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Steak tacos

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I found a recipe in Better Homes and Gardens for steak tacos.  It looked pretty easy, and it was.  It’s just a steak, with a rub of chili powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, marjoram (from Julie’s plant on our porch) and oil, grilled and then sliced into strips, with fresh tomatoes (from Julie’s plant on our porch), cilantro, onion, lime, and crumbled queso fresco.

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Very easy, and very good.  It’s a good ramp up to all the food on a stick I am going to eat at the Minnesota state fair on Thursday.  Bratwurst wrapped in lefse and then deep-fried.  Yum.

 
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Posted by on August 25, 2009 in Food, Justin

 

Diane & Aaron’s Wedding (and more cupcakes)

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This past Saturday our friends Diane and Aaron were married.  I was able to not only enjoy the ceremony and reception as a guest, but also baked the dessert – cupcakes!   They requested four flavors, Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting, Cherry Almond Cupcakes with Almond Swiss Meringue Buttercream, Chocolate Mint Cupcakes with Peppermint Swiss Meringue Buttercream, and Vanilla Buttermilk Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting.  

Aaron and Dianes Cupcakes

Earlier in the week I made the chocolate candies on top of each one – monogram A and D’s, and hearts.  I used our church’s kitchen on Thursday, since there are four ovens in there, and baked the 300+ cupcakes that afternoon and evening.  Frosted them on Friday afternoon, then delivered them (with the help of another friend, Lori, and her minivan) to the hotel on Saturday morning.  

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Everything went quite smoothly, and the cupcakes seemed to go over quite well.  When we headed home from the dinner there were only about five left. 

 

 
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Posted by on August 25, 2009 in Baking, Julie

 
 
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