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2010′s Double Yums at Spend-a-Buck Farm!

December 31, 2010

Cheddar Cheese and Hot Pepper Thumbprint Cookies

It’s been quite a year here at Spend-A-Buck Farm! And there’s is one thing that is consistent and that’s good food! Yesterday I sat down with Mr. Tastebuds and we picked our favorite recipes for the year and he did surprise me with a few of his picks. If you’d like to copy the recipe [...]

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Vanilla Poached Pears with Chocolate and Almonds

December 24, 2010

I served the Vanilla Pears with Chocolate and Almonds last year for our Christmas Eve dinner and they were so easy to make and so pretty. I actually saw a photo of Chocolate-dipped Pears in magazine advertisement for wine, tore out the photo and went to work figuring out a recipe. I’m considering making the [...]

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Turkish Pear Coffee Bread

October 31, 2010

This week for HBinFive one of our assignments was Turkish Pear Coffee Bread. Pear is such a delicate fruit in both flavor and texture that I was concerned that the pear would be over powered with the ground coffee beans and sour cream but I trudged on and made it anyways! I made half a [...]

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Welcome to the 20th HBinFive Bread Braid

September 30, 2010

Is it just me or has the month of September just zipped by? But I do love Fall, it really is my favorite season and I welcome the smell of apples, cinnamon and pumpkin. I had so much fun with the Pumpkin Pie Brioche and it is such an easy dough to work with, you [...]

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Pumpkin Pear Tarte Tatin and Pumpkin Brioche Cinnamon Rolls

September 29, 2010

This is pumpkin week at HBinFive and did I have fun or what!!! It’s been such gorgeous fall weather this week and I am a bundle of energy. I’ve been busy washing all our linens and hanging them outside to dry and they smell so good! And I’ve been baking and baking and baking and [...]

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Frisée with Pears, Goat Cheese, and Salted Pecans

September 3, 2010

Pear, Apple, Goat Cheese and Salted Pecan Salad

Pears are one of my favorite fruits, yet I don’t serve them as much as I should. And when I saw the recipe for Tyler Florence’s Frisée with Pears, Goat Cheese, and Salted Pecans salad I immediately bookmarked it! But the bookmarking took place well over a year ago. There’s just too many recipes and not [...]

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Carrot Bread with Carrot Cake Jam

March 18, 2010

We’ve had such gorgeous weather the last few days, I’m almost ready to put my flannel-lined bluejeans away for another season! Today I was outside for the better part of the day in a long-sleeved t-shirt and I loved every minute of it! Spring is such a fun time of the year! And I am [...]

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Peches, Poires et Pruneaux au Vin Rouge

August 31, 2009

This week for Whisk Wednesdays I made Peches, Poires et Pruneaux au Vin Rouge or Peaches, Pears and Prunes in Red Wine Sauce. A month or so ago our weekly Whisk Wednesdays’ assignment was to make Savarin aux Kiwis et aux Fraises or Rum Savarin with Kiwis and Strawberries. Although I did make the Rum [...]