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Happy Easter

On April 12, 2009 · 1 Comment · In family, holidays, tessa

Happy Easter!

To celebrate the holiday, we attended noon Mass at the church down the street from us, then headed to my mom’s for a family dinner. It was nice and sunny here today, but cold (only around 40 degrees). We grilled vegetables and chicken, and paired them with rice pilaf and multigrain dinner rolls. […]

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Birds’ Nest Cupcakes

On April 12, 2009 · 14 Comments · In holidays, recipes - dessert

Tomorrow, we are heading to my mom’s for an early dinner with my family to celebrate Easter. In addition to the cutout cookies, I wanted to make something else that fit in with the spring/Easter theme.

I had seen photos of birds’ nest cupcakes, but the “nest” part was always made with toasted coconut […]

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Easter Cookies

On April 11, 2009 · 3 Comments · In holidays

I couldn’t let Easter pass by without making a few cute cutout cookies!

When I made all of the bug cookies for the baby shower a couple of weeks ago, I made an extra batch of dough and stuck it in the freezer. This week, I used half of it to make 18 […]

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Mama Didn’t Raise No Fool.

On April 1, 2009 · 1 Comment · In holidays

My only problem today is that I can’t decide which news to share with you all.

I could tell you I got a new job and we’re moving.

I could tell you that I’ve been infected with the Conficker virus (don’t open any e-mails from me!).

I could tell you I’m pregnant.

Or […]

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Badass Brownies

On February 15, 2009 · 7 Comments · In holidays, recipes - dessert

We don’t “celebrate” Valentine’s Day, but yesterday, we still wanted to indulge a bit. So we not only ordered pizza (which we almost never do), but we also made dessert for just the two of us (no sharing!).

And this is not just a regular brownie. This is a brownie with chunks of chocolate chip […]

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