Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Risotto is a labor of love… lots of stirring, and adding liquid, and more stirring. But once the creamy texture forms, and the smell of parmesean cheese is oozing from the pan, it makes it all worth while!
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
is a labor of love! 
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
This was the second installment of the Secret Baker shipment I mentioned in an earlier post. This time, our theme was Fall… whatever we baked & sent had to be fall inspired!
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
For my girls night dessert, I decided to make a pumpkin infused mousse. I could not stop eating this dessert… it is so light, airy, spicey, and pumpkiny (is that even a word?).
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
When I saved this next recipe, I really didn’t know when I would make it or how well it would be received. So yesterday for my Dad’s birthday gathering, I found the perfect time to make it AND the perfect audience to try it out on… my family!
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Two of my favorite things in the whole foodie world are pasta & shrimp… this recipe is the perfect marriage of two… kicked up a little, of course My mom actually found this recipe and we fixed it a few weeks back and everyone raved about it… o much so that we fixed it again last night! Serve it alongside some crusty Italian bread and be ready to breath some fire!
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Who wants to come home from working all day and slave over a hot stove? NOT I!
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
I swear I could drink it straight. I love it on and in everything so when I found this recipe on Robin’s blog, Made with love…, I knew I was going to have a winner on my hands! I’m actually eating the leftovers of this yummy Balsamic Chicken & Sausage Pasta as I blog!
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
When my darling fiance and I started this whole wedding planning process, we knew we wanted bridal party gifts that were practical and fun! Coming up with gifts for the ladies was easy but the guys proved to be tricky until I saw a fellow RI Knottie who made cufflinks for her guys. I’m pretty crafty so I decided to take on the challenge.
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
And trust me, once you give this recipe a whirl, you’ll gobble it right up! It’s such an easy recipe to put together that it will absolutely be a staple in our home for party food.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
We had a lovely get together for my Mom’s birthday at the end of November and I hipped up this yummy & easy crab dip! Being from Maryland, my mom has Old Bay running through her veins so this was the perfect birthday party appetizer for her!!
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
We had a lovely get together for my Mom’s birthday at the end of November and I hipped up this yummy & easy crab dip! Being from Maryland, my mom has Old Bay running through her veins so this was the perfect birthday party appetizer for her!!
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
When I saved this next recipe, I really didn’t know when I would make it or how well it would be received. So yesterday for my Dad’s birthday gathering, I found the perfect time to make it AND the perfect audience to try it out on… my family!
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
This has to be one of my most requested recipes that I make! It’s perfect for a party and feeds a crowd on one turn of it!
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
I have seriously neglected my blog as of late! Things have been super busy around here… a couple of weddings, birthdays, parties, and lots of work (so un-fun!). Fear not my friends, I’m back with a vengeance!
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Oreos may very well be one of my favorite cookies. So it was a total let down when my sister in law announced she was not making her usual Oreo truffles as her cookie swap cookie. I decided that it just isn’t Christmas without the truffles, and I made a batch!
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
I was browsing through my Kraft Food & Family magazine yesterday and came acorss a recipe for Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownie Babies. Just the name makes me salivate!! They were super easy to make and totally a crowd pleaser! I omitted the cool whip, vanilla extract, and cherry topping and I honestly don’t think they need it at all.
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
As previously mentioned, our family cookie swap is coming up this weekend and since I had the day off, I baked my Mom’s contribution — Toasted Smore Bars.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
So every year Mr. Tana-Licious’ family does a big cookie swap… this year there are 10 lovely ladies involved which means 10 dozen cookies to share & I get to bring 10 dozen different ones. Not so shabby
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
As mentioned in the Crab Dip post, we had a little birthday get together for my Mom in late November and I, again, was put in charge of cake duty!
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
As mentioned in the Crab Dip post, we had a little birthday get together for my Mom in late November and I, again, was put in charge of cake duty!
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
… a peanut butter quickie that is!!
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
… even if they are drenched in cream cheese icing!
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
So I stumbled across a recipe for apple cookies on allrecipes.com and thought “I could do something like that, but better!). Here’s my “better”!
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
I heart cake.I heart truffles.I heart lollipops.
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
So our Wilton cake class came to a close this past Wednesday when we made our final cake. I chose to do the rose spray cake. We were supposed to make our roses ahead of time and bring to class. Let me just say, roses aren’t my thing. I’ve renamed my “rose spray” cake a “cabbage spray” or “peony spray” cake… either one is a better description of what my roses ended up looking like!
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Here it is… my lovely drop flower cake! These little babies are so easy to make but they really impress! My plan is to make some cupcakes next weekend for my cheer teams end of the year party and make the flowers in our team colors… we’ll see how brave I get!
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Here it is! My rainbow cake!!! Mr. Tana-Licious was planning to take it to work the day after I finished o as I was thinking of what to write (I need serious practice with my writing!), I decided to keep it short and sweet and put his name on it!
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
As mentioned in the “Blondies… or brownies?” post, myself, my Mom, my future sister-in-law and my future mother-in-law are all taking the Wilton Cake I class on Wednesday nights during the month of May. We really enjoyed the class but really didn’t realize that we would have homework each week! To really expand upon our bonding time together, we decided to get together this past Sunday and ice our cakes for our class on Wednesday night… here are some shots of our crazy icing party.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
We had a lovely get together for my Mom’s birthday at the end of November and I hipped up this yummy & easy crab dip! Being from Maryland, my mom has Old Bay running through her veins so this was the perfect birthday party appetizer for her!!
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
We had a lovely get together for my Mom’s birthday at the end of November and I hipped up this yummy & easy crab dip! Being from Maryland, my mom has Old Bay running through her veins so this was the perfect birthday party appetizer for her!!
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Whenever we go out to eat and see Crabcakes on the menu, my Mom & I always giggle a bit and say “bet they aren’t really Maryland Crabcakes!
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
We had a lovely get together for my Mom’s birthday at the end of November and I hipped up this yummy & easy crab dip! Being from Maryland, my mom has Old Bay running through her veins so this was the perfect birthday party appetizer for her!!
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
We had a lovely get together for my Mom’s birthday at the end of November and I hipped up this yummy & easy crab dip! Being from Maryland, my mom has Old Bay running through her veins so this was the perfect birthday party appetizer for her!!
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
As previously mentioned, our family cookie swap is coming up this weekend and since I had the day off, I baked my Mom’s contribution — Toasted Smore Bars.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
So every year Mr. Tana-Licious’ family does a big cookie swap… this year there are 10 lovely ladies involved which means 10 dozen cookies to share & I get to bring 10 dozen different ones. Not so shabby
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
… a peanut butter quickie that is!!
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
So I stumbled across a recipe for apple cookies on allrecipes.com and thought “I could do something like that, but better!). Here’s my “better”!
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I have just one word for this cookie… heavenly.
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