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Oprah

Blog With Nog

December 10, 2009

Karen brought over some egg nog that she didn’t need the other night. Took me a few days to remember it! I LOVEEEEEE egg nog, however, I actually prefer lighter versions. The real deal is awfully thick and the ingredient list isn’t the most glamorous. Silk makes an eggcellent soy nog!
But I did take [...]

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Christmas Morning

December 8, 2009

When I opened my eyes this morning I got that same feeling one gets on Christmas morning: a surge of excitement about Gossip Girl and pumpkin cottage cheese oats!!  
This is probably my very favorite oatmeal recipe:

1/4 cup Scottish oats
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup milk
1 scant tbsp each of chia seeds [...]

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Gingerbread + Snowconut

December 6, 2009

I had to do a double take this morning to make sure this frost wasn’t snow!! Our grass is usually GREEN (or BROWN) but not white!

I made a supercharged holiday bowl of oatmeal just for OPRAH this morning!
Deck The Blog, Deck The Oats
Gingerbread Oatmeal with Freshly Fallen Snowconut

I started with  Scottish oatmeal…
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Of Carols and Cookies

December 5, 2009

Another holiday post decked out for Oprah!!!
We hit the road from Hillsborough with some Christmas music blaring!

For Matt’s sake, I quieted down when I wore myself out

With a little literature and digital entertainment

A little later…lunch

Matt packed me a sandwich…

Leftover herb chicken + cheddar cheese with pickle, [...]

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Candyland

December 4, 2009

Fun-filled holiday-themed evening!!
As judges of the 4th Annual Orange County Chamber of Commerce Gingerbread House Competition, we were treated to a nice dinner at the Saratoga Grill, my very favorite Hillsborough pastime beforehand.

I was excited to have a delicious glass of zinfandel

And some scoooooooooonnnnessss!!! The Saratoga makes the BEST scones. Totally [...]

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Deck The Blog For Oprah

December 3, 2009

It’s going to be quite the festive holiday season – KERF holiday posts are going to be featured on Oprah.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Having grown up in a household where Oprah was turned on every afternoon, I have great respect for Oprah’s interest in women’s issues, literacy, and humanitarian work, so I am super excited to be one [...]

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