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Okay, so for this dinner for 26+ people, I took it a little easy on the starters. Little skewers with mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes, crostini with a white bean and sage dip and olives. See, easy. The skewers were simply marinated mozzarella balls from Trader Joes and cherry tomatoes. I also experimented with putting …

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Christy at Beehive tagged me for this -- how fun. Four jobs I’ve had in my life Cookie Baker and Basket Arranger at a cookie basket gift company (Glen Ellyn, IL) Natural Resources Cataloger at the National Park Service (Colorado Plateau parks including: meve, grca, zion, brca, blca and arch) Web Editor at the now …

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Here is one of the pots of sauce I made yesterday -- huge, rambley recap Monday! Sorry! Including -- Roasted Garlic & White Bean Dip Two Lasagnas Cute little cherry tomato and Mozzarella appetizer skewers Cookie Roses (perfect for Valentine's Day!)

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34 huge cookies done. Two garlic bulbs roasting in the oven. Next, prepping the vegetables and making the meat sauce! I bought 10 (10!) cans of plum tomatoes yesterday at Trader Joe's. This morning I'm back for the cold and frozen items, Fred Meyer and then Zupans. Then it's cookie time! I'll update throughout the …

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