Kozy Shack makes some excellent rice, vanilla, chocolate, and tapioca puddings. However, my kids’ consumption rate and the Kozy Shack price point ($3 – $4 for a 24 ounce tub) are such that I’m strongly motivated to come up with less-expensive, homemade alternatives. I’ve had success with the rice pudding recipe, even tapering back the […]
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This is a two-parter recipe. The first part is a general tomato sauce. It’ll keep in the fridge for a week, or you can freeze it if you make larger batches. The tomato sauce is used to make the puttanesca. Generic tomato sauce makes about 2 1/2 C — www.wt8p.com 1/4 C olive oil 1
I first heard about NaNoWriMo from Kristin in July. After looking into it, reading some of the experiences (themselves novel-worthy) by previous participants, and floating the idea by my spouse without incurring a veto, I’ve signed up. The challenge is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel from scratch between November 1 – November 30, 2004.
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Sunday had glorious weather for the annual Kitsap Color Classic (map, cue), the “Oh my, the cycling season’s over already?” ride. The ride has three loops, Hansville (red, 25 miles), Poulsbo (yellow, 36 miles), and Indianola (green, 14 miles). I did the Hansville and Indianola loops plus a few side roads, making this a 43
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Sunday morning, I was looking up the football game score for my alma mata on Yahoo. Go ahead, take a look. That’s not a basketball score, nor was it against football powerhouse Texas. (In that game, the week before, Rice gave up only half as many points.) It was San Jose State Spartans. Still, you
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Mt. St. Helens, March 2002 It’s been exciting reading about Mt. St. Helens Two years ago, I did an aerial photo safari around the mountain and was impressed at the level of eruption evidence still visible 20+ years later. (see also: 1, 2). This photo was taken at 9,000′, circling the mountain counter-clockwise. For those
Several years ago, I started bringing chocolate chip cookies to the office once or twice a month. I initially started with the Tollhouse Cookie recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag. It’s a start. The cookies don’t stay chewy very long after they’ve cooled.
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Map During Labour Day week, we took a rare vacation, spending four days in Tofino and two days in Victoria. Tofino’s on the west coast of Vancouver Island, just north of Pacific Rim National Park, where we’d be making day trips. It’s not very far as the crow flies, but the trip takes all day
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