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I made simple dinner rolls, but added a lot of herbs for some flavor.

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I cooked breakfast sausages and baked blueberry pancakes with fresh maple syrup, right out of the evaporator! So good.

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Today I made maple cookies, using freshly made maple sugar and syrup.

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Pizza!

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We had leftover pasta and sauce, with a green salad.

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I made KAF's "Bake of the Year 2023", the coffeecake recipe with 10 (? or so) variations. The Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffeecake has been on my to-bake list for about a year. We ate some after dinner tonight, and it is delicious. However, I doubt I will ever make it again. There are 4 layers, which is like making 4 separate cakes: the raspberry layer, the cream cheese layer, the crumble layer, and finally the batter - which goes on the bottom. It took me an hour to make (plus 50 minutes to bake), and I had a huge pile of bowls and utensils to wash, plus 2 countertops to scrub. I believe they posted a chocolate version, not sure I'll even look for it, 'cause although I'd love to eat it, I don't want to make it!

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I roasted boneless chicken thighs, which we had with a Mediterranean salad of orzo, cucmbers, onion, red pepper, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, and feta cheese with a tangy dressing (which I also used to marinate the chicken) and steamed fresh green beans.

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Dinner was ziti and marinara with kielbase, peppers, and onions, and a green salad.

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Saturday night we had ham steak, broccoli salad, and the last of the Mediterranean salad and cole slaw.

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Happy Birthday, Joan! Your birthday gift to the card players, and I bet they enjoyed them.

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I made focaccia, using Gael's Saturday Focaccia recipe from KAF. I sprinkled half of the pan with KAF's The Works Bread Topping and the other half with Penzey's Sandwich Sprinkles.

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I forgot -- I also made a big pot of mushroom soup. I followed my usual recipe, which is a copy cat recipe from Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes restaurants.

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Great minds! We had baked haddock, fries, leftover cole slaw, and freshly made dill tartar sauce.

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I made a rhubarb cobbler, using rhubarb from the garden that I froze last summer.

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Dinner tonight was bibambap and beef bulgogi. I bought both of them at a terrific deli inside a grocery store in Maine. It wasn't as good as what I get in Korean restaurants, but still was a nice change from our usual meals.

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