Andrea’s Recipes

No-knead bread has both fans and detractors. Some people like the flavor, others say it has no flavor. Some bakers prefer to knead their bread, others like the no-knead method.
Susan of Farmgirl Fare and A Year in Bread played around with it for a while and enjoyed it, then felt guilty for abandoning her pain [...]

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I haven’t made a sweet bread in months, and this morning I just felt like enjoying some apple cinnamon bread for breakfast. And of course I knew that my boys would love the idea.
Apple cinnamon bread? Isn’t that a fall and winter kind of thing?
Oh no, we love the apple cinnamon combination any time of [...]

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The food blogging community is very prolific and it’s pretty easy to find a recipe for just about anything if you dig around for a little while. This is a list of recipes from other blogs that we recently tried and are now family favorites.

Spanish Rice (Simply Recipes) - We’ve played around with this recipe [...]

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Michael and the boys went to the park yesterday afternoon to enjoy the beautiful sunshine, giving me some time while the baby slept to take care of a few household chores such as laundry and cleaning up the kitchen. In case you didn’t know, the life of a stay-at-home mom can be oh-so glamorous.
One of [...]

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Yesterday was Good Friday, and I had many good intentions for what I would accomplish. I wanted to surprise Michael with a few of his favorites—his mother’s hot cross buns with the secret ingredient (this would be my first attempt at making them) and some gourmet mac and cheese for dinner. He has begged me [...]

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