Here I am, hid­ing my shame behind a cute cat picture.

Bindhi is tech­ni­cally from Phoenix, so she’s still unde­cided on this whole “snow” thing.

What shame you ask? Well, remem­ber my New Year’s cleanse. Yeah… well… it didn’t go over so well.

The best laid plans, I tell you.

BUT! There is good news. I’m keep­ing the details under wraps for awhile longer, but I am cur­rently work­ing on my 4th cook­book, to be out late this year! Yay! I will prob­a­bly start recruit­ing testers in March, so keep your eyes open.

Oth­er­wise, I promise to actu­ally start post­ing about, you know, food again soon.

How are you res­o­lu­tion­ers hold­ing up? Any­one still on track?

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The peo­ple in my life know my extreme weak­ness for Nordic Ware. Not only are they the cre­ators of the pan which yields my biggest cake weak­ness (the Bundt cake), they make many beau­ti­ful prod­ucts that make my flour-dusted knees weak, plus they are Amer­i­can made– Twin Cities made, in fact. I own A LOT of var­i­ous pans, muf­fin tins and bak­ing sheets and my favorites all sport the clas­sic Viking head. Now that I’m back in the Twin Cities, nat­u­rally I was drawn to con­tact this epic bak­ing mothership.

Fun fact about Nordic Ware: they have cooking/baking classes at their fac­tory store. Addi­tional fun fact: I’ll be teach­ing a class on vegan bak­ing on March 6th!

So, if you’re in the Cities or know some­one who is, con­sider com­ing! There will be sam­ples, recipes and demo­ing of egg– and dairy-replacers.

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date-licious

On January 6, 2012 By

So this is a quick Treat of the Week that I feel is a cheat because:

1.) It’s not actu­ally my recipe
2.) It’s not so much a recipe as it is food assembly

Alas, it’s in align­ment with my cleanse. Oh yes, and it’s delicious.

I used this recipe, but […]

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welcome 2012!

On January 2, 2012 By

Well, I’m usu­ally not one for New Year’s res­o­lu­tions (although, the inter­webs might say oth­er­wise). How­ever, this year, when my future sister-in-law (F-SIL®*) sug­gested this cleanse, I eagerly signed on. Our motto for the year: work hard, eat clean and talk dirty!

When’s the last time I’ve posted a real food recipe? Hmm… […]

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luck of the black-eyed peas

On December 30, 2011 By

Every year I promise myself that I am going to make some amaz­ing culi­nary feat of deli­cious­ness involv­ing black-eyed peas to blog about for New Year’s Day.

And I don’t.

So, instead I’m going to repost two tasty recipes that are not only deli­cious and healthy, but will also help revive your liver after your […]

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merry happy holidays!

On December 25, 2011 By

A day late in announc­ing the win­ner– I was too wrapped up in family fun!

The win­ner of the Fabric-by-Fabric book is: Sharon! Con­grat­u­la­tions! Be sure to check it out at your local book or sewing store. It’s an excel­lent book and I’m sure after the busy-ness of the hol­i­day you are deserv­ing of a present […]

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crafty goodness

On December 17, 2011 By

And now for some­thing a lit­tle different.

My mother is super­hip and crafty. So crafty, in fact, that she has had pat­terns in the very pop­u­lar One-Yard-Wonders books. Their lat­est offer­ing was just released upon the world Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard-Wonders book. You are all so cre­ative, I know that many of you dab­ble in […]

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yummy stubble

On December 14, 2011 By

Inspi­ra­tion struck yes­ter­day, whilst work­ing away at my desk. Well, I will prop­erly attribute the inspi­ra­tion to Leigh, who admit­ted to resist­ing the impulse to put potato chips on my Hell Yes! Cake Bars. Instantly I thought of chocolate-covered potato chips. Then my mind moved on to chocolate-covered potato chips on a stick […]

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