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• Tres Leches What???

  So this week was The Runner’s birthday, and of course I made a cake.  Now, one of The Runner’s favourite things to do is to come up with extremely random ideas for dinner, cakes, or basically anything else that he doesn’t have to cook himself- which is 99.9% of what we eat at home.  About…

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  February 10, 2026

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• September? Already??

  Time goes so fast.  So, so fast. I would say that I can’t believe it’s already September but in truth, I can’t believe it’s already 2025.  Granted, this is not the 2025 that I would have ordered.  It feels more like the 2025 that Marty McFly went back to in Back to the Future 2…

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  September 21, 2025

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• More boozy cookies, and yes, I take requests now

  I am not a gluten-free girlie, however I totally respect that some people are. So when a trainer at my gym asked if I could make gluten-free cookies, of course I said yes. It also gave me the opportunity to test out one of my new birthday cookbooks- Cookies & Crumbs. It did NOT disappoint!…

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  April 14, 2025

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• Whiskey and Cookies…

  Is the exact energy I’m bringing into my 45th trip around the sun. It’s my birthday this week. I do love my birthday- and the best thing about it being on a Wednesday, is I get to celebrate for two weekends- not just one. It’s been a good week of celebrations so far- a family…

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  April 6, 2025

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• 40 isn’t old if you’re a tree.

  

  I remember my mother’s 40th birthday.

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  February 6, 2020

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• What We Ate This Week: New Birthday Cookbook!

  One of the best things about having a birthday is getting new cookbooks to play with.  This year, I got two from The Runner- he was definitely trying to drop a hint or two because both are quite health conscious.  I’m not complaining- but he was definitely trying to send a message.

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  April 24, 2016

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• Happy Birthday To Me!

  

  I was super lucky last week and got to have two of the best meals ever.  Well, it was my birthday which is always my favorite time of year, mainly because it’s great to get close friends in the same room at the same time.  This year’s birthday lunch was at ACME.  It was wonderful,…

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  April 13, 2016

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• Ten Things In The Last 2 Weeks…

  Do you ever get the feeling that time has somehow slipped into overdrive and that each week is actually going even faster than the one before?   I do.  That’s the feeling I have right now. I can’t believe how quickly time has passing and that it’s already April! My plan to blog weekly with updates…

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  April 6, 2016

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• What We Ate- Feb 5th-12th- Happy Birthday Runner!

    So, this week was a big week of birthday celebrations. We kicked off the party on Friday night at a new restaurant in Surry Hills called Master.  It was tasty, trendy, and very unconventional.   As with most fancy restaurants these days, it was all share plates- which is nice for dinner for two, but…

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  February 15, 2016

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• Happy birthday Mom!

  Happy birthday to my amazing mother! I know it’s quite cliche to think your mother is amazing and I know I’m super biased but my mother actually is amazing. She’s an inspiration to me and has been to others as well. She taught me so much about cooking, entertaining and life in general and made…

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  December 19, 2013

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