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Winter Whites ‘n Spicy Mexican Hot Chocolate Mix in a Jar

Barbara Bamber — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 15:50:17 +0000

Who can resist these little pink harbingers of things to come.. and who wouldn’t want to keep a few Christmas amaryllis around for a touch of spring? ♥ I love these winter white lacquered pieces.. I found these candlesticks at HomeSense last spring, they’ve been hiding in my office. I think they’d look […]

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Spicy Chicken Chilaquiles

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 14:10:37 +0000

Christmas presents have long since been opened, family and friends hugged but I still feel like hiding.. heavy fur blankets pulled up to my chin, our little pup resting nearby reading and LOVING The Goldfinch.. while every other day it seems that wicked freezing wind strips our trees and leaves bare skin exposed and shivering. […]

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Just a Smidgen 2013

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:33:13 +0000

In addition to the Top 10 viewed Crafts, DIY and Recipes, here are Smidge’s favorite much-loved posts from Just a Smidgen 2013! January Red Velvet Chambord Surprise ♡ Cake with Ruffled Frosting Sweetheart Rose Petal Soaps DIY Blushing Marshmallow Hearts February Spring Pastel Layer Cake SweetAmbs Brush Embroidery Cookies March Spring Festivus Spring Anenome Cupcakes […]

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Top 10 Recipes for 2013

Barbara Bamber — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:53:27 +0000

Let the countdown to 2014 begin! Here are your Top 10 Recipes for 2013! Number 10 You know I love experimenting with fancy cakes for family and friends birthdays! This Pretty in Pink Tomboy Cake was a popular one this year, I loved the pink icing swirled between the dark chocolate layers! Number 9 Pumpkin […]

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Naughty Whipped Pumpkin Spice Latté

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:13:12 +0000

Every Hallowe’en families have to decide who will walk with the wee Trick or Treaters & who will stay home to hand out the candy {or play tricks} ♥ Without fail, it snows here on or before that hallow’d day and children wail as their coats are shoved under or over their really cool costumes.. […]

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Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe

Barbara Bamber — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 22:44:36 +0000

Ever since the snow started falling yesterday, I’ve been searching everywhere for an easy Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe after all.. we also know it will soon vanish from their menu! .. a recipe that wouldn’t require: time (who has that?), a saucepan (more clean-up), processed syrup (not healthy) Unfortunately.. no such luck! { sigh […]

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On Peonies and Masticated Orange Sunrise Juice

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:48:42 +0000

So I bought these “little Peonies” the other day.. they were curled up tight in little buds, like any other Peony.. Ever.. { they were purchased at Magnolia Floral Gallery, West Market Square } To my dismay, I found out that I paid as much per stem as my friend had paid for an […]

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A Smidgen of Glad Tidings

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:03:59 +0000

Smidge’s won! Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote! Thanks to my family who patiently waited for their cold suppers while I cooked, wrote and photographed their food… and for being willing advisers and taste testers in the kitchen { like that’s a tough job! } I haven’t won “one” , but won […]

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Warm Apple Pie Latte

Barbara Bamber — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:32:42 +0000

Being just a touch obsessive when I go on holidays.. everything has to be done: desk cleaned off, bills paid, groceries bought, car cleaned out kitchen counter rearranged, so when I get back I have a fresh start… plus I feel worry free while I’m away! ♥ I’m done all the above and more.. recent […]

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hope ~ elderflower recipes

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:06:01 +0000

♥♥♥ hope is most powerful in the face of uncertain success it is the spark of courage and stoic resolve and belief in the certainty of one’s decisions ♥♥♥ hope searches for answers that make sense of it all and still hope lingers when all, save one, have left the room ♥♥♥ they say the […]

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Miss Bell’s Sweet Iced Tea

Barbara Bamber — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:39:10 +0000

“Way up yonder past the caution light There’s a little country home with a porch outside You gotta stop in and ask Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea..” ♥ “Sittin’ right there on her front porch swing she’ll fetch you a jar of her Sweet Iced Tea and you’ll think “This could be love..” […]

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Three Strikes and…

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:36:48 +0000

sometimes you just want to… toss the kitchen sponge …give up the ghost …jump ship …throw in the tea towel ♥ “mother” nature has been toying with us again (what kind of “mother” does that?) some suspiciously white-colored rain fell yesterday all of my friends expected that I would be putting a positive spin on it […]

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Dreamsicle Smoothies

Barbara Bamber — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:25:26 +0000

Like many food writers, I share my food photos and creations on Facebook.. I even have a dedicated Just a Smidgen Facebook page ♥ and it’s been so much more than a “slice” to play around there… and I truly appreciate the comments that I receive. There have been a few queries over the past little […]

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Hypnos’ Blood Orange Martini

Barbara Bamber — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:52:58 +0000

oh, sleep elusive Hypnos… slumbering in shades of Indigo and Prussian Blue! if sleep must shun at least grant me Selene’s wish and wakeful vigil keep ♥ do we live in waking dreams? if so, let this, then, be a gift of time and invention… ♥ when we just can’t sleep… fall asleep, stay asleep, […]

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“I’ll have a Grande, Non~Fat, Extra Hot, Sugar-free Peppermint Mocha Latte, please!”

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:41:47 +0000

We have a saying in Calgary… “If you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes.” We went from one of these last week… where the mountains looked like this… and just the other morning, the sun was shining and the roads were bare and dry. Time to stop in at my favorite spice merchants… While waiting […]

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