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Pan-Fried Pork Dumplings

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Does anyone else giggle at the word dumpling? I’ll stop there. Okay but I can’t. And come on, pot-sticker? Who came up with these names? And why wasn’t I on the board? Because that meeting would have been awesome. “Who all is in favor for calling these little bites ‘dumplings’?” Me, “UMMMMMM YEAH.” The end. […]

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Easy Homemade Pizza Rolls

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Total cop-out post . . . or brilliance. I’ll let you decide. But if it’s cop-out, don’t tell me, coo? I don’t know what it is lately, if I’m subconsciously preppin’ for the after-school snacks era, or if my little leeches love pizza and tortillas and cheese just as much as I do, but you […]

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Strawberry Pastry Bites

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O BEAUUUUUTIFUL FOR SPAAAACIOUS SKIES, FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAAAAAIN. Oh, hey. I made dessert! But it’s a Bev-style dessert, where there’s no crying or sweating involved. It’s nothing like this grilled sponge cake I had to make for a client yesterday and omgomgomg, I was a hot mess. All the folding of egg whites […]

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BLT Tostadas

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I can’t wait to tell you all about these. But first, an ant just walked across my forehead. Just cruised across my head like it’s backpacking Europe or something. And of course I completely freaked out, feeling the tiny tickle. Because at first I didn’t know what it was! Was it blood trickling down my […]

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Spicy Bean Dip and My 2-Year Blogibirthery!

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Happy Two-Year to meeeeee! Who wants bean dip? Truth is, I nearly forgot about my blogibirthery. I KNOW. I’ve been super distracted lately becauuuuuse there’s this tree in our back yard. This huge top-heavy tree in the back left-hand corner of our yard. And over Memorial Day weekend, when we were out of town, doing […]

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