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About chezsylvia

Engineer during normal working hours...photographer, baker, cook, runner, crossfitter and traveler the rest of the time.

What I do on a Lazy Friday: Make Carrot Cake

Posted on June 9, 2012 by chezsylvia

It has been a long time coming. I needed this more than anything else. The pull was irresistible, I had to succumb to its pull. Lazy Friday, you win. I started the day by sleeping in.  Sleeping in, for me, … Continue reading →

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Baked Eggs and Red Kale

Posted on June 3, 2012 by chezsylvia

Wednesday is farmers market day in White Plains.  Usually this means I take my lunch break and go wander up and down Court Street trying to figure out what I want to make for dinner that night.  This time a … Continue reading →

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I am the Beast, and I made a Cheesecake with no oven

Posted on May 28, 2012 by chezsylvia

When I was much younger, Beauty and the Beast was my favorite Disney movie, and Belle was my favorite princess.  Or really “Princess” since she was not one by birth, and really, was the Beast a Prince or just a … Continue reading →

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Honey & Mustard Salmon

Posted on May 19, 2012 by chezsylvia

This past week has been a bit rough of this old bird.  I’ve just been feeling so run down during my workouts, like everything is much more of an effort than it used to be, and I was pulling in … Continue reading →

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My shutter speed was….fast?

Posted on May 14, 2012 by chezsylvia

A few months ago I decided to enter one of my favorite photographs from my Alaska cruise last year into the Westchester County Amateur Photographers Contest.  I had entered the year before, but my picture didn’t quite make the first … Continue reading →

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Peanut Butter Banana Cookies that are “healthier”

Posted on May 6, 2012 by chezsylvia

A bunch of my friends and family chipped in and got me a brand spankin new Macro lens for my camera.  However due to some logistical issues I needed to wait another week until its arrival.  I was like a … Continue reading →

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Taking what I got to make what I want: Banana Brown Rice Pudding

Posted on May 4, 2012 by chezsylvia

This week has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster.  So many things going on! First, I got good news at work.  Really good news, like news I’ve been waiting for kind of good news.  Yet, with good news … Continue reading →

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Breakfast for Dinner Party: Breakfast Pizzas and then some

Posted on April 29, 2012 by chezsylvia

As I was approaching my big 30th birthday, I hemmed and hawed between all sorts of ways I wanted to spend my birthday.  I was having a bit of a bi-polar type crisis over it.  One day I’d be thrilled … Continue reading →

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Thirty, Flirty and…Little Piggy Bread!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by chezsylvia

The movie 13 going on 30 was on TV the other day.  I do enjoy the movie, but in this viewing I was a little perplexed in why this girl needed to be thirty.  I kept thinking “honey, when you’re … Continue reading →

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Ricotta Cheese….kinda sorta

Posted on April 21, 2012 by chezsylvia

I love Ricotta Cheese.  No joke.  I will eat it straight out of the container.  I will shamelessly lick the bowl when it’s farm fresh at a classy restaurant.  I put way too much in my baked ziti, and I … Continue reading →

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