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I didn’t take a picture of last night’s dinner because I made a whole chicken and butternut squash and quite frankly, you’ve all seen cooked chicken and squash before. But maybe you’re looking for a recipe. OK then: Sprinkle some Mrs. Dash on a whole chicken (I used the one in with the teal coloured [...]

Posted on April 22, 2010 at 5:30 pm by purplelara · Permalink · Leave a comment
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india redux: safari!!!!!

“Perhaps I could interest you in a Mango barfi as you head out on your (fuckin’ wicked) Indian safari? You’ll want to keep up your strength, as I hear the lions and tigers are quite ferocious here in India.”

Posted on December 14, 2009 at 7:00 pm by purplelara · Permalink · Leave a comment
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help!

I need help! I’m sure that’s not news to many of you, but this time I’m serious. I’ve password protected the post below, for reasons that will become apparent when you read it, but I would really, really, really like to hear your opinion. Please either email me (purplelara / gmail) or leave a comment [...]

Posted on November 21, 2009 at 8:23 pm by purplelara · Permalink · Leave a comment
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I need your help. As you may know, my birthday and Andrew’s are only days apart, which means he turns 40, three days ahead of me, in about a week. I need advice on a present for him. The first year we were together, I gave him a day pass to Whistler.  I came up [...]

Posted on November 21, 2009 at 8:18 pm by purplelara · Permalink · 4 Comments
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OMG PIZZA

At IGA right now they have a stamp saving promotion where you can collect bakeware after collecting x number of stamps. I spent $350 there in a few weeks, so I got *free* pizza pan the other day. Really, it’s for making homemade pizza and we wimped out and used Boboli crusts, but still. Free! [...]

Posted on May 8, 2009 at 6:08 pm by purplelara · Permalink · Leave a comment
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