My friends Larry and Laurie go to many movie screenings. Sometimes I tag along if I can snag a pass.This week we saw Jeff Who Lives At Home.  I enjoyed it, it was a feel-good movie.  I’m not going to delve into movie reviews here, but I would recommend this one. Here’s the thing about… 

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It’s been a challenge identifying forty of my favorite things. Not that I don’t have forty favorite things, just that I need to identify forty that can be enjoyed relatively close to home, many during the work week. One that was not hard at all to identify was to spend an afternoon baking with Deanne…. 

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I mentioned over at 52 Sweets I wasn’t going to have a 52 baking project this year, but that I would have a 52 project over here.  I can’t believe it’s the middle of March and here I am, finally ready to tell you about it! I am turning 40 this year.  I know, it’s… 

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A friend challenged me this week to come up with lower-carb vegetarian dinner recipes.  I’m not well-versed in the low/no-carb way of cooking, but did take on the challenge to at least reduce the amount of carbs in a recipe I’ve made many times. Reduced-carb, is that a new thing? Usually when I make stuffed… 

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Wendy of Celiacs in the House is hosting Sharing Sundays as part of her In My Gluten-Free Kitchen series.  You’re following along over there, right?  I’m so looking forward to peeking into all of the kitchens she has lined up to feature this year and the Sharing Sundays series has a great list of topics… 

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It’s Restaurant Week in Kansas City.  Special prix-fixe menus are being offered at many restaurants around town, $15 at lunch and $30 at dinner for a multi-course meal.  It’s such a great way to check out new restaurants in town or visit old favorites, plus 10% of the food purchase price is donated to Harvesters. … 

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