i'd rather be baking

The other day I met Ryan downtown for lunch. He walked out of his office holding a small handful of pistachios, his new favorite snack. “Try one,” he said.

So naturally, I did, and pistachios and I are now very tight. Or rather, I fear that soon my jeans will be getting a bit tight, because I can’t stop munching on them. I’m not sure why I didn’t discover these delicious little bundles of salty goodness sooner, but it’s safe to say we’re friends for life. We quickly decided that pistachio-laced cookies were needed, and landed here.

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Sometimes, one just needs to make brownies.

A very good example of such a time is when one has just moved 1,500 miles away from home, to a cold, strange city. And perhaps the snow one was hoping for when moving from the south has certainly not materialized, but a long string of cold, cloudy, smoggy days have taken its place. I’m just saying, sometimes a girl needs brownies.

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Why, hello friends! It’s been awhile! We made the aforesaid cross-country move, which turned out to be even more complicated than we’d imagined. Surprised? I’m guessing not. We’re young and naive.

And that head cold I mentioned? It put me out of commission for longer than I care to admit. Add that to cramming in last minute visits to friends and family, sending away all of our earthly belongings and not seeing them again for a week, two hellish days of driving and delays on pretty much every end, and it’s been a rough couple of weeks.

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Thanksgiving is now behind us, and truth be told, you probably could have used this recipe about a week ago. I know; I apologize.

The good news is that Christmas is a scant three and a half weeks away. Maybe that isn’t good news. I suppose it depends upon your perspective.

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We have some serious pumpkin love around here and in fact, I try to restrain myself from breaking out the spicy-sweet recipes until October arrives. But when it does, boy am I ready.

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