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Fun & Fingernail Friday!

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on February 3, 2012

in nails, random, Side Dishes

I just had to follow up last night’s Itty Bitty Burgers with a Fingernail Friday to keep the fun going! I know I skipped a few weeks, but it’s for good reason: after months of doing my nails twice a week, the novelty wore off. I went and got a shellac manicure which lasted two [...]

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Itty Bitty Burgers

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on February 2, 2012

in beef, simple recipe

It’s no secret that I love small things. More specifically, small things that are just small versions of big things. A normal carrot? Great, and delicious in hummus. A teeny tiny carrot?? Amazing! A regular-sized cupcake? Delicious and definitely cuter than a large cake. A mini cupcake? Perfection! An average burger? Perfect on the grill [...]

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Croissants From Scratch

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on January 21, 2012

in Baking, bread

In our house growing up, we spent many many many Saturday mornings watching episodes of cooking shows on PBS interspersed with bouts of cleaning. Sometimes, we’d forgo an episode here and there (a repeat of The Frugal Gourmet, for example) for something more interesting, but there was one chef that would never be turned off. [...]

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Hearty Whole Wheat Bread

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on January 17, 2012

in Baking, bread, simple recipe, vegetarian

After the wonderful girls’ weekend I had this past couple of days, I was fairly excited to go home and crash… but my friend Amanda had another idea before I could go home. In between where we were staying and her house (where my car was parked) is a fantastic dairy farm and creamery which [...]

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Mommy & Me Photo Shoot – Melissa & Alex

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on January 16, 2012

in friends, Photo Gigs, photography

No, I’m not announcing anything. But, I spent a great weekend away with a group of girlfriends and took a boatload of photos. Back in April, I had a couple of photo shoots with a couple of the same people, one of which was a maternity shoot. Well, as it tends to happen, Melissa had [...]

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Wordy Wednesday

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on January 11, 2012

in photography, random, Side Dishes

We all know how this is really going to go. I can never keep my mouth shut, hence the lack of “Wordless” anywhere in the title. I arrived home yesterday to Adam cooking dinner. The next thing I knew, this plate was being presented to me. Chicken picatta from this Giada recipe, roasted green beans, [...]

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