December 2011

2011 Un-Recap

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on December 31, 2011

in Baking, friends, random, Side Dishes

I wasn’t going to do a 2011 “Best Of What’s for Dinner” post for a few reasons, but mainly, and completely honestly, I don’t particularly want to look back on 2011. It started out with the absolutely worst week of my life so far. Starting the year out with the death of my dad was [...]

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Salted Caramel & Chocolate Bread Pudding

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on December 29, 2011

in Baking, bread, dessert, family, simple recipe

For the last few years, Hanukkah has fallen during a fairly inconvenient time within the holiday season. Seriously, last year, Hanukkah was three days after Thanksgiving! Since the celebration of Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday, and what we really like is the fun time with family, we’ve created “Nonukkah” or a “ninth night” when [...]

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Brown Butter Soft Pretzels

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on December 27, 2011

in Baking, bread, vegetarian

Last year on Christmas Eve, in an extremely different state of mind than I am right now, I set out to make a tasty snack to bring to the movies on Christmas day. What, you don’t bring fresh baked goods in your enormous purse too? Now you wish you’d thought of it don’t you? Back [...]

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Alfajores, or Caramel-Filled Shortbread Sandwiches

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on December 24, 2011

in Baking, dessert

Being a Spanish teacher who is fairly obsessed with food and food traditions has its benefits. In addition to being able to share these traditions with my students, I relish opportunities to eat and recreate them. I know the glory that is queso de cabra al horno en tomate or goat cheese baked in tomato [...]

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Festive Fingernail Friday!

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on December 23, 2011

in nails, random, Side Dishes

In preparation for the upcoming holidays, I hosted a nail art club meeting at school on Tuesday. We all did something slightly different, but there was a definite theme: Some of us did Santa jackets Some of us did Winter and Christmas scenes And some of us did Christmas lights! I’m currently rocking an extremely [...]

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