Archive for December, 2008

Dec 31 2008

Mini Key Lime Cheesecakes

I have the attention span of a five year old…after they have devoured all of their Halloween candy. It’s sad really because there are times when said short attention span gets the better of me. Just recently, while driving, I got distracted by my Blackberry and missed a turn. And by distracted, [...]

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Dec 31 2008

Dinner and a Movie

Published by Shaw Girl under Beef, Potatoes

I must first apologize for the less than stellar quality of the photos in this post. The idea for it came well after cooking was underway and truth be told, I was freakin’ hungry. While this may seem to be an ordinary steak dinner, it is not. It is sooo much more [...]

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Dec 29 2008

Pajama Party Menu…Or Things To Stuff in My Face as the Ball Drops

Published by Shaw Girl under Party Menus, Party Planning

As I mentioned previously, instead of dealing with crowded restaurants or bars or annoying drunk people at parties (not that I ever enjoy dealing with annoying drunk people), I am staying in on New Year’s Eve for a grown up pajama party. The Boy is in charge of movies and I am in charge [...]

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Dec 25 2008

Banana Coconut Pecan Bread

Published by Shaw Girl under Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, Christmas

There it was Christmas Eve and I was standing in my Mother’s kitchen mulling over what to do for Christmas morning breakfast. My mom really isn’t a baker, so ingredients were limited. But she just so happened to have some bananas, some pecans (from her CSA!!!) and some coconut all lying around. [...]

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Dec 23 2008

Gifts from Shaw Girl’s Kitchen

So you’re finishing up your Christmas shopping, happily checking everyone off of your list and then it hits you: what about my co-workers? Sure a lot of them can be complete and total idiots, but ’tis the season to be forgiving (and to ignore the fact that some of your co-workers - thankfully [...]

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