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Foodie Friday: Chai Biscotti

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I am in love with chai tea. When ordering my coveted chai tea latte with soy milk at coffee shops it tends to be made with the tasty Oregon Chai brand. When coming up with…

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Foodie Friday: Broiled Grapefruit

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I am an unabashed lover of breakfast, as you probably know already. While I love making breakfast foods at home, my favorite weekend activity is going out to brunch. My very favorite location in a city bursting…

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Foodie Friday: Sucre a la Creme

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One of my favorite daily traditions is to watch the Today Show every morning. It’s a bit zany, but I love it. It was always on in the morning when I was younger and getting…

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Foodie Friday: Puff Pastry Appetizers

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With New Year’s Eve being tomorrow, I figured it would be appropriate to share a new favorite appetizer recipe: Cooking Light’s Tomato-Baby Bell Pepper Tartlets. These little beauties are made with a few basic ingredients, but…

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Foodie Friday: Learning Swedish

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Dale’s grandma and her husband hold a sausage-making party every year. I am a lover of all kinds of parties, but I have to admit that this was my very first venture into sausage-making. Turns…

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Foodie Friday: Veggie Packed Soup

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 I have come to realize through these Foodie Friday posts that Linz and I might have a borderline obsession with soup. We might just need to start a weekly post like ‘Sunday Soups’ to fill…

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Foodie Saturday: Mulled Wine

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First, a couple of answers: Yes, Thanksgiving festivities distracted me from posting Foodie Friday on Friday. No, it wasn’t because I was partaking in Black Friday shopping.  🙂 Now a question: How was your Thanksgiving?…

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Foodie Friday: Chicken Not Pie

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With the days getting colder, I found myself fantasizing last weekend about chicken pot pie. For me, this dish is the epitome of comfort foods: it’s rich, creamy, and warms you up inside and out.…

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Foodie Friday: French Toast & Berry Pears

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I love breakfast foods, especially the ones that are usually reserved for the weekends. However, when Dale gave me the idea of making French toast this morning, I dismissed him. “French toast is for the…

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Mmmmm Monday: Pear Upside Down Cake

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Hello Lovelies! I cannot believe how long I have been absent from Sweet Athena, I have missed this place. About a year ago when Linz and I started Foodie Friday, we debated between doing our…

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Foodie Friday: Jello Molds!

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This retro-themed season means that we get to try out some crazy things. Making the top of my list of kooky projects has been to attempt a good old jello mold. I’m not sure I…

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Foodie Friday: Carrot Apple Ginger Soup

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Soup season is back and I am pumped! To celebrate, I created a special recipe with ingredients on hand. While I have tasted soups featuring carrots, apples, and ginger previously, this soup also includes a…

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Foodie Friday: Crema

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Sometimes a new type of dish pops out at you and you just have to try it. That is the way I felt about crema after reading an article about it in The Oregonian. Sauteed…

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