honey apple cake from The Shiksa in the Kitchen as part of our Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) celebration. I’ve always made my Grandmother’s apple cake for the holiday, which is...
View ArticleA Bounty of Pumpkin Desserts
It’s the most wonderful time of the year … fall! I absolutely love the season of apples, pumpkins, harvest festivals, falling leaves, sweater weather, jeans, boots, Halloween, and everything else that...
View ArticleA Month of October Dinners
So I’ve been a bit lazy with my meal planning over the last few months. I used to be great about choosing all the dinners for the month, doing a big grocery trip, and then I’d only have maybe two...
View ArticleStuffed Peppers: The Perfect Summer Dish
I’ll be honest with you; I’ve never cared for green peppers. There’s just something about their taste and smell that doesn’t sit right with me. But when it comes to red, yellow and orange peppers?...
View ArticleSnapshots: Thinking, Reading, Doing, Snapping and Eating (November)
The days are escaping me! Every day I tell myself I’m going to sit down and write on my blog. But then life happens — client work, Sophie, family activities — and then it’s been weeks and I haven’t...
View ArticleChicken Two Ways — It’s What’s For Dinner
We eat a lot of chicken in this house. I’m constantly pinning new chicken recipes to get some cooking inspiration, as well as going back to my tried and true dishes. It’s been a while since I’ve share...
View ArticleSavannah Smiles Lemon Cheesecake
I may have mentioned before that Sophie is now a Girl Scout and is selling cookies for the first time. While she did reach her sales goal, we still have several boxes of cookies that need to find a...
View ArticleThe Top Holiday Recipes on Leah’s Thoughts
Back in March, I began perusing Leah’s Thoughts and decided to curate groups of old posts from time to time, in order to give new readers a chance to see old posts. The first post was The Most Popular...
View ArticleWhole Chicken in a Crockpot … And It’s GOOD!
Let me apologize for being MIA for more than a week. Between work, Sophie and my new addiction to Homeland (why didn’t I discover this show earlier?!), life’s been crazy! But I’m back … and with a...
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