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60 Ultimate Cookie Exchange Recipes {and When It's Time to End It}

If you're looking for a winning recipe for your holiday cookie swaps, then scroll through this round-up  of 60 Ultimate Cookie Exchange Recipes on Taste As You Go!   Do you ever get That Feeling in your gut when you realize that what once brought you happiness now fills you with dread? You know the one... It's That Same Feeling that causes you to ask yourself repeatedly " Why am I doing this again?" I've been trying to battle that super persistent feeling for the past few weeks by giving myself little pep talks: "Don't give up now. You DO want to do this!"  "Don't you remember how much you used to love doing this? Just keep going!" " Do it one more time and you'll see -- everything will be fine. You'll feel much better once you get it over with." But no matter how many times I tried to get excited about it, I found a reason to avoid doing it. (Thank you, Caroline.) That's when I knew it was time to e...

Menu Plan: July 28 - August 3

Gelato in Tuscany | Taste As You Go

Stephen brought home some fresh peaches from our local orchard earlier this week. We both love peaches and were looking forward to enjoy the fruit as a snack or dessert over the next few days. Unfortunately, the fruit started to ripen faster than we could eat it, so I took the remaining peaches and pureed them with simple syrup in order to make peach sorbet. The peach mixture is chilling in the refrigerator right now and will go into the ice cream maker in a couple of hours. Needless to say, I can't wait until after dinner so I can taste my first homemade sorbet!


And, speaking of dinner... here's the Menu Plan for the week!

Menu Plan: July 28 - August 3, 2013


Baked Pasta with Sausage and Mushrooms | Taste As You Go

Sunday: Leftover Baked Pasta with Sausage, Mushrooms, and Mascarpone from Serious Eats

Monday: Spicy Thai Peanut Noodles from Buns in My Oven

Basic Baked Meatballs | Taste As You Go

Tuesday: Spaghetti with Meatballs

Wednesday: Stephen's Choice

Thursday: Falafel Pita Sandwiches with Tahini Sauce

Friday: Pizza with Spinach and Ricotta Cheese

Saturday: Skillet Chicken Fajitas with Avocado from Serious Eats

What's on your Menu Plan this week?

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