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Archive for November, 2008

Turkey Sandwiches….

Posted in cooking, tagged on November 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »

My favorite post-Thanksgiving snack….sandwiches! Unfortunately, this one did not last long enough to take a picture. TurkeyApple Sausage Stuffing (thanks, Mom!)Cranberry SauceA touch of MayoWhole Wheat Bread Resistance is futile.

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Boulder in November….Sunny and 80!

Posted in bike commuting, biking, Junior, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Ahhhh, Colorado. An exercise in contrasts.Compare this morning with less than one week ago. Sunny, nearly 80 degrees. Is this San Diego or Boulder?

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Gadget Girl: Crockpots and Pot Roasts

Posted in cooking, gadget girl, gadgets, recipes, slow cooker, sourcing food, whole food, tagged , , , , , on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It’s not clear to me how any dual-income family, kids or no, functions without a crock pot. Ours is simply indispensable, and used so frequently, especially in cold months, that it ought to have a coveted “counter spot” in our kitchen. If I actually had counter space, it would. Sunday’s dinner was a classic — [...]

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Homemade “Hamburger Helper”.

Posted in food, recipes, tagged , on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We keep pretty traditional roles in this house — most things culinary are my domain (except for weekend breakfasts), and I maintain our social calendar (something that goes by the wayside too easily when you have kids). Car/house maintenance and finances are all Mark’s. Occasionally, though, planning skills fail me, and I find myself working [...]

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First Snow….and we’re still Biking!

Posted in bike commuting, biking, Junior, parenting, xtracycle, tagged , , , on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I can’t imagine why Junior didn’t want to ride his bike to school Friday morning. It took a lot of convincing, but he eventually caved….and we had a lot of fun. As usual.Lately we’ve been into “experiments” and “observing”. I think it might be genetic. During this snowy commute, we observed that some trees still [...]

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Blankets a’Plenty

Posted in family, Junior, tagged , on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Junior recently discovered a bin in his closet, filled with “Memere Blankets”, hand-knit blankets made by my mother in almost record speed when she found out I was pregnant. While Junior has always slept with his blue Memere Blanket, we though that one was probably enough. Not Junior. So….every night for the last week or [...]

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Made with Love – Pumpkin Brownies

Posted in baking, Junior, whole food, tagged , , on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Farmers Markets are closing, the garden is all but dead, chickens everywhere have started to lay fewer eggs, but our CSA is going strong with its Keeper Share, which will provide us with Fall Farm Bounty until early December. That means lots of pumpkins and squash. Which in turn means getting creative about how to [...]

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Pumpkin X and his Halloween Victims

Posted in bike commuting, biking, notable loads, xtracycle, tagged , , on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

If one thing is sure, it is that my long bike cargo just keeps getting more interesting. My co-worker and I came dangerously close to winning the company pumpkin carving contest this year. She graciously allowed me to bring the prized pumpkin(s) home to share with Junior. I debated. After all, I do commute by [...]

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Xtracycle….A replacement for the mini van?

Posted in bike commuting, biking, family, notable loads, xtracycle, tagged , , , on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today was “Work Day” at Junior’s pre-school. That means that a whole lot of parents gather themselves and all manner of gardening/home chore tools and spend 5 or 6 hours fixing up the joint. In other words, we do for our beloved school what most of us neglect to do at our own homes! While [...]

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Ginger Snap Cookies – without the SNAP

Posted in baking, cooking, tagged , on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s Official….I have a new favorite cookie. For years, I have been a dyed-in-the-wool devotee(OK…addict) of Quaker Oats Oatmeal Raisin cookie (the original…not the low fat version they have tried to pawn off on us for years.) An addict, that is, until my friend Cheryl Moores Paulson introduced us to her very own Ginger Snap [...]

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