Pioneer Woman

Our dear friend Cricket’s birthday was last week, and of course Rebecca and I signed up to make the cake. OK, well I signed Rebecca and I up to make this cake. I wanted to make PW’s chocolate sheet cake, …

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Last week Melissa and I had dinner planned with a few girlfriends. We needed something gluten free and delicious. I was in the mood for something fast. Result? Delicious, warm, delightful chicken tacos. The recipe was once again borrowed from …

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Last week a coworker at my old job was crazy busy, babysitting her grandchildren and helping her daughter out. As a result, I offered to make a dish to please the kids and keep her out of the kitchen during …

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Because it was Friday, and I had a date with Melissa, Jeff and I needed a quick dinner. One that would make him happy so he wouldn’t notice that I was gone the rest of the evening. One that would …

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As Mary’s birthday was a few weeks back, Rebecca and I set off to bake for her. We knew Mary likes red velvet, and I had already made PW’s recipe. We figured that cupcakes would be easy to move (true) …

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As you may know, here at Garlic, My Soul we have a lot of pizza nights. Some of them are large – thirty of my closest friends, wandering around my apartment eating slices for four hours. Some of them are …

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Dear Pioneer Woman, We’ve spent the last year calling you by name almost daily, believing that you are our distant aunt, cousin, sister, friend, confidante. We have loved your book with the intensity of a favorite novel; pages are splattered …

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PW’s final day found us making Pineapple Upside Down cake, which nearly did us in. When we were finishing the cake, we had to flip it over onto a plate, and nearly didn’t make it. We found ourselves laughing, saying, …

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Two of our recipes that we had left were the ever-elusive Marmalade Muffins. Once in the grocery store, I remembered that this recipe was on our list, and purchased the only non-high fructose corn syrup orange marmalade in the store …

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