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Spane wearing a "hat" given by Chef Farion

• Barbecued Corned Beef
• Snake Shamrock Pie

I was so looking forward to putting my corned beef on the Weber, but I got rained out. It didn’t turn out a bad dinner, though. I used the baby Nesco, and that brisket turned out just fine.

It’s amazing to me that you live with someone for eight years, and suddenly, when you’re sprinkling green sugar on pie crust, your child comes in and says “What IS that?! Is that a SNAKE? I’m afraid of snakes!” Even telling him that snakes are cool, and this was only pie crust, Spane still didn’t come out of the bedroom for a while. I wanted to make it lifelike, but really?

For the past few St. Patrick’s Days, it has been a lovely, warm and sunny day, perfect for firing up the Weber and putting a corned beef brisket on it. No such luck today, but, no problem, there’s still the baby Nesco.

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Kiwi Lime Cupcakes

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• Kiwi Lime Mini Cupcakes
• Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

On one of my recent sojourns to the local grocery store, I found dried kiwi fruit. I immediately thought they would make a great decoration for St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes. When I brought Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Dipped Strawberries for my son’s third grade class field trip, one of the girls requested I make cupcakes the next time I brought a treat for the class. So, I’m making mini lime cupcakes with kiwi for Friday since St. Patrick’s day is on Saturday.

I had planned on making these Thursday evening, but decided to do them this morning. Why? Well, let me first say that I love my son’s curiosity and inventiveness. Yesterday, he was tinkering with the alarm clock and mistakenly set the clock ahead four hours. When I got up at what I thought was seven o’clock and drank coffee, it was not until I looked at the cable box that I realized it was only three o’clock. Since I had already had a half a cup of coffee, it was too late to try to go back to sleep, so I’m making cupcakes.

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