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Healing Food: Lentil and Tomato Soup

Healing Food: Lentil and Tomato Soup by Joanne

It has been a long winter. We are into February and there is no more football. Okay, so we have March Madness but what if you’re just not that into basketball? What if you can’t stand the cold and you’re at your limit with the dullness of winter. The Winter Blues have set in.Depression is brought on by many things. It can also be…

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The Bread The Cookies

The Bread The Cookies by Joanne

How does artisan baked bread differ from commercial baked bread? That was the question in the winter newsletter from New York Small Scale Food Processors Association. “The difference is in the process and attention to detail rather than in the scale of the operation. Quality ingredients is the first step to creating artisanal…

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CNYEats A Taste of Utica: Hot Sauce for Chicken Wings

CNYEats A Taste of Utica: Hot Sauce for Chicken Wings by Joanne

The most enjoyable experience when making these Taste of Utica recipes, is trying a recipe you would never think of making.After mixing up this sauce and serving it with chicken wings and meatless chicken (vegetarian substitute), there was a loud voice that emanated from our dining room declaring “I LOVE chicken wing night”. That…

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Banana Bundt Cake: A Gluten Free Recipe

Banana Bundt Cake: A Gluten Free Recipe by Joanne

Digital Photography Class: It has been a while since I last updated everyone on all the tips and tricks. Well, we are still working in and trying to find our way around PhotoShop. It’s pretty amazing photo editing software.This past week, Ted gave me a very old, worn, faded photograph of his parent’s wedding …whoops! It wasn’t his…

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CNYEats A Taste of Utica: Pizza Sauce

CNYEats A Taste of Utica: Pizza Sauce by Joanne

You can not go wrong by homemade pizza sauce. Who doesn’t enjoy a good pizza and isn’t the sauce one of the key components that make a terrific pizza?This weeks recipe is posted by Chris and can be found on page 40 of our book. This recipe is loosely written so I have added suggestions based upon how I made and used the sauce.1 (#2…

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Molasses Cookie Waffles

Molasses Cookie Waffles by Joanne

In my earlier post which documented my workout plans for the week, I listed a 12 mile run and the Duathlon for Saturday. Ted and I would have been standing at the starting point all alone if we tried to enter the event next Saturday. It’s on Sunday and that’s so much better because I was beginning to wonder how I would run 12 miles,…

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Just Because … and the winner is

Just Because … and the winner is by Joanne

Just because today is a perfect day. A 5 1/2 mile Sunday early morning walk with my dog.Just because I love my husband. At Bob and Nancy’s home for a gathering of friends.Thanks for the beautiful scarf, Nancy….Just because we have wonderful friends. Everyone trying to get their photo taken by Party Shot.Okay – so it knows I like…

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Three Berry Muffins

Three Berry Muffins by Joanne

Three Berry MuffinsAfter sticking to the running/workout schedule plan for this week, I deserve a muffin! 30 minutes of running while we were vacationing. 2 hours spent snow boarding which counts as cross training on Tuesday. Wednesday was a 45 minute run upon returning home. That was a tough one since my legs weren’t really with…

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Just another Waffle Weekday

Just another Waffle Weekday by Joanne

Just another Waffle WeekdayBeautiful Winter Wonderland! Through my eyes as Shane and I set out on our early morning walk…As Ted said, “It’s like being in a picture.” No wind. 37 degrees. A lot of snow. Couldn’t be better for a day in February.WAFFLING….Sing it like the song…”Just another Manic Monday”, by the Bangles….Six o’clock…

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