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A Mother’s Prayer
Years and years ago when my kids were still little, I came across this prayer in a newspaper (might have been Our Sunday Visitor), that a mom said she prayed every night after tucking her kids into bed. It was… Continue reading
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Where Are They Now?
In 2009: In 2024: Links: The Will To Wife Archdiocese of Cincinnati Center for New Evangelization Mount St. Mary’s Seminary / The Church Wanderer The Human Formation Coalition Dead Theologians Society / World Cube Association Continue reading
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Yet Another Lentil Salad
There are so many lentil salad recipes out there and this is actually not my favorite one (will post that one of these days). But I had some white wine I needed to use up (which is actually optional), so… Continue reading
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Something to Do With Fresh Tomatoes
It’s the height of summer, and I’m beginning to be inundated with tomatoes from our farmer’s CSA box. My own tomato plants aren’t even flowering yet, as the seeds I sowed early on (German Johnson, from my friend Anna) are… Continue reading
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Green Soup
This is the default soup I use for when I have an abundance of greens — spinach, kale, chard, etc., AND when I want all the kids including the picky teen to eat their greens. The original recipe comes from… Continue reading
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Quinoa Tabbouleh
I already have my tabbouleh story from 2006 in this blog, so won’t bore you with that. We’re mostly gluten-free now, so I thought I’d post an updated recipe using quinoa. I didn’t mean to grow so much parsley this… Continue reading
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February Masala
I’m naming this by the month because there are many masalas for coffee and tea that I want to make, so I wanna leave room for others that I might post here. 😀 This is a mix that could easily… Continue reading
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Cooking Broccoli with Mustard
I’m cleaning out old drafts from this blog and found a draft for broccoli with mustard seeds, which I found (in 2006) from traveling chef Shuna Lydon’s old blog Lucullian Delights. Well, fast forward to 2024 and I found these.… Continue reading
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