July 20, 2008

Just Added FAQ!

FAQ Button

I've had a lot of questions lately so I thought it would be nice to add a FAQ section. I will update it from time to time, but for now there is a button on the side bar or you can click the button above! If you have a question that isn't covered post it here, or you can shoot me an e-mail.

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July 6, 2008

Ice Cream Week!

Ice Cream Week 2008

It's summer and what hits the spot better on a hot summer day than homemade ice cream? Starting tomorrow you'll get a week's worth of yummy, delicious, simple, eggless, homemade ice cream recipes! You'll even get one to accompany this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe! So grab a spoon and get ready to see what flavors I roll out...There is plenty to share! ;o)

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July 2, 2008

What's Up?

FYI

Are you seeing the blog? Well I'm not! It appears some of you are, and possibly some of you are not, including myself! When we returned from our adventure yesterday I couldn't get onto my control panel for Dianne's Dishes, nor could I access the blog itself. I checked and couldn't get my hosts site to pull up either so I assumed it was them. Turns out it may be our Internet service provider instead! Yikes! Jamison is posting this for me from work so that I could give everyone a heads up! Hopefully things will be fixed soon! So things may be a little quiet today (and maybe tomorrow...who knows?). Most likely there won't be a "What's For Dinner?" segment either, but once I can access the site from home again I'll let you all know.

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June 30, 2008

Out To Lunch

FYI

My parents are visiting and we're off to do a few things and then go to lunch. Check back this afternoon for a gluten-free dinner muffin recipe and What's For Dinner! Until then take a look at the June Daring Baker's Challenge or have a peak at Alexis' Tinkerbell cake!

Hope you're all having a good day!

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June 11, 2008

More To Come This Afternoon...

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Alexis and I are planning on going to the Farmer's Market this afternoon when it opens at four so I'll update after we've perused their wares. I don't know what we're going to have for dinner this evening, I want to wait until after we see what they have at the Farmer's Market and then plan a meal around that. It's much cooler today and it's pleasant outside so we'll see what the day brings. Stay tuned for more this afternoon/early evening!

Have a great day everyone! We'll catch you on the flip side! :o)

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May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day!

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May 10, 2008

No Gardening Today...

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Unfortunately there was no gardening today. It rained all night so the tiller was a no go. We're supposed to get rain through Tuesday (up to 4 inches eee gads!) so it's going to have to dry out a bit. I'm going to pick up the tiller later this week. The sun is actually out right now, but it's not supposed to last long. I think we may need to build a boat... ;oP

I hope you all are having a wonderful Saturday. I'll catch up with you on Monday.

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May 9, 2008

It's Friday and it's Raining...

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It's Friday! And it's raining! And for the first time in like ever I actually feel like writing! (And yes those last two sentences started with "And"! ;oP) So my little chickadees you've heard of a "snow day", but I'm going to take a "rain day" today, turn on some Celtic music and do some writing. Yes I just totally made that up, but there you go.

I'll most likely be back tomorrow with a garden update since our plan is to finish up the garden tomorrow and get it planted. Hopefully I can get some good pictures with my little camera since the D20 is still on its own little vacation. So check back then or if you only check in during the week have a wonderful weekend and I'll catch you on Monday!

Off to writing I go! ;o)

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May 7, 2008

Check Back Later...

Alexis and I are off to the zoo this morning. Check back this afternoon for a recipe for Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins!

Oh and have a great day everyone...It's spring! ;o)

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April 29, 2008

Tuesdays with Dorie: I'm Sitting Out This Week

Busy, busy, busy! That's me lately. I didn't get around to making this week's Tuesday with Dorie recipe, which was the Fluted Polenta and Ricotta Cake chosen by Caitlin of Engineer Baker so I have nothing to report on that front. Next week's recipe is the Peanut Butter Torte chosen by Elizabeth of Ugg Smell Food, which I'm hoping to make this weekend and then the week after is little old me...I get to choose the weekly recipe! I've already chosen, but I won't ruin the surprise! ;oP

Be sure and stop over at the Tuesdays with Dorie blog and visit the member links to see how their cakes turned out. Also check back here at Dianne's Dishes later for an as to be named recipe that has steak, baby spinach and swiss cheese all rolled into one...Now doesn't that sound interesting? ;o)

Oh and in case you missed it I'm Twittering now so be sure to check out my Tweets! (You can also keep up with the Tweets on the widget on the side bar.)

Have a great day everyone!

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April 28, 2008

Join Me On Twitter

Yes, I've jumped on the Twitter bandwagon! Take this link or there is also a widget on the sidebar that gives my latest Tweets. See you there! ;o)

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April 23, 2008

Attention: Update to Two Recent Gluten Free Recipes!

In the Gluten Free Yellow Cupcake and the Gluten Free Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffin recipes I typed out buckwheat flour when in fact I used sorghum flour instead. I don't know how I got that confused in my head, but there you go. When I was making Jamison some gluten free bread for sandwiches this afternoon I realized the container was sorghum and not buckwheat and wanted to let you know. If you had planned to make either recipe I've changed it on the recipes themselves now so make a note of the changed flour. If you made them with buckwheat flour it would most likely work, but it wouldn't be exactly as it should be. Sorry for the mix up.

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April 16, 2008

Aw Shucks!

Allie from Allie's Answers has awarded me a Blog of Distinction Award and I must say I'm very honored! Now it's my turn to pass along the torch...

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Allie would be one of my top choices had she not been awarded already. If you haven't check out her blog before do...She has great tips to green up your life! Another of her choices The Prettiest Denny's Waitress would have been a pick of mine too had he not already been awarded...Seriously if you like witty snark then hop over and check it out! Plus he's in Knoxvegas and Knoxville will always have a special place in my heart after having lived there myself! Both of these are on my daily read list.

Now for my awards....

First I'd like to give the Blog of Distinction award to The Humble Housewife! I stumbled across THW last year when I was looking at Irish blogs and I stuck around because not only do her recipes look fabulous, but her commentary is funny and warm! She's just starting a new food business too so stop by and say hello! If I lived in Ireland I think we'd be fast friends!

For my next Blog of Distinction award I'd like to introduce you to Do Better! Karen is on a journey to do better in terms of her life and health and I thoroughly enjoy keeping up with her journey as I'm on a similar path, though not as vocal about the topic. Her recipes look great and she gives me inspiration to help me not stray so far off the path.

My next Blog of Distinction award goes to Monica over at Blatherskite! Monica and I "met" through another blog I have and we've kept up with each other every since. She's sweet, charming and I'm totally convinced she'd be a kindred spirit in real life as well and hopefully one day we'll sit down and chat over a cup of tea or coffee. She blogs about a little bit of everything and her knitting skills are to die for!

So those are my award winners! Now it's their turn to share the love! ;o)

Thank you Allie...You made my day! :o)

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April 10, 2008

A Little Break

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know I'm taking today and tomorrow off. I have a bunch of recipes in the back log, but not enough time to write/edit them to be posted on Dianne's Dishes. For now take a look at the blogs on my blog roll over to the side and see what they're cooking!

Have a great weekend everyone and hopefully things will be back to normal on Monday. :o)

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March 25, 2008

Tuesdays With Dorie: I Was Going To Make The Caramel-Topped Flan But...

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I had every intention of setting out to make Caramel-Topped Flan this past weekend chosen by Steph from A Whisk and a Spoon, but on Friday afternoon my nephew Grant was born and well baby cuddles and toes or Caramel-Topped Flan? I have to say that the baby cuddles and toes won out! So I'm sure you guys can forgive me for not participating this week as I had places to be and a new person to see!

Be sure and stop on over at the other Tuesdays with Dorie blogs and see how their flan turned out. I'll have to get back to this one later. ;o)

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March 22, 2008

Easter Ideas

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It's been a busy week, but Easter is always a lot of fun, especially with children. Alexis, Nelson and I dyed some eggs yesterday and had a ball! This afternoon Alexis and I will be making a bunny cake and some Easter sugar cookies.

If you'd like to see some Easter recipes from last year then check out my Easter set on Flickr. We'll have some new recipe to add next week for this Easter, but for now enjoy the yummies from last year!

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Happy Easter everyone!

Update 8:41 PM: I just realized that the links on the Flickr page aren't working. When we moved servers something must have changed. Next week I'm going to go through all of them and get them up to date, but for now if you want one of the recipes simply use the search feature in the sidebar here on Dianne's Dishes with the item you're looking for and it should come up.

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March 15, 2008

BlogHer Survey

If you have a moment please click on the picture below and take BlogHer's new survey!  You could win a free pass to the BlogHer event of your choice!  What do you have to lose? ;o)

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March 13, 2008

And the Winner of the March Dianne's Dishes Contest is...

Dianne's Dishes March Contest: Spice (Or Herb) Up Your Life!

Allie from Allie's Answers! Congrats Allie and your herbs will be on the way to you soon!

Check back soon for another fun contest!

Have a wonderful evening everyone!

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February 15, 2008

And The Winner of Dianne's Dishes Kids In The Kitchen Contest Is....

Dianne's Dishes February Contest: Kids in the Kitchen!

Laurie from Quirky Cupcake! Congrats! I'm on my way now to get your things in the mail!

Dianne's Dishes February Contest: Kids in the Kitchen!

Check back soon for another exciting contest and your chance to win!

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February 8, 2008

Last Chance!

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Today is your last chance to enter vote in Culinate's Death by Chocolate contest. You could win a trip for two the Napa's Chocolate Festival at the end of February!

You know the drill. My entry was Hot Fudge Cake...So don't miss your chance to win...Oh and if you want to vote for me that would be ok too! ;o)

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February 4, 2008

FYI

We're back, but not without a few kinks! Some images aren't working and some links are hosed, but I'll get it all sorted out in the morning! Things will be back to normal soon. These types of moves always have a few kinks that come along with them. I'm off to the land of nod...Sweet dreams everyone! :o)

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Partly Switched Over

Some of you are viewing Dianne's Dishes on the new server, others of you are seeing it on the old server.  The domain is still propagating through the name servers (or something of that sort...Jamison explained it much more eloquently, but I forgot the exact wording!)  If you still see the "Comments Temporarily Closed" entry then you're still viewing the old server and most likely are not reading this entry.  If you are reading this entry then you're on the new server!

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Today begins the voting for Culinate's Death by Chocolate event!  Not only can you go vote for me (if you want to that is) you can also sign up to win a trip to Napa for yourself!  As I mention last week I decided to enter my take on my Mom's classic Hot Fudge Cake.  The voting occurs February 4th-8th.  So vote away!  (There's also a button on the sidebar!)  But for now go on over and and see the other amazing entries

Chocolate...What's not to like? ;o) 

  

Vote for me in the Death by Chocolate contest

Hopefully tomorrow things will be all switched over and I'll be back with a recipe for Taco Soup!

Oh and don't forget to vote! ;o)

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February 3, 2008

Test

If you can read this blog entry you're on the new server! ;o)

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January 31, 2008

Death By Chocolate

Hot Fudge Cake

Yesterday I found out that one of you dear readers (and I don't know who did it, but thank you!) nominated me to participate in Culinate's Death by Chocolate event! After a lot of consideration I decided to enter my take on my Mom's classic Hot Fudge Cake because after all that is the epitome of ooey gooey chocolate heaven!

Realistically I know that I have no chance of winning the grand prize, but it's fun to be in the mix none the less! I've never participated in anything like this so that in and of itself is more than fun! The voting occurs February 4th-8th. (I'll remind you again! ;o) There's also a button on the sidebar!) But for now go on over and and see the other amazing entries!

Chocolate...What's not to like? ;o)

Vote for me in the Death by Chocolate contest

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January 30, 2008

Happy One Year Blogaversary To Me!

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One year ago today I decided to jump fully into the food blogging world with my recipe for Sushi Veggie Rolls. I had been posting recipes on my other blog for a long time, but I wanted to have a blog that was solely centered on food and food related topics and thus Dianne's Dishes was born. Now some 18,000+ visitors later I'm still having a ball doing exactly what I love to do...Coming up with new recipes using fresh ingredients, real ingredients, whole ingredients, all while sharing my kitchen with my increasingly helpful little sous chef (aka Alexis).

Some of you have been with me since the beginning, while some of you have joined me along the way, but all of you have played an important part in making Dianne's Dishes the foodiverse that it is today. For this I am thankful and I'm so happy that you're here!

One of the most enjoyable things that has come from the blog that amazes me to no end, other than having fun in the kitchen of course, is that you dear readers hail from all corners of the globe. I've got regular readers from Brazil, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, of course many states here in the United States, other countries and even Ireland, which warms my heart to no end given I feel an affinity with the Emerald Isle I can't even begin to explain to you!

But I digress....Where was I again? Oh yes...There are other readers too and I don't mean to forget any of you, those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head and you all are important! Some of my readers I know in the real world either as a friend or family or both, several more I know simply through this wide world we call the Internet, which is charming in and of itself (remind me sometime to tell you the story of how Jamison and I met more than ten years ago right here in the lovely land of webdom!), while even more I do not know, but each of you has a special place in my heart! I am thankful that you have made Dianne's Dishes one of your daily blog reads. If you're out there lurking and have never commented before, feel free to chime in this next year, the more the merrier!

So sit back, relax and I hope you'll keep coming back for more. Here's to you and many more years to come!

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January 15, 2008

And The Winner Is...

Asthmagirl from asthmagirl.com!

Chocolate!

Congrats! Your chocolate will be on its way soon! Hope you enjoy! :o)

What's in the bag?

Thanks everyone for entering! Check back soon for the next Dianne's Dishes contest sometime in early February! :o)

My sister and I are off with Alexis and Nelson for a little adventure, so no recipe today. Have a wonderful day everyone! I know we will! ;o)

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January 1, 2008

Happy New Year!

I hope that 2008 is a wonderful year for you all!

Happy New Year!!

Here's to you! Thanks for making Dianne's Dishes a part of your blog reads! Happy New Year! *<:o)

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December 28, 2007

Not Back With Recipes, But Back For A Good Cause!

Test your vocabulary AND earn donations of rice through the United Nations World Food Program:

For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance...

What are you waiting for? Go play for yourself here and see how your vocabulary shapes up! You might even make yourself a little smarter, helping out a good cause, all while having a little fun! ;o)

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December 21, 2007

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!
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December 17, 2007

This Week on Dianne's Dishes

This week on Dianne's Dishes we'll have a few more edible gift ideas!

December 24th-31st I'll be taking some time off to spend with family and friends, because after all that's what this time of year is about. I'll still be cooking and will most likely have some great recipes to share with you when I get back on January 1st or 2nd 2008 so be looking for that!

Up later today Brown Sugar Peanut Cashew Brittle!

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December 10, 2007

This Week On Dianne's Dishes More Edible Christmas Goodies!

This week there will be more edible Christmas Goodies to give and share with your friends and family, because after all what's better than something you can eat and not have to find a place to store! ;o)

Oh and the migration is still in the works. We're working out some kinks, so that will be coming soon as well.

More later.

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December 3, 2007

This Week On Dianne's Dishes Jarred Gifts and That Lilttle Pesky Migration Issue Too!

This week on Dianne's Dishes I will have several gifts in a jar you can put together for a personal little Christmas gift. Won't that be fun? ;o)

On the migration front we're still working on that. Hopefully that will be taken care of this week!

More later.

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November 30, 2007

Server Migration This Weekend

This weekend my Tech Guy (i.e. Jamison! ;o)) is going to be dealing with moving Dianne's Dishes to its own server. As with any move there might be a few glitches along the way, so if you stumble upon something that looks odd it will hopefully be fixed quickly!

So hang on to your seats everyone, it's going to be an interesting ride, though hopefully it will be seamless and you won't actually notice anything at all. :o)

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November 12, 2007

This Week Thanksgiving Recipes!!

This week I'm going to be posting some Thanksgiving recipes! I'm all about making things beforehand, utilizing the freezer, reheating on the big day and just cooking the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and yeast rolls the day of Thanksgiving. So while I'm busy in the kitchen why not share the recipes with you? So grab a fork and get ready for some yummy holiday treats! ;o)

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November 5, 2007

Internet Issues Update

Currently we are able to connect to the Internet using our cell phone as a modem, but let me tell you high speed this is not! We're currently in the process of trying to establish another service since our old service is no longer an option. They are testing the line for DSL and we are supposed to know something by November the 9th. If the DSL is a no go then we'll have to go with a well known cable company, who I won't mention by name, but needless to say I won't be happy about the situation. But high speed will be so much better than this! I uploaded a couple of pictures to Flickr and will most likely make an entry today and tomorrow. From there we'll see where things go.

I hope you all are having a pleasant Monday!

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November 1, 2007

Internet Issues Oh My!

Hey everyone! We're having some Internet issues and Jamison is posting this little note for me from work. We aren't sure when they'll have the problem fixed, but as soon as they do I'll be back! Until then take a look at the blog roll on the side bar and see what they are cooking! ;o)

Oh and Happy November! ;o) Hope to see you soon!

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August 3, 2007

New Blogs On The Blog Roll

I finally got around to updating my Blog Roll this week after meaning to do just that for several months and you'll notice there are a lot more helpful/yummy blogs on the side bar. If you want to find some great recipes and ideas then be sure to visit those links! Of course other than coming here too! ;o)

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May 29, 2007

Coming Soon!

Strawberry

I'm having a bumper crop of strawberries this year! It looks like I'm going to have enough to make some jam, freeze a few, eat some fresh, make some yummy things and then some! They are so delicious! There is nothing more gratifying or tasty than growing your own fruits and veggies! So be on the lookout for Strawberry Shortcake (most likely this evening) and a yummy Strawberry Smoothie (most likely in the morning!) Until then I hope you're having a fantastic day! ;o)

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May 16, 2007

Where's Dianne?

I thought I'd have so much more free time when my semester ended, but boy was I wrong! I seem like I'm even more busy! I'm hoping to post the Mushroom Stroganoff recipe later this evening, if not I'll try to get to it in the morning! Until then enjoy past recipes or visit one of the links on my blog roll...They are always cooking up something yummy! ;o)

Have a great afternoon everyone! :O)

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May 13, 2007

Happy Mother's Day!

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April 29, 2007

Happy! Happy! Happy!

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One class down! Two to go! See that guy above, he looks like me...No really!

The group project I've been working on is in the final stages. We have the draft put together and I am hoping it will be out of the way in the next 2 days!

My final will be available tomorrow and I hope to have that done by Tuesday night at the latest!

I have one more assignment due, but I'm hoping to knock that out in the morning out on the deck thanks to the wi-fi connection and the joys of a laptop, while Alexis plays and does her thing!

So right now I'm happy, happy, happy! The end is in sight!

We have a few more things brewing, which are exciting, but for now I'm just happy that this semester is almost OVER!!

And I have two more recipes to add to the list of those upcoming: Homemade Granola bars (TO DIE FOR!) and Tomato and Thyme Pizza with Goat Cheese (three cheeses actually, but I just love me some goat cheese!) So stay tuned!

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April 26, 2007

Coming Soon!

I'm finally beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a train!! I still have a few projects left and the final, but it's all coming together!

I have several recipes to share with you soon: Vanilla Pound Cake With Blueberry Sauce And Whipped Cream, Guinness Risotto With Goat Cheese And Thyme, Onion Rings, French Fries With Sea Salt, Chicken And Dumplings, Rosemary And Celtic Sea Salt Roasted Baby Red Potatoes, Salsa Macaroni and Cheese and Homemade Pasta Sauce. I'm also working on a rhubarb recipe, but I haven't quite decided where I'm going with that yet. (I've never tried rhubarb, but I've been told I should so I bought some!)

So stay tuned! I hope to post a recipe or two this weekend and then next week things should get back to normal! (Whatever normal means!) ;o)

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April 24, 2007

I'll Be Back Soon

Hey everyone. I've received several emails asking where I've been so I thought I'd make a quick post. End of the semester things still have me tied up. I have 5 projects and 2 finals due in the next week or so. I'm hoping to have everything but one of the finals wrapped up by this weekend. I'll be back soon with new recipes! Until then check out my blog roll and see what they're cooking! :o)

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April 16, 2007

Hiatus

I'll be taking a hiatus for a few days while I finish up some end of the semester papers and we take care of some personal stuff as well. I should be back in 2 or 3 days, but until then happy eats to you all! :o)

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April 13, 2007

Celeb Cause

I'm a contributor to a brand new blog entitled Celeb Cause. My daily column (Dianne's Dish) is about natural/organic health and beauty products. Check it out if you get a chance! :o)

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March 19, 2007

100th Entry And A Celebration!

What better way to celebrate my 100th entry, but to also celebrate my midterms being completed! (Thank God!!)

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Now on to the rest of the Saint Patrick's Day Recipes!

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March 17, 2007

More Irish Recipes To Come Tomorrow

I posted the recipe for Vegetarian Dingle Pies below, but I've got to get busy on a couple of midterms! I'm hoping to knock at least one of them out tonight, if not both! I'll post more recipes later tonight if the midterms go well or sometime tomorrow if they take longer than expected. Until then I hope you all had a wonderful Saint Patrick's Day!

Update: 10:57 PM: I ended up finishing one midterm and it nearly kicked my butt! I thought I'd share another recipe with you to unwind. Hope you enjoy! I still have another midterm and an assignment due tomorrow so it may be Monday before I get all the recipes up on Dianne's Dishes. Stay tuned! :o)

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March 6, 2007

An Unexpected Trip

Last Wednesday evening we found out that my grandmother on my mom's side had passed away so we had to make an unexpected trip to Tennessee. We just got back. We'll probably be busy playing catch up with school and life the next few days so I'm not sure when blogging will return to normal, but I've got a few restaurants in Roanoke, Virginia to tell you about that we ate at along the way down and back! I've also got the recipe for the Creamy Kale Soup I made last Wednesday night to share and I'm sure I'll be cooking up something wonderful tomorrow to share too! ;o)

More soon.

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February 18, 2007

Pass Phrase

I've added a pass phrase question for comments to help prevent spam. It's a simple question that will change from time to time. Just answer in lowercase and your comment will go right through! :o)

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February 4, 2007

Comments

If you comment and a message comes up and says you need to be approved or something of the like please e-mail me at diannesdishes at gmail dot com and let me know. The spam filter is way too sensitive and I'm trying to work out some bugs. Several legitimate comments got booted for no reason other than the system was being wonky. So if this happens to you please let me know!

Thanks!

I now return you to your regularly scheduled Dianne's Dishes.

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January 30, 2007

Welcome!

Welcome to Dianne's Dishes! For the past 3 years I've been posting recipes on my other blog, but I felt like it was time to make a blog that focuses on food itself and thus Dianne's Dishes is born!

Sit back, relax and enjoy my recipes and feel free to comment and tell me about food you like or think I should try!

Enjoy!

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