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Eggnog Whoopie Pies Recipe

December 18, 2011 in Food

While trimming the tree this season I was inspired to create an eggnoggy tasty treat.  After a couple of tries this is what I finally came up with.  The recipe is based upon homemade eggnog because I abhor grocery store eggnog.  Though I cannot attest to the results, it seems feasible that purchased eggnog could be used to save a little time.  If you do decide to make your own eggnog it’s best to prepare it along with the eggnog pastry cream a day ahead to allow for proper cooling.

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Yoko-Ono-Yaki

December 14, 2011 in Food

We used to have a wonderful restaurant in Overland Park called One Bite that introduced us to the Okonomi-Yaki, a Japanese savory pancake/omelet dish that we love. One Bite has a few variations, including the Cheese Bomb Yaki that was super tasty! Unfortunately, One Bite is closing it’s doors!   They promised to return in 2012 in the form of a new restaurant in Kansas City’s Westport area (One Bite Sama Zama?!?), but in the mean time I decided had to try to recreate a yaki of my very own. This dish was based off of JustHungry‘s Okonomiyaki, Osaka style.  When I began, I was planning on following the recipe, but by the time I was done gathering ingredients, I had Americanized it, or rather Mullieized it.  I decided that it probably isn’t a traditional Okonomiyaki, so this is my Yoko-Ono-Yaki, because Yoko Ono is sorta Asian like this dish.

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