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Carrot Sheet Cake: What to do with holiday left overs

Now that holiday meal is over and your refrigerator is hardly able to close, you can’t possibly eat those left overs before you get tired of the same old, same old. Here’s what you can do with left over carrots, squash, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, corn, any other starchy sweet side dish. If you added herbs and the left over is on the very savory side, then reduce the sugar and convert the following recipe into a less sweet, more savory cake to accompany other meals…think corn bread which is not too sweet but goes really well with most any meal [...]

By Joanne|2014-11-28T16:30:16-05:00November 28, 2014|Baking|1 Comment

Give Thanks and Cranberry Big Carrot Cake

It’s such a busy time of year. We begin the hustle and bustle with Thanksgiving and won’t stop for another month. When things get a little crazy, it might help to just STOP. Take a deep breath. Sit down. Think of all the things in life for which you are thankful. Here are my top ten: Family. We are so supportive of each other, it’s a great feeling knowing you are never alone. Husband. He puts up with so much and has such a gentle, forgiving way. I couldn’t be more blessed. Dogs. I have the prettiest, best behaved German [...]

By Joanne|2012-11-20T20:10:48-05:00November 20, 2012|Baking|4 Comments

Carrot Cake, Perugia, Snow Day

Typically when someone tells a story they don't start with the highlight. Keep that in mind and continue on my friends. Saturday. Another snow day in Utica. Blaaa. We actually managed a 3 1/2 mile run outside but it wasn't much fun and we had to stay to the streets which weren't very well cleared. It was slow - 11 min / mile average. I came home and finished up another 2 1/2 on the treadmill at a little faster pace, average speed 6.8. Had an apple - it was FINALLY a nice, crisp, sweet one today. Made my weekend [...]

By Joanne|2009-01-03T10:50:25-05:00January 3, 2009|Baking|Comments Off

Diffused Olive Oil

It's a day off from work but not from working out. We slept a little later, about 1 hour longer in bed but went down and pumped some iron. I bought a new protein to try and started with a pre workout shake: It has a good clean taste, mixes very easily and is great for a low carb diet. The workout today consisted of 40 minutes on the treadmill. It was impossible to run outside. The snow was falling so heavily and it was 20 degrees with a wind. So 4.5 miles for the last day of [...]