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Wow! A Kitchen Aid stand mixer! Do you have one already or will this be a new learning experience for you? How exciting!

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Today I made a dozen sticky buns.

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I would also suggest adding some mustard to the ham and potato soup. I plan to cut the rest of the ham off the bone today, and then cook the bone for soup. Last summer for a "chowder pot-luck" I made Dutchess soup and added chunks of potato (so that it qualified as a chowder!) and ham - it was excellent. I might use some of the ham to make that again. I also will put some into the freezer for omelets, egg muffins, etc.

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No cooking here tonight! A food truck has been coming to the parking lot of a daycare center near us on Fridays and Saturdays for the past month. This is a real treat for such a rural area. So I picked up San Diego style fish tacos for our dinner - delicious! However, it's not quite the same as sitting on the pier over the waters of the bay on a sunny day, not when it's raining and the temp is 34*.

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I made beef stroganoff for dinner tonight.

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I was at TJ Maxx this morning, first time in ages, and I found nothing to buy!! I also went to Joann's and the one item I wanted to buy there was out-of-stock! A half hour drive, each way, and I bought nothing except a tank of gas. Baking is more fun.

So I made a 9 x 13 pan of date-nut coffee cake when I got home.

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We are having planned overs all week! Then I'll have to cook again, and it will be ham and split pea soup, or maybe a ham and 15-bean soup.

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We haven't seen our resident fox for a couple of weeks, Mike. About a mile from here, there were two dens of rabid foxes a few months ago, which Fish and Game trapped; it might have been part of that crew. However, last night we saw, on camera, the bobcat saunter through the back yard.

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I began baking all the cookies I've been making and freezing for the previous 3 weeks. I have a couple more dozen to bake.

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Today I made tomato soup, which we had for dinner with onion-wild rice rolls. I also made a fruit-lime jello mold, which will be part of our Christmas dinner tomorrow evening.

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I got a quart of garden tomatoes out of the freezer and made a sauce with rice for a dinner of stuffed peppers and some of the garlic knots I made yesterday.

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Today I made Buckeye Bars. Not sure they belong under "Baking" because they are no bake. But they are also no cook. The best part is they taste just like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, and who can resist peanut butter and chocolate?

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I'm looking forward to your new recipe, BakerAunt. The Sandwich Rye Bread is one of my favorite recipes. I often substitute pumpernickel for the medium rye.

Today I made garlic knots, to serve with the Christmas Eve ham. I need to decide on another kind of roll, to make tomorrow, for those who don't eat garlic.

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Len, that trick to softening butter sounds great, and thanks, I'm glad to know it works.

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We had pork chops with sauteed onions, and cauliflower and asparagus.

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