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SARAJEVO, BOSNIA
12-5-07

Hi all,
Well I kept meaning to log in all week and I just didn't get that accomplished :) But I have plans for this blog to make it all fun and interesting.....so hope you had a great week....I did.....other than almost chopping the end of my finger off and my bandaid falling into my orange glaze mix, my bread turning out to be well, interesting......my cooking skills are getting better and better........First off, I was working in the kitchen chopping up bell peppers for omlettes and i remembered this nifty little gadget mom and I found so I started chopping away with it, and well it nicked the end of my finger.....Tie still thinks it's a paper cut, and I haven't told him otherwise...... :) but that thing is very sharp. So yesterday I tried to make this cranberry-orange bread and while I was mixing the glaze my bandaid fell off into the mixture and I was a little bit grossed out, so I took a breather for a few minutes and then started all over with the glaze.....but it's kind of funny now....

Let's see.......last week I made whoopie cookies and they were super yummie. They are like well, I took a pix I'll post it for you to see......I made a spinach/meat lasagna it is my second lasagna I've ever made.....I made a meatloaf and it was so so so good, I made some different salad dressings because we have Ranch (which I only like on my pizza) and we have vinagrettes and those I just don't prefer all the time, so I made an avocado dressing and it was really tasty, the others weren't that great........I also made a Tres Leches cake and it was really tasty. I love to bake but I don't really like to eat what I bake unless it is fudge brownies then I won't leave them alone. This cake was really good, I emailed out the recipe last week and I used a combo of three different recipes.......I think I'm going to change the topping when I make it again for our dinner party.

Well, it has been an adventure.......I like the way the house smells when you are cooking.....it makes you feel homey and cozy....especially with the Christmas Tree up......exciting! I have some friends here who love love love love love Indian food and they have told me they would love to teach me to cook some curry dishes, I am MOST excited about that!

Take care, happy holiday planning.........and I am finally understanding why the holidays can be such a stress......you have to figure out a meal, plan it out, and figure out who likes what and who doesn't eat this or that.....it's interesting......I told mom, well we can just make it and have mcd's on the side........ha!

See ya soon,
LOVE NELLE

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My plan is this: To send out an email once a week with the link to Eblogger and attach recipes in the email as well as trying to keep up the posted recipes that have been shared. Due to hectic schedules and the holidays, a once a week email may not be exact! Also, I plan on working on the administrative side of this blog and giving any of you the opportunity to post blogs yourself on Eblogger....no problemo, just give me a few moments to work out the kinks.....and LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BLOG ON HERE TOO :)

OK moving on to blogging..........

11.29.2007 -

Sarajevo, Bosnia

It's all about tres leches today baby!

Well friends, my kitchen adventures are still keeping a smile on my pretty little face....I have done so many darn dishes that my skin is about to fall off of my hands! yikes! but I re-wash and re-wash all the mixing bowls, spoons, and baking dishes to make more yummie desserts.....As many of you know I stopped eating sugar over a year ago, so I have been researching this and trying to figure out what is so bad about sugar and what we can do to replace it without using so many "manmade" sweetners...as I find out information I will let you know! So since we last talked, I have accomplished getting the oven started....all it took was for the clock to be set and WAH= LAH the oven works, crazy. So what did I do first? I baked my first pumpkin pie, EVER, on Thanksgiving :) and it was scrumptious......not blushing at all as I say that, because making a pie from scratch is an all day event, and boy it makes the home smell wonderful! I did drop it however as I was testing to see if it was finished and it slid onto the top of the oven door....haha....I just laughed and put a Ginger Whipped cream on top - no big deal.....This week I am trying out a Tres Leches Cake, it is quite complicated when you don't have all the ingredients, but I am learning a great deal about substituting! Well that is all I have for today, will let you know how the cake turns out, as we are eating it in a few hours.................mmmmmmmmhhhhmmmmmm cake. (I am just like Homer Simpson when he sees a donut, it's how I respond to cake!)

:) Nelle