One of my roommates, Melissa, from my very first year of college made breadsticks….like all the time. I’m pretty sure she lived off of breadsticks and pie. None of us roommates minded at all, obviously. I’ve made her recipe countless…
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Continue ReadingI had never had butternut squash soup till I started dating my husband. His mom made it the Autumn we were engaged for a family dinner and I remember it being unlike any soup I’d ever eaten. This is her…
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Homemade croutons are delicious. I had a roommate that used to make them but hadn’t ever done it myself till recently and now I’m a die-hard fan. They don’t take much effort and are super quick to do. They don’t…
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I’m not the biggest fan of a plain snickerdoodle cookie. Why? Because I feel like all it tastes like is cinnamon and a bland cookie. But I like the crunchy outside a lot. I love a good pumpkin cookie, though…
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Do you ever just crave chocolate cake? I do. All the time. It’s one of my top 5 cravings of life. If you want to hear a sad story here it is—Helsinki doesn’t sell cake. I’ve seen a cupcake sold…
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I’ve eaten Lion House rolls on many occasions, particularly when shooting wedding dinners/luncheons at the Lion House itself, but had never made them until about 6 months ago. Since then I have made them every month. They make the whole…
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It took me so long to find poppy seeds here in Finland. I could find them sold in like a liter sized container but no reasonable sized container. It would take me years to use that many poppy-seeds. Then a…
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I haven’t lived near a Café Rio in over 2 years now. I crave Café Rio. When we lived in South Carolina before moving to Finland I would make a knock-off at home. But you can’t buy all the ingredients…
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Friends, I’ve spent the last 4 months of my life making at least 1 batch of chocolate chip cookies every week. Why? Because I wanted to achieve and have the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. Every week I’d read a…
