Jan. 1st

Starting 2012 off on the right foot with homemade sticky buns.

Okay, so we had these first on Christmas Day (which is when the photo was actually taken), but I made them again for New Year's breakfast for Allison to try.  Looked exactly the same and tasted amazing.


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May 20th

May 19th Anniversary Sushi via May 20th via phone camera.

PS- Thai Iced Tea = a m a z i n g  in case you wondered.

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Mar. 26th

I made kettle corn.

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Mar. 8th

Fat Tuesday = Jambalaya.

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Feb. 20th

Using my yearly Christmas kitchen tool/gadget gift from Kyle.

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Jan. 8th

Breakfast.

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Jan. 7th

Mmm, fruuuit.
This week we have mangos, braeburn apples, danjou pears, navel oranges, bananas, kiwis, and a lemon.
All organic, all delicious.

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Oct. 24th

Dinner: spicy whole wheat penne with pesto and  Parmigiano-Reggiano.

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Oct. 7th

Cocoa cupcakes with leftover Thomas the Tank Engine buttercream icing.

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Aug. 25th

Dinner not too long ago.

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Apr. 27th

I didn't want to buy bread, so I made some. Now I know exactly what is in our bread. Not has difficult as I thought it would be. The tasting will occur once it cools.

Day 117, April 27th, 2010.



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Apr. 25th

Grillin' lunch in the rain.

Day 115, April 25th, 2010.



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Apr. 3rd

Easter cupcakes. Rather, strawberry-embedded vanilla cupcakes with lime icing for Easter. Except that Kyle and I ate this one. You always have to taste what you bake before serving, right? Anyway, the icing is a little more pastel green than photographed and the rest have little green sprinkles.

Day 93, April 3rd, 2010.



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Mar. 29

Today is chili day in the Hopkins' household. It's good to have Kyle home on Spring Break.

Day 87, March 29th, 2010.



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3.14159265358979323846...

It's pi day. So what do we do? Get a peach and raspberry pie, make some homemade vanilla frozen yogurt, and eat both.

Day 73, π, 2010.



And now, for one of my favorite Simpson's quotes, " 'Scientists, scientists please! I'm looking for some order. Some order, please, with the eyes forward and the hands neatly folded and the paying of attention... Pi is exactly 3!' *gasp!* "

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Feb. 28th

Can't believe tomorrow is the first day of March already. That's pretty much it.

Here's what I made for dinner tonight. I was going for bruschetta, but it's more of a veggie & pesto pizza on seasoned flatbread. Man it was good. Only next time we're going to substitute the summer squash with fresh spinach.

Day 59, February 28th, 2010.



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Feb. 23rd

Whipped up a little something today - a banana pudding pie.. of sorts. I don't know.

Day 54, February 23rd, 2010.



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Feb. 10th

I did a bit of baking yesterday before going to work, then came home and whipped up the rest. It's a chocolate sformato with amaretto whip cream.

Day 41, February 10th, 2010.



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post script- do you like the small, medium, or large photo preview the best? I can't decide.

Feb. 5th

The technical 36th day of this so-called project. My new semester of school started: it's proving to be at least twice as busy as last semester. So, you know, less time to do fun stuff. Not to mention that my free evenings and Saturdays are being swallowed by my job. That = less Kyle time. :(

So here's what I've been able to get since I last posted. Really wish there was more than there is.

Day 36, February 5th, 2010. (click to enlarge)

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Jan. 9th

A day late, I know. But I certainly took the photo last night during our Christmas taco bar in January get-together. I knew I'd earn some serious brownie points with an offering of banana bread.

Day 9, January 9th, 2010.



Even after forgetting the vanilla during the mixing process last week, it still turned out really well. I sent the rest home with fellow banana-lover, Amy.

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