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Blueberry biscuits, please!
I just love the weekend mornings. For starters, my boys are at their sweetest in the morning – they are such little snugglers! On the weekends I actually have time to cook them breakfast, and the boys love eating my experiments! I found a recipe on Pinterest last week for blueberry biscuits and have been looking forward to trying them. I modified the original recipe to use buttermilk instead of milk and I added 1/4 tsp baking soda to offset the acidity of the buttermilk. Blueberry Buttermilk Biscuits 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup buttermilk 1/3 cup sugar 5 tbsp of butter 4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1/4…
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Food on the Fourth of July
My husband’s birthday is July 4th, and every year his mom and stepdad throw a big party for him and his twin brother. I helped to make a couple of dishes – a 7 layer Mexican dip and what started out as a Blueberry Angel Food Delight (and ended up much closer to a blueberry and strawberry cheesecake). Of all the parties I’ve had and of all the appetizers I’ve made, I have never made a cold 7 layer Mexican dip! For whatever reason I was craving the fresh lettuce and tomato on top, and so I did a quick Pinterest search and took some ideas from a couple of…
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I’m starting a blog!
So I’ve finally decided to start a blog. The conditions have been favorable for a while… I love to cook, my kids (1 and 3) provide me with endless sitcom-quality humor to share, I love to throw a party and I have a tendency every once in a while to go a tad overboard with them, I have a DSLR camera that I am trying to master, and in my heart I am still the same ole yearbook editor from high school who likes to organize words and pictures to tell a story. My recent addiction to Pinterest has pushed me over the edge with this venture – taking me…
