Leigh Anne Wilkes
I love Paris. I love everything about Paris. The buildings, the food, the language and the whole feel of the place. And despite popular belief I have not found the French people to be overly rude. They don't smile a lot but I only encountered one "rude" French man, a surly security guard, while we were there. We spent four days in Paris and the surrounding area. Today's post covers our first day. We move quick and fast! After … [Continue reading...]
One of the requests I got on Facebook when I asked what you’d like to see on the blog was one for more summer salads. I’ve got a good one for you over at Thirty Handmade Days. It is one of my favorite copycat recipes. Be sure and go over and get the recipe! Do [...]
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After returning from my recent trip and not cooking for 3 weeks I asked on Facebook what you would like to see on the blog in the coming weeks recipe wise. One of you said you’d love to see some recipes for some of the things I ate on my trip. Those of you who [...]
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Note: This is a long post and full of photos (but they are pretty photos!) Our first stop on our recent European adventures was London. The main reason for our trip was that our youngest daughter was heading to London to do a study abroad program with BYU. I decided I couldn’t possibly send my [...]
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Happy Weekend! I hit the ground running when I returned from London. We are hosting a wedding Open House for a friend tomorrow at our home so there was a lot of cake baking,decorating and crafting going on at my house this week. I kept my kitchen humming yesterday – eleven cakes! So watch for [...]
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As you may know I recently returned form two weeks in England and France. I hope you are ready for a bit of travel photo overload in the next few weeks as I share our amazing adventures! I promise I’ll include some recipes in there too. We are also hosting a wedding open house for [...]
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Any weight or excessive calorie intake that may occur from today’s post can be blamed on a couple of my friends. They are the ones responsible for introducing me to Cheesecake Factory’s Fried Mac and Cheese. Have you tried it? Yes, it is all their fault! Don’t blame me but be sure and head over [...]
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The jet lag is almost gone. Instead of waking up at midnight I am now waking up at 4 a.m. I can handle that! While we were in Utah for Cali’s graduation I had my whole family in one place. That happens less and less these days unfortunately! I had to take advantage of the [...]
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Note: Be sure to click on over and enter the giveaway for the yummy Pillsbury products and a $50.00 Visa card! I hope you aren’t getting tired of all these crock pot recipes! After years of not using my crock pot I just can’t seem to get enough of it lately. Why didn’t I learn [...]
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I’m home. After 24 hours of travel and no sleep I arrived home last night to my nice comfy bed. It felt so good. No matter where I travel in the world coming back to this particular carpet in the Portland airport let’s me know I am home! (sorry the photo is a little blurry, [...]
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