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Broccoli Salad Memories

September 12, 2018 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

There are certain things that can trigger such deep, intense memories… it’s almost as if I’m transported back to the day and time in question. I’ve had this happen as a result of listening to music (this song instantly takes me back to “Senior Week” in Ocean City, Maryland, for example), seeing a particular photo […]

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Homemade-fake Maple Syrup

June 20, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Homemade-fake Maple Syrup

I’m running a guesthouse (for adopting families) and I like to cook. This translates into pancakes and bacon a lot of mornings, which means I bring out the big guns: my jar of homemade syrup. It doesn’t take too many bites of syrup-laden pancake before someone finally asks, “so you really make your own maple […]

Filed Under: + In My Kitchen · Tagged With: homemade-fake, recipe, syrup

Super-fantabulous quick rise rolls

June 12, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

30 minute rolls

Every single time I make these rolls, someone asks for the recipe. So I figured I’d post it here to share it with you all at once. Thanks to my friend Laura for sharing it with me shortly after we moved to Nicaragua (when I was lamenting my loss of frozen bread dough, refrigerated bread […]

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Braided Fruit Danish

April 18, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Braided Fruit Danish - Braiding Example

A few weeks ago, I started seeing photos showing up in my various social networks that featured a delicious-looking and beautiful fruit braid. The titles of said photos threw around words like “easy,” “super fast,” and “flaky crust” and I got really excited. So I clicked. And then I read the ingredient list, which prompted […]

Filed Under: + In My Kitchen · Tagged With: danish, recipe

It’s a Nutella kinda morning

April 14, 2014 By Wendy Willard · 1 Comment ·

Big dog who thinks he's a small dog

Everyone is on edge here. There have been hundreds of seismic events in the past four days. Having graduated from a college in southern California, I am not fearful of most earthquakes. The ’94 Northridge quake woke me from a sound sleep, with bookshelves, lamps, and other items crashing down all around me. I seriously […]

Filed Under: + In My Kitchen, + Not of This World, + Quick Thoughts, Creative Inspiration · Tagged With: banana bread, nutella, recipe

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