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Author Archives: Victoria Janssen
Black Beans with Sweet Potato
I like to roast sweet potatoes in the oven, sometimes whole, sometimes cut into pieces and tossed in a mix of olive oil and salt. Roasted sweet potato turned out to be fabulous with spicy black beans. For the beans, … Continue reading
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Honey Cake
Honey Cake Preheat oven to 300 degrees Farenheit. Grease and flour an 8 inch pan. 1 cup honey – I used Tupelo honey 1/2 cup melted butter 1 egg, well beaten 1/2 cup sugar – I used light brown 2 … Continue reading
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Fried Barley
My brilliant idea to make fried rice only using leftover barley is apparently A Thing with recipes on the internetz. So I looked at a couple and adapted/experimented. Result: tasty and very filling. Next time, I will season more heavily; … Continue reading
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Gingerbread with Candied Ginger
Gingerbread with Candied Ginger Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter cupcake tin. 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter (1 stick) 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup “robust” dark molasses 1/2 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon mace or nutmeg 1 … Continue reading
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Spinach and Chevre Quiche
Spinach and Chevre Quiche Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 1/2 – 1 cup cup spinach, thawed and drained if frozen, rinsed and dried if fresh 3 large eggs 1 cup cream 1/2 cup (4 ounces) chevre (goat cheese) 1/2 … Continue reading
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My February Reading Log
Fiction: The Jade Temptress by Jeannie Lin is the second of her historical romance mysteries set in Tang Dynasty China. The heroine Mingyu, a highly trained courtesan, discovers one of her highest-ranking clients spectacularly dead and must work with big, … Continue reading
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My January Reading Log
Fiction: Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson is a lowkey romance that takes place just before and during World War One. The hero is a surgeon of working-class Scottish origins, the heroine is an aristocratic-class woman who becomes an ambulance … Continue reading
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My December Reading Log
Fiction: Favours Exchanged (Clorinda Cathcart’s Circle Book 5) by L.A. Hall continues to add to the original series, but in a way that is more for continuing readers than for new ones. I loved getting more about Maurice, and more … Continue reading
My 2020 Arisia Schedule
I will be attending Arisia 2020 January 17-20, 2019, in Boston, Massachusetts. My schedule is as follows: Saturday, 5:30 pm, Marina 3 “Diversity in History” A.J. Odasso [moderator], Sol Eidan Houser, Diana Hsu, Victoria Janssen, Sioban Krzywicki The perennial refrain: … Continue reading
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My November Reading Log
Fiction: Connections in Death by J.D. Robb is 48th in the Eve Dallas series of futuristic mysteries, and yet I bought it and read it and enjoyed it. Formulaic books are great for when I only have tiny bits of … Continue reading
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