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Almond Coconut Macaroons

These are the cookies featured in SiftingRealities: Episode Two: GUN IN MY TOILET (more info can be  found in the previous post).  In the episode, Rich thinks Belinda is presenting the cookies as a peace offering of sorts, but ends up just stealing her plate of comfort food.  The macaroons in the episode are sans […]

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SiftingRealities: Episode Two: GUN IN MY TOILET

Um, ya, so I made this… with a lot of help (please see the credits), but yes, this is the sort of thing that comes out of my brain… #2. GUN IN THE TOILET – Issue: Still attempting to maintain some normalcy within the chaos of her life, Belinda (CARMEN BENNETT) chats with Lise (LACI […]

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

In lieu of the 2nd Baking with the Director episode (which we decided to not shoot so we could launch episode 2 of SiftingRealities) here is the recipe for the cookies that are featured in episode one: MAN IN MY BED (more details in previous post).  Of ALL the cookies I bake these are my […]

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SiftingRealities: Episode One: MAN IN MY BED

Belinda wakes to find a man (DAVE), who really shouldn’t be in her bed.  Issue: Dave really believes he belongs in Belinda’s (or is that Linda’s?) bed. Cookies: CHOCOLATE CHIP PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

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Croissants… no… butter horns… no… vanilla cream danishes?

At the beginning of March, we treated ourselves to a trip to the Wick Inn in Tofino for Michael’s birthday and, there, Sunday morning, I indulged in a fresh baked croissant with house made strawberry jam. SO GOOD! Now, I can’t actually digest white flour, so this was a huge, but tasty, risk for me […]

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SiftingRealities: Baking with the Director #1: Oatmeal Butterscotch Chip Cookies

This is the first episode of Baking with the Director the companion series to SiftingRealities (my web series) and my YouTube debut.

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Speaking of Birthday Cake…

My sister, Heather, requested the following cake for her birthday this past weekend: strawberries with a light chocolate cake and no icing. I quickly informed her that cake WAS heavy and that I couldn’t possibly make a cake without icing, but I could try a glaze instead of some crazy thick cream cheese icing (which […]

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Sifting Realities: Pilot

So… what has been occupying practically ALL my time these days?? SiftingRealities: web site, youtube, twitter & facebook fan page SiftingRealities is a webseries… my first foray into online distribution and, as soon as it finishes compressing, I will be posting the pilot episode.  Please check it out!  Reviews, comments and referrals are gratefully (& […]

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Birthday Cakes

It is a steadfast rule in my home that the birthday boy/girl gets to select what kind of cake they would like for their birthday celebration …and then I attempt to make said selection. Michael always picks cheesecake… for almost 10 years now, at least from the moment he first tasted my cheesecake, this has […]

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Perogies #FAIL

So… I made an attempt at whole wheat perogies last evening… perogies are something I had been craving but, given my white flour sensitivity (as in I can’t seem to digest it without a lot of pain and suffering), I haven’t had them in years.  Ah, cottage cheese and onion perogies… boiled then fried with […]