Entries in Cooking (28)

Thursday
Feb142013

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Happy Valentine’s Day from the Clones!

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Tuesday
May222012

Mini Panda Cupcakes

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I saw these adorable mini cupcake pandas on my favorite sweets baker – Bakerella’s – website and knew I had to make them!  After all, pandas and Asia tend to go hand in hand.  And didn’t they turn out so cute!

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Monday
Aug292011

Beni-imo Wedges

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Tonight Brandon grilled us steak and I was in charge of the potato – the beni-imo (Okinawa purple sweet potato) to be specific.  We both really like sweet potato fries, so I decided to try making beni-imo wedges.  While in Okinawa, consume as much beni-imo as possible, right?

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Friday
Mar252011

Tropical Dinner

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The other night Brandon and I took the rare opportunity to cook dinner together.  We went with a tropical theme (to make the most of us living on a sub-tropical island and all) and tried out my mama’s new Tropical Chicken recipe and a Brazilian Lemonade recipe I found online.

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Tuesday
Dec212010

Baking spirits bright!

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Last night, as I was using plastic tweezers to "string" candy bulbs on my Christmas tree sugar cookies, I briefly wondered if I was crazy. <pause>  Then I decided, that if I was an elf, I'd definitely be a baking elf - despite the fire risks associated with cooking inside a tree.  :)

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