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I made a red lentil soup today. Came out pretty good, I hadn't made red lentils before. Used a recipe from allrecipes, Lentil Soup with Lemon

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Tonight I made a top round roast, roasted it at 225 degrees. Came out real nice.

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Today I made a cake from a mix (Arrowhead Mills) and made a maple glaze for it by using a cup of powdered sugar, a tablespoon of palm oil, 2 tablespoons of maple syrup and 1 tablespoon of milk. Not a real strong maple flavor but not bad. Then I sprinkled some chopped pecans on the glaze.

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I made light rye sandwich buns. I used 2 ounces of KAF pumpernickel, 5 ounces whole wheat and 7 ounces bread flour. I normally just make this with 7 ounces each of whole wheat and bread flours but wanted to try it with a little rye. The buns came out beautiful but I haven't tasted it yet.

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Today I made meatballs with beef, pork and veal. Added a bunch of chopped parsley and some fresh grated parm. Some of the meatballs are for tonight and the next 2 days and the rest are in the freezer for some easy meals later. I think I saw on ATK where they said to take the rind from the parm and toss it in the pot when making the tomato sauce, so I did that. It gave the sauce a mild parm flavor.

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I had meatballs planned for today.

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BA, you're in Indiana, right? Does Peapod deliver to your area? (I know they deliver to some areas in Indiana, my driver told me he goes there) They always have buttermilk. Another option might be Amazon Fresh. They also might have other items that are hard to find in your small town.

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I made a French bread recipe into a basket weave.

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Italiancook wrote:

What I’m waiting for is an affordable robot that’s programmed to load the dishwasher and put the dishes away. If it also wipes the counters clean, that’s a bonus. It probably won’t be able to do the pans that have to be washed by hand, but if it can, wow!

I am that robot. Full service, I also cook, bake and do the pans too.

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Today I sauteed some onion, carrot and green pepper, then some ground chicken, added a can of cream of chicken soup to it and served it over macaroni.

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Happy Birthday Baker Aunt!

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Today I made meatballs and sauce. Delicious!

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Good advise Mike.

I dropped them a note and they said they will replace the damaged cans. In regards to the "best by" dates, they had this to say,
"In addition, in regards to your mention of "best by" dates, in lieu of expiration dates, we print "p-numbers" on our packages. You can see this on the package's label, just below the scannable barcode. This number tracks the entire life of the product, and provides more information about the item than a conventional expiration date. The one draw back is that customers cannot easily identify when a product is no longer fresh! (I apologize - we're definitely working on changing that!)"

So, I am satisfied with their customer service at this time.
I bought peanut butter stuffed pretzels, I used to get those from Nuts on Clark at Chicago's Union Station when I would go through there and haven't seen them anywhere since. They are just as I remember them, glad I bought a bag. Also tried the dark chocolate covered Brazil nuts, those things are great but I am a huge Brazil nut nut. There are a few other items I haven't sampled yet but everything looks good in the package and I'm sure they will be fine.

Today I made cinnamon rolls using the almond filling as the filling (I used a slightly expired can I already had, not one of the dented cans), sprinkled with a fair amount of cinnamon. I use KAF whole wheat pastry flour and oats in the dough. Came out pretty good, but as you can see, I have difficulty making them a uniform size.

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I received my Nuts . com order. Standard free shipping was fast. They included a free sample of 1/4 lb dried apricots :). There are a couple of things I am disappointed with. The main thing is all the cans of almond filling were dented. They were all well wrapped in bubble wrap so they were shipped already dented. To me that indicates they get thrown around over there. The other thing is they have a relatively short best use by date, 4-6-18. I probably won't use them all by then. I know they're probably still good beyond that date but since the cans are dented I have less confidence in them. All the other items, packaged by them, look good in the packages. I don't see a best by date on any of them though.

I'll probably order from them again, but my enthusiasm has been tempered.

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I like the almond filling as the filling for cinnamon rolls. My order from Nuts.com is scheduled to arrive tomorrow so I am making the dough today to be ready when the Fedex truck arrives.

Last night I made a loaf of French bread, in the basket weave. I made it 50% whole wheat.

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