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Now that Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Super Bowl food frenzies are over, I can better focus on sharing healthier recipes. My family (and that includes moi) enjoys a little comfort food, fried food, pizza, home baked desserts and breads-- but we don't eat like that every single day. Honest!
While I do have 47 cake recipes (and counting) listed on my Recipe Index, we don't always eat this way. I admit that I'm a bit guilty of enjoying the sharing of delectable desserts on my food blog, because who can't resist looking at food
porn? Is a package of wild caught Halibut as enticing as, say, a slice of chocolate cake--with marshmallow frosting in the middle, and a thick slathering of chocolate frosting? I think…
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