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Make your own bread guys for St. Nicholas Day!
Bread Guys a.k.a. Weckmänner or Stutenkerle ©Laurel Decher, 2021 Directions and Recipe to Make Your Own Bread Guys for St. Nicholas Day! In Germany, you
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A Seven Kingdoms #BookBirthday Celebration!
A Seven Kingdoms #BookBirthday Celebration #BookBirthday Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients 1 can (16 oz.) pumpkin2 cups sugar1 cup vegetable oil4 eggs lightly
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Happy Day Before St. Nicholas Day!
These “Bread Guys” are in a Luxembourg bakery. ©Laurel Decher, 2019. Would your family like to celebrate St. Nicholas Day this year? At our house,
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Veggie of the Week Challenge: French Lentils meet Indian Spices
The Veggie Challenge started because writing can be TOO absorbing. If the family writer is also the family cook, mutiny threatens! The goal is to
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Veggie of the Week Challenge: 3 Ways to Fight a Dinner-Isn’t-Ready-Crisis
I’ve missed a few posts, so I thought I’d write about three panicky dinners and the tricks I used to get something half-way healthy with
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Another Veggie of the Week Challenge: Romanesco to the Rescue! Plus A Giveaway!
After years of studying chronic disease epidemiology, I’m convinced that vegetables are hugely important (And delicious.) But. . . .when I’m writing a story, I