From the monthly archives:

November 2010

Kale and Sweet Potato Soup

November 28, 2010

Pin it Good grief. I’m freezing cold.  I want Taco Bell.  I want to eat vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce in a hot tub. I can feel myself being a major brat. I’ll settle for a giant scarf.  A big bowl of this healthy soup.  Hot chocolate and a bath… and I’ll stop being [...]

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2010. It’s Still Happening.

November 26, 2010

Pin it Can we take a little break from the kitchen? I’m full of food and there’s one monstrous pile of dishes that I’d prefer to ignore for as long as possible. A few months back I showed you exactly what my 2010 has looked like.  Let’s consider that Part One.  Would you like to [...]

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Cranberry Sauce and a Thanksgiving Explosion

November 23, 2010

Pin it Beauty!  Look at these cranberry gems!  I’m turning them into cranberry sauce. Super easy.  Are you doing this too? You’ll probably be cranking food out of your kitchen all weekend.  Need a few more ideas?  I’ve got everything!  Everything but the turkey, stuffing, and cornbread… Yea, I know.  But I have everything else!

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Almost No-Bake Pumpkin Cream Pie with Maple Whipped Cream

November 23, 2010

Pin it I feel like Thanksgiving is an experiment in just how many things you can jam into your oven in a two day period. Turkey.  Other birds.  Stuffing.  Yams.  Green beans.  Pie.  Cakes.  Owls.  Ash trays.  Lasagna.  Kittens.  Ravioli.  Squashes. I mean…. Seriously.  That’s a full oven. Because I only want to partially horn [...]

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Pumpkin Pie Spice

November 19, 2010

Pin it You’re probably going to be loading up your cart at the grocery store with all kinds of Thanksgiving things this weekend. Can you do me a big favor?  Don’t buy that stupid little jar labeled Pumpkin Pie Spice.  It’s annoying.  It’ll only get lost in the back of your spice cabinet until three [...]

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Gluten-Dairy-Cane Sugar-Free Homemade Granola

November 17, 2010

Pin it Something pretty remarkable happened.  I stepped in my kitchen and baked something without flour… without milk or eggs or butter… and without sugar. I was wide-eyed.  I was nervous.  This sort of thing is way out of my sugar/butter/flour comfort zone. It turns out… I might have a new comfort zone. … A [...]

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It’s a Bloody Mary

November 15, 2010

Pin it Have you ever watched Sex and the City 2 with a straight dude who is waaaaaay more into it than you? I have.  That happened. Have you ever thought about renting Steel Magnolias, buying a box of tissue and inviting this same gentlemen over… just to test the waters?  I have.  Duh. Would [...]

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Vegan Pumpkin Cranberry Apple Pecan Everything Bread

November 12, 2010

Pin it I decided to make apple muffins…. then I thought cranberry bread would be a better idea. I wanted pumpkin pecan pancakes…. then I thought that plain old cinnamon toast would be the best idea ever. Instead… I just combined every possible holiday flavor into this vegan quick bread. I did that, and I’m [...]

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Toasted Marshmallow Milkshake

November 9, 2010

Pin it Are you one of those people who perfectly toasts their marshmallows to a golden brown? How on earth do you do that!?  I don’t get it.  You must have the patience of a marshmallow saint. I’m a burn-and-blow kind of girl.  Turn the marshmallow into a torch… blow it out… repeat. The patience [...]

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Browned Butter Cranberry Lime Muffins

November 9, 2010

Pin it How to make and photograph Browned Butter Cranberry Lime Muffins: 1.  Walk to the coffee shop around the corner for a small cup of coffee.  Drink it. 2.  Plug in your camera battery. 3.  Look for your camera’s memory card. You can’t find it.   Ok… no problem.  Keep looking. Still can’t find [...]

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Ask Joy the Baker

November 7, 2010

Pin it It seems like I’ve been exactly everywhere but my own kitchen this past week.  My oven is lonely and my kitten is pissed. Let’s play a game.  I need your company with all of this airport time I’ve got on my hands. Let’s play Ask Joy the Baker. You leave a comment asking [...]

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A November Reminder

November 4, 2010

Pin it Starbucks switched their paper cups to their festive holiday cups. That can only mean one thing:  it’s time for Dad’s Sweet Potato Pie with Easy No-Roll Pie Crust. Two random notes: ps.  Pumpkin Spice Lattes are weeeeird. pps.  I like coffee that tastes like coffee, not pie.

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Ginger Persimmon Bread

November 2, 2010

Pin it Persimmons are like cartoon fruit. They’re so bulbous, sweet and juicy that… I dunno… I have a hard time believing that they’re a real life fruit. Every year around this time, my mom shoves giant bag of super ripe oozing persimmons in my hands and I’m left to figure out what to do [...]

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How to… Do things.

November 1, 2010

Pin it I like to show you how to do things… like how to make buttermilk if you’re fresh out. I also like to give you things. This post will combine these two wonders. At the top of the page you’ll notice a new page header called November Giveaway.  That’s the page you should be [...]

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