I got home yesterday from a five-day excursion to northeast Oklahoma. Dan, the kids and I went out there for Dan’s family reunion. It’s a beautiful area, not at all like the Oklahoma I remember from visits as a kid (down near the panhandle of Texas… much drier and dustier).
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Hi there. Please ignore this post. Yep, disregard it… It is my feeble attempt to keep the nablopomo streak going. Despite the aches of impending illness.
I was almost ready to admit defeat but don’t want to yet. What do you think, does this post count? Or is this a nablopomo fail?
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Driving home from work today, my car said it was 93 degrees outside. It’s April. How is it so hot already? Whew. I will admit that I’ve gotten rather spoiled out here in California. When I lived in Georgia, it was over 80 degrees for more days than it wasn’t and the majority of those over 80 degree days were really over 90 with over 90% humidity. I’m only sort of exaggerating. Getting off of the plane in Savannah is like walking into the sauna…
But in California the humidity is low (to me) and the temperatures stay reasonable for most of the year. Sure, there are a few weeks or maybe a couple of months when it’s really hot in the summer but spring is still sweater weather for me… albeit a light sweater. So really, what is going on? Is it global warming? El Niño or La Niña? (Whichever is the hot one).
I wanted to make biscotti today (I thought of another flavor combination I want to try). And granola (I feel like pretending to be healthy). But I can’t bear the thought of turning the oven on and heating up my little apartment even more. So instead, I thought I’d ask you a question:
How do you store your green onions?
I have a problem with green onions and herbs. They always wilt before I finish using them. So I’ve been experimenting. I got the idea to put them into water like they were cut flowers when I was watching Barefoot Contessa. She always has buckets or vases full of cut herbs on the counter that she cooks with. I’ve tried this with parsley and cilantro. And now I’m trying it with green onions. It’s not perfect but it does seem to help. I guess herbs are fragile and need to be used quickly, but putting the parsley and green onions in water definitely seems to prolong their life (the cilantro didn’t do as well for some reason).
Do you know a better way to store herbs?
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Congratulations Angie! I’ll be sending you an email soon to coordinate logistics and such. I can’t wait to see the cupcakes you make with these tools.
And to everyone else: there is always next time. No really. I don’t expect this to be the last giveaway here. In fact I already have plans for the next one but I think we should wait just a bit before diving into another giveaway…
Happy Monday!
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I like to spend my spare time thinking about happy things like chocolate, cupcakes, and blueberry pancakes. But sometimes it is important to take a step back and realize how fortunate I am in my life and give back a little. So when I first came across Share Our Strength and its Great American Bake Sale (GABS) I thought that would be a perfect way to put those cupcakes to work. And I almost organized a bake sale myself. But then Kate from Cooking during Stolen Moments contacted me to see if I’d like to participate in her Virtual GABS. Virtual? What a great idea! So I submitted a recipe for the e-book that Kate was compiling for the Virtual GABS.
I contributed the chocolate chunk cupcake that I posted last month(aka “the Ultimate Cupcake”). But there are 170 recipes in the e-book contributed by a lot of great bloggers. How can you get this e-book? You choose the amount you’d like to donate and in exchange you get this e-book chock full of recipes (not just cupcakes either). Links to purchase the e-book are below. But first a little more info…
Check out Cooking during Stolen Moments. Kate did a fantastic job organizing this event and compiling the ebook. You can order the ebook from her site or take a look below for more details:
Features all 170 of the submitted recipes. Many of the recipes include pictures.
On the checkout page, manually change the amount (USD) field to your donation amount.
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Because we know file size may be an issue for some, the below ebooks have split the 170 recipes into 4 categorized ebooks so that you can choose just 1 or 2 of your favorites, if you’d prefer. Just like for the Complete ebook, many of these recipes include pictures. And again, they are available for purchase based on any donation amount of the buyer’s choosing.
Features 24 recipes.
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Features 50 recipes.
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Features 49 recipes.
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Features 47 recipes.
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