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The First Fondant

8.2.10
Cake with fondant

My son loves to decorate cakes. He DVRs “Cake Boss.” We’ve been experimenting with all kinds of icing techniques and tonight he ventured into fondant. I’ve never used fondant, so this was my first try at it also. I’m not a fan of the taste, but it’s pretty awesome for decorating. It’s basically play-doh made of sugar, so you can roll it out and cover your cake or cut it into shapes or mold it into whatever you want.

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Bread-Making Made Easy

4.15.09

I used to make homemade bread with a bread machine quite often. Then the bread machine broke and I never replaced it. A few weeks ago someone in my homeschooling co-op posted this link, which has apparently made the rounds on lots of news programs. Who knew making homemade bread could be so easy?

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The Isagenix Diet: Days One and Two

7.4.08

I didn’t think I could do two days of fasting, but the Isagenix diet looked like a good way to jump-start my weight loss. And surprisingly I feel pretty good.

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