So when Sal's downtown offers to give me a large bag of baguettes, do I deny – no way – I make bread pudding! You see stale bread; I see tonight's dessert...
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The Secret to Great Banana Bread
Nobody likes to bake unless they know for sure that the end result will turn out to be just the most scrumptious and delectable treat they've ever tasted. Alright, maybe by “nobody” I really mean to say I – I don’t like to bake unless the outcome is going to be undoubtedly worth sharing. After a vicious fail at baking David a Snickerdoodle Cake for his birthday (something I was anxiously looking forward to ever since I found out he had a grand taste for cinnamon), I have sworn-off baking, proclaiming that David is the baker of the family and that is final...
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Over Ripe Bananas
Everyone has an overly ripe banana (or four) in their house at some point in time.
There’s lots of solutions.
Freeze them, make them into bread, throw them in a smoothie, possibly mash them into baby food (if you happen to have a baby…), and the worst and most treacherous option, toss them.
I glanced over at our fruit bowl the other day and noticed not one, not four, but five over ripe bananas. Dangit...
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Famous Waffles
During my senior year in high school, I got the title of “famous chocolate chip waffle maker”. Somewhere down the road, I got people to believe that I made them the best, better than their own moms. This may have been either because my friends really loved to eat free food or, because I was always up for being the one in the kitchen stirring up the mix, tossing in the chips, and sending them out on plates...
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