Recipe Week 4: Pasta Carbonara

I'm still playing catch up a bit. I made this recipe a couple weeks ago. It was a pretty easy weeknight dinner, and reminded me a bit of homemade mac n' cheese. It is pretty simple to make. You start with fresh pasta. Then, cook some diced pancetta in a pan with oil and add it to the pasta. The...

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Recipe Week 3: Cookie Dough!

So, while I have been good about trying new recipes, I'm still getting into the swing of blogging about them every week. Brace yourselves for a bit of backlog. I had preordered this book when it came out and, as the name suggests, it is chock full of decadent cookie goodness. So, to branch...

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Recipe Week 2: Lemon, Lime & Thyme Cookies

For my next recipe, I tried another Joy the Baker recipe ( I'll branch out to another author next week, I swear! ). This one is from her cookbook on page 190. The recipe is basically a shortbread recipe with a little bit of fanciness added. The first unique bit is that the sugar is changed...

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Project #4: iPad Case

After I made my new purse, I wanted a new case for my iPad as well. I followed this pattern for the slipcase, but I added about 4 inches to the length of the main body so that the top would fold over more. I also doubled the width of the pocket and folded it over so that it was lined. Before...

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