Just a Smidgen » Quick Breads and Loafs https://justasmidgen.com ..a lifestyle blog filled with recipes, photography, poems, and DIY Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:07:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 I Heart Valentine’s Day and Some News https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/21/heart-valentines-day/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/21/heart-valentines-day/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:10:51 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=19134 It’s no surprise to most of you that I love hearts.. { like these Blushing Marshmallow Hearts } Soon it will be Valentine’s Day.. I’ll never forget the packages of Valentine’s my students brought to Kindergarten, each one signed in pencil and stashed into their friend’s heart-shaped pouch. ♥ I wanted to look back at […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/21/heart-valentines-day/feed/ 35 Weekly Photo Challenge: Love… “I ♡ Valentine’s Day Cake” https://justasmidgen.com/2013/01/26/i-%e2%99%a1-valentines-day-cake/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/01/26/i-%e2%99%a1-valentines-day-cake/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:59:24 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=11780 ♥ Remember that Spring Oranges Pound Cake and my wee video that was so much fun to make.. { I know, it’s not raining these days.. but stay with me.. } ♥ { At the Picket Fence } inspired  this little Valentine’s Day “Spring Oranges Pound Cake” “Makeover” …a little V-Day Love! ♥ It was […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/05/14/7639/feed/ 75 A Recipe for Rain and Spring Oranges Pound Cake https://justasmidgen.com/2012/03/17/a-recipe-for-rain-and-spring-oranges-pound-cake/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/03/17/a-recipe-for-rain-and-spring-oranges-pound-cake/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:33:51 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=6172 A Recipe for Rain   ♥ I’ve been watching our skies.. searching for a hint of rain No snow,  just rain …please…   Glorious, spring-laden, life rejuvenating, gurgling rain! To sprinkle over our gardens and lend a hand to the dormant plants below. And while I wait.. a meditative morning of solitude in my kitchen.. […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/03/17/a-recipe-for-rain-and-spring-oranges-pound-cake/feed/ 87 Christmas Gingerbread Loaf https://justasmidgen.com/2011/12/02/christmas-gingerbread-loaf/ https://justasmidgen.com/2011/12/02/christmas-gingerbread-loaf/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:31:49 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=4182 Warning: This page may contain graphic, seditious and explicit scenes that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Starbucks has named their baked goods with the utmost of political correctness. If you have a hankering for some “Holiday Baking”… then head on down to Starbucks! To be fair, I do think this is […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2011/12/02/christmas-gingerbread-loaf/feed/ 47 Old Fashioned Lemon Scented Cake with a Sprinkling of Sugared Citrus Peel https://justasmidgen.com/2011/08/05/old-fashioned-lemon-scented-cake-with-a-sprinkling-of-sugared-citrus-peel/ https://justasmidgen.com/2011/08/05/old-fashioned-lemon-scented-cake-with-a-sprinkling-of-sugared-citrus-peel/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:16:02 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=1894 Hazy summer days at the lake and a few too many lime Beergaritas can leave even the most ambitious cook in a perpetually somnolent state of fevered laziness… Fortunately, it never lasts too long… there’ll be a banging crash at the door as suitcases get hauled in with a smacking, flip-flopping stride and a loud “halllooooo”. […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2011/08/05/old-fashioned-lemon-scented-cake-with-a-sprinkling-of-sugared-citrus-peel/feed/ 14 “Rictusempra” Chili Cook-Off with Gran’s Cornbread https://justasmidgen.com/2011/07/20/rictusempra-chili-cook-off-with-butter-melting-cornbread/ https://justasmidgen.com/2011/07/20/rictusempra-chili-cook-off-with-butter-melting-cornbread/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:11:58 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=1558 There’s been a focus on cooking in volume these past few weeks, Super Store has become my new friend.  Gone are the leisurely strolls through the upscale organic food market.“Whole Foods”? Try “Whole Wallet“! Workouts, hockey, wake surfing and voracious appetites left me no other option! except, perhaps, eating out hint hint I had initially planned to […]

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