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  • Building The Barn: A Garden Shed Story

    Building The Barn: A Garden Shed Story

    ByKara September 26May 16 Garden, Our Creek House

    Let me tell you about the time I thought I was going to have to convince Zach to let me build a garden shed, and how spectacularly that didn’t go the way I expected. The Setup I had my whole strategy worked out. I was going to tell Zach that we needed a garden shed….

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  • Friday Five #3

    Friday Five #3

    ByKara May 28May 12 Friday Roundup

    Today is my last day of work before vacation and I’m definitely having a little “vacation brain” kicking in early. I have a couple of things I need to finish and document for my co-workers who are covering for me next week and then I can relax. One A quick note about Memorial Day: Over…

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  • Whole Grain Buttermilk Waffles | ©karacooks

    Whole Grain Buttermilk Waffles

    ByKara May 25January 31 Recipes

    We have a weekend routine around here since we bought the house. Every Saturday Zach makes breakfast (including his amazing buttermilk biscuits) to fuel us for whatever house or yard or landscaping related project we’re tackling. There’s always something to be done; rocks to haul, mulch to spread, seeds and bulbs to plant, a shed…

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  • Friday Five #2

    Friday Five #2

    ByKara May 21May 12 Friday Roundup

    It’s been typical late spring weather here in the Atlanta area, which is to say that it’s been unpredictable and all over the place. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 40s, some rain, some sun, and everything in between. However the garden at the house seems to be loving it, so I won’t complain…

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  • Broccoli flower

    Friday Five #1

    ByKara May 14May 12 Friday Roundup

    New feature starting today. Five random things from the week every Friday. ONE This week I got my first subscription delivery of flowers from Bouqs.com. I decided to try out their small bouquet farmhouse subscription. I’m pretty happy with the bouquet I received, but realized I don’t actually own any nice vases for displaying flowers….

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  • Back to blogging and our new house

    New House, New Garden, New Food!

    ByKara May 11May 16 Garden, Our Creek House

    No apologies for leaving this blog dormant for so long; instead I’m just going to jump right back in with updates and posts. There’s been a lot of change over the last year and it’s time to start documenting and posting and adding the “life” part to this food and life blog. So many things…

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  • Posole

    Posole

    ByKara October 8January 31 Recipes

    I shared my blog with some co-workers today and got called out for slacking! (You know who you are!) So since we’ll be on vacation over the next week, I’m going to take the time to de-slack and repost some older recipes and some recipes that I’ve had on draft for a while. Hope y’all…

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  • Ruth Bader Ginsberg

    ByKara September 20May 16 Personal

    I don’t have words to describe how I feel about RBGs death at this particular time but this spoke to me. From a post on FB:—–There’s a few posts going around reminding folks that since RBG is Jewish, the proper thing to say about her passing is “May her memory be for blessing,” which is…

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  • Blue Cheese Dressing

    Blue Cheese Dressing

    ByKara September 9January 31 Recipes

    [Skip to recipe] I love blue cheese dressing but have always been disappointed in store bought varieties. Most of them have added sugar for some reason and are often too sweet for my taste. For a while you could buy the fresh made dressing from Whole Foods directly from their salad bar but between Covid-19…

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  • Air fryer roasted almonds | ©karacooks

    Air Fryer Roasted Almonds

    ByKara January 18January 31 Recipes

    This is a really quick and easy snack you can make in your air fryer in less than 10 minutes. Almonds are a big thing in my house. We usually buy a 5# bag of raw almonds from Costco a couple of times a month. We eat them for snacks, chop them up and add…

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  • Antoine’s, New Orleans: How the Mighty Have Fallen

    ByKara January 6May 16 Restaurant Reviews

    I never in a million years thought I’d be giving Antoine’s one star. That’s how the Yelp review I wrote in early 2020 opens, and I’m starting this post the same way because I want to be honest about how reluctantly I got here. Antoine’s is one of the iconic restaurants in New Orleans. It…

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  • Sausage & Spinach Sous-vide Egg Bites

    Sausage & Spinach Sous-vide Egg Bites

    ByKara October 20January 31 Recipes

    It’s finally FALL here in north Georgia. After a couple of days of rain, we have a sunny, cool, breezy day that feels like the seasons have finally started to change. We may still get a short burst of “third summer” in the next couple of weeks, but I’m hoping not. This cool, crisp weather…

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