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Wow -- everyone. Thanks so much! These are such great responses. Fun to read :)

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i'm SUPER jealous! my husband is home from work (teacher) today. i, alas, am at work . . . and in full swing.

if i WAS home today? i'd be making a batch of these chocolate chip coconut cookies: http://neverhomemaker.blogspot.com/2009/11/chocolate-chip-coconut-cookies.html . . . and probably just eating the dough!

At least for dessert, one of my favorite "special" recipes is for this chocolate-blueberry tart that I made last year. It's elegant and definitely something I've had requests to make again.

You can get the recipe here: http://neverhomemaker.blogspot.com/2009/11/chocolate-blueberry-tart.html. I modified it from one I found in Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook.

. . . ALSO: Bonus points for cookies that can meet a range of special dietary needs!

Three words: Peanut. Butter. Blossoms.

They are the ultimate x-mas cookie to me. Probably because I ate (way) too many of them when I was a little girl. Yum!

Ashley M.

I think you're fine -- I'm super, SUPER weird about freshness of food, and I eat my soup for up to five days. I think it's a great idea (from Kerosena, above) to freeze some individual servings.

That takes out the guessing :)

Ashley M.