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Mine was Philadelphia, full-fat, and at room temperature.

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Joan, I followed the instructions exactly - I even used a timer for the 5 minute wait on the butter and sugar. I did skip the vanilla in the brownie batter; maybe that made a bigger difference than I thought it would. My cream cheese had been in the freezer, so perhaps that affected the liquidity, but it was very very runny. I'll try them again, in a month or so, and let you know how they come out.

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I baked the Creamcheese Brownies that Joan posted a link to yesterday. I was concerned because the brownie dough was very, very dry; it was difficult to spread in the pan. And the creamcheese mixture was very wet, more like a thin cake batter. Now that they have cooled and set up, the consistency is better, but still not what I would expect. I reviewed the recipe, and believe I did not omit anything, and measured correctly. Were your's like that Joan?

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I did a lot of cooking this morning. First, I browned about 2 1/2 pounds of ground beef. Then I used a pound of it in a big pot of chili for the guys running the ice fishing derby tomorrow, when it is predicted to have a high temp of 20*. I'll send the Burger Buns I also baked this morning along with the chili. Then I made an even bigger pot of tomato sauce, using 3-4 quarts of tomatoes from last summer's garden. I will freeze some of it plain, and to some of it I will add some of the cooked ground beef. I will end up with several containers of pasta sauce, ready to heat and eat, with or without meat - restocking the freezer. For dinner tonight, we'll have the sauce with rice, which we called "Spanish Rice" when I was growing up.

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I made a dozen burger buns. This time I followed the original recipe from Moomie exactly, except I needed to add about a tablespoon more flour.

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I made my version of a Harvest Grains bread, two loaves.

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No cooking here on Thursday night. My husband has a dinner meeting so I had leftover broccoli, chive cottage cheese, grapes, and ice cream!

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Today I started a big pot of beef stew. Tomorrow I'll add potatoes, onions, carrots and let it simmer most of the day.

Supper tonight was salads: chicken and grapes, seafood, and a green from the gro-lights in the sunroom.

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We love the Harvest Grains. I always have a bag of in the pantry! It's so easy to add just 1/2-3/4 cup to any basic recipe.

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Tonight we had baked beans, from the freezer.

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Today I made cinnamon chip scones, with pecan meal, and sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar on top.

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Tonight we had salmon, white and red rice, and broccoli.

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We had lasagna from the freezer, and a salad with greens grown under the Gro Lights.

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I took the night off, too! I'm sick, not of cooking, but of having to figure out what to cook for dinner. So I had a mushroom soup from the freezer, and my husband had a hot dog and part of a can of Grillin' Beans.

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Joan, they are good! Use whatever dough you would typically use for sweet rolls. For the filling, mix 3 ounces of cream cheese, 1 egg, about 1/3 cup of sugar, and some vanilla. I also added 2 tablespoons of flour because I was afraid it would be too runny. Spread this over the rolled out dough (about 15 x 24") and then sprinkle about a cup of blueberries over it. Roll up and slice into 12 rolls. Bake. Spread with a cream cheese frosting/glaze while they are still warm from the oven.

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