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Aaron - I didn't know Bickford's still existed.

I had a good friend who introduced me to Dutch Babies, but she always called it "David Air" My recipe always said "Eyre" Since she was a teacher she might have written it that way - it was simple just lemon juice and powdered sugar for the topping.

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I had planned to grill some chicken tenders,but it turns out I’m out of propane. Now I have to figure how to get some more without Will around to carry it.

Anyway, I made a marinade of olive oil and Penzey’s Mitchell Street seasoning which I got as a sample - I baked them in the oven. Then I made tabbouleh with BRM bulgur, herbs from my box, tomatoes from a neighbor and feta. I had bought a cucumber (organic) at Harris Teeter but when I cut it open, it was bad on the inside. I ended up chopping some celery for the crunch - it actually worked pretty well.

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At the end of last year, Will had done a lot of research on grow lights. The one we had used was a simple grow light bulb from the garden center or HD - I think the garden center was out. We got a light from Mars Hydro and of course everyone thought he was growing cannabis, not vegetables. It worked really well initially, but then our plants never took off.
I finally harvested what little I had left outdoors - in 2 months nothing grew - the carrots were less than an inch! But they made a tasty salad. The box now has shade tolerant herbs.

So, I guess what I'm saying is that even grow lights are trial and error.

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Happy Birthday, Cass! I hope you have some cheesecake😊

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Then it’s not an olive oil cookie🙄 it’s an olive oil “flavored” cookie. I didn’t bother to read it because I’ve never seen an olive oil sweet baked item recipe that had butter.

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BakerAunt, I saw this in KABC's Sunday round up and I thought of you - didn't know if you get the weekly email or have seen or tried this recipe for Olive Oil Orange Sugar Cookies

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/olive-oil-orange-sugar-cookies-recipe?trk_msg=59J9G4II70EK3DLP44U72QKC3C&trk_contact=LID9H3PG2FDJ094VN20RCFNSG4&trk_sid=8EOBUGPRJO3JFGD0TPBSID4FO8&trk_link=OU84EEG7B1O413EUP3BQCIU65G&utm_source=ltk_master&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Olive+Oil-Orange+Sugar+Cookies&utm_campaign=ec-220612&utm_content=sunday-content-freeze

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Joan, I am so sorry for your loss. I, too, am glad you were able to be with her so much and to take her treats. Hold dear your wonderful memories.

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Aaron, I used my ChefAlarm from Thermoworks to check my oven - they have the instructions on their website. It really helped as my oven ran 14 degrees too high and now we just set it lower - one of the nice things about digital dials. If it calls for 350, we set it for 336 and until we know the recipes, we always check 5 minutes before the end time.

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I’m late too - I hope you had a great day Sara - I miss you.

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Chicken salad with leftover rotisserie chicken breast, green salad and Harvest Grains Toast

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I baked! I only have a couple of pieces of Will’s sourdough left so it was time.

I made my adaptation of KAF’s Harvest Grains Bread. I use 100 grams each of AP and sprouted wheat flour and the rest was WWW. The recipe calls for 4 teaspoons yeast, but since I had the gold SAF I thought I would try 3 teaspoons (2 loaves). Whole grain bread improver is optional but I didn’t have any- well, that’s not completely accurate - I may have had a jar in the freezer, but I couldn’t read the writing so I tossed it.

Anyway, I probably could have proofed it longer - I’m always afraid of overproofing - it wasn’t quite at the inch over the lip of the pans when I put them in the oven - they didn’t rise more in the oven, but they also didn’t sink - they’re a little dense but still good.

EDIT: I probably could have used the whole amount of water as well - it's amazing what you can forget when you haven't done something in a while - it makes great toast.

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Joan, sloppy joes over mashed potatoes sound good!

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I did bake brownies two weeks ago which were requested by one of my cooks at work. I still have some of Will's sourdough in the freezer, but I have to start thinking about baking some bread in the next week or so. I also need to feed the starter and try to use some in some of the bread I will bake for me.

I do need to purchase that long baker with my gift card. Even though it's a gift card, I'm still having trouble getting my head around spending that much money.

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I've been lurking for a while but not posting. My cooking kind of cycles now that it's just me. On Sunday, I made a sheet pan dinner with Tuscan flavored chicken sausage, a large russet potato, 2 small broccoli crowns and ½ an onion. It lasted me for 3 nights. Tonight I'm grilling chicken tenders that I'm marinating in oil and Penzey's Mitchell Street from a sample package - I think I'm going to like it. And, I'll roast cauliflower in Fox Point seasoning.

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My favorite cinnamon is KAF’s Vietnamese cinnamon. I’ve tried others, but I like the depth of flavor.

We were doing a wine tasting at work this afternoon - everyone liked different ones - everyone’s palate is different so we all have different preferences.

KAF does have black cocoa powder - Mrs Cindy sent me my first package of it - she always put some in the bottom of her measuring cups before adding whatever cocoa powder she was using. My favorite is still their double dark cocoa blend.

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