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Warming bread - perfect for gifts!
Thanksgiving morning I was alone at home and up early as usual. I threw some clothes in the washer and started some dinner rolls in the bread machine. Dinner rolls were all I was responsible for this year but I still felt like baking. I had some pumpkin left over in the fridge so I decided to try a loaf of Spiced Pumpkin Bread I had seen on myrecipes.com. The two smaller loaves were wrapped up to take to the in-laws as a little treat to have

Memories of past and wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving in 2009
We get older and things change. People we loved and held near and dear to our hearts are no longer with us. Memories are all we have. I remember every Thanksgiving either my mom or my Aunt Marlene would have dinner. I remember everyone coming to dinner - and we had to have the meal in our basement (mind you, it was a decent basement!). I remember sitting at the kitchen table later in the evening with the "women" and Aunt Ann telling us about movies she had seen. The men would all be in the living room. We would pull leftovers out and make sandwiches with turkey and buttered dinner rolls. My favorite, fresh fruit salad - I couldn't get enough of it. Most of the time, if Aunt Ann was

Curried Butternut Squash Naan Pizza
I've had some butternut squash staring at me for a while and while I wanted to eat it, I wanted to eat it in a way I hadn't before. Ever since I made "THE Galette" I have craved butternut squash with heat. The heat with the sweet of the squash is just irresistible to me! I've seen recipes for pizza using butternut squash but

A cookie favorite
A little while ago I came across a cookie recipe on Linda's blog - Weekend Cook for a vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe. I immediately made it and they disappeared as quickly as I made them! Last week I decided to make these again to share with a vegan friend at work.The first time I made them, they didn't look at

"Brader's" Artichoke Bruchetta
In my family, I am the oldest child. I have two younger brothers - Phil and Steve. You met Steve last year when I went to visit him right after Christmas and he made his Apple Dumplings with Rum Sauce for me. Phil is the middle child and Steve is the youngest. There are 5 years between Steve and me. When Steve was learning how to talk he couldn't say b