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Java Brownies – a perfect balance
February 13, 2013 in: Recipes
Are you ready for some chocolate? In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s one of my favorite chocolate recipes that I sort of came up with myself – java chocolate brownies. Yes, they are as good as they sound. Yes, they are very easy. For some people, cooking not done from scratch is like breaking a [...]
continue readingChristmas cookies spell J-O-Y
December 14, 2012 in: Recipes
Meredith Hines-Dochterman invited to be a guest columnist on her food page with the Cedar Rapids Gazette. She specifically requested I write about these cookies and share the recipe. It was a treat. Oh, the waiting! The excruciating agony of waiting. Through long months of summer and fall for that one time of year when [...]
continue readingPeanut Butter Brownies
October 13, 2012 in: Recipes
Several years ago, I led an initiative to create a Mires family cookbook. It was a lot of work and took a few years to getting recipes and putting it together. My niece Beth did the layout. But it has been one of the best things we’ve done. It’s one cook book where I know [...]
continue readingFrozen Sunshine
June 27, 2012 in: Recipes
In this part of the country, we literally watch the corn grow. It’s fun to look out the window or drive down a gravel road and marvel that the plants are literally growing before our eyes. Most of the corn grown in our region goes for livestock feed and ethanol. Special attention is given, though, to [...]
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