Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Brioche Fig Bread Pudding

For Christmas this year we decided that we just needed to be by ourselves and spend some time in reflection and prayer. So I cooked...a lot. Cooking for me is relaxing, enjoyable and comforting. Lots of times when I've cooked for people, they say things like "Don't trouble yourself" or "You don't need to spend all day cooking for us" or "We can just have sandwiches". But what most people don't realize is that I LOVE to cook, to try new recipes and to be in the kitchen. It's where I spent...
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Monday, December 3, 2012

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

Cold season has arrived just in time for Christmas and I am savoring every minute of it! Here's just a small idea of what this time of year looks like for us... 1. Long pants and socks..only inside the house of course because socks outside would be ridiculous and wind up black...unless they were black to begin with...but we aren't so far gone as to wear black socks with tennis shoes! 2. Seeing Africans walking around in down coats, scarves and stocking hats. Hil.ar.ious. 3....
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