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Recently I have come across twitter recipes, recipes written with just 140 characters. Sometimes it takes some time to understand the shorthand, but most of the time they are easy to understand. I like cooking as long as I can make a meal in half an hour, I don't like spending a day in the kitchen to make a meal. As my mother always said you work hard in the kitchen and then in 10 minutes it is all gone. She and I do not find this a satisfying way to express our creativity. At the same time, I really enjoy cooking from scratch rather than pre-made. Here are a few Twitter links with recipes: Cookbook TinyRecipes Lucy Waverman

I don't even remember how I came across these yummy cake pictures this morning. I am absolutely stunned by them. I am creative, but the kitchen is one area I just can't show it. That does not mean I don't like cooking, I just don't like being in the kitchen any longer than necessary to create a meal. Any meal I can cook in half an hour is great, any more time becomes a chore. Here are some of my favorite recipes . I guess I got that tendency from my mom. She always said that it was such a shame that you spend hours in the kitchen and then in 10 minutes it is all gone. Well here are the links to those cake pictures from Flickr: Icing on the Cake Andrea's SweetCakes Sweet Sweet's

Image via Wikipedia I am finally catching up on my accumulated emails. One of them was from hubby with a link to this NY Times recipe for ' Sweet Potato Stir Fry '. He must have really thought it was yummy to send me the link. Well, I got the hint and I have to say I was impressed, so now I will have to go and buy some sweet potatoes to try it out. After searching for some more recipes by Mark Bittman and discovering his food blog I am sold and I have added the blog to my RSS feeds. The recipes are simple and healthy and you don't need a ton of gadgets to cook with. I really liked the article about Bittman's kitchen (link is below). Also with Chanuka just around the corner, changing the sweet potato stir fry recipe to make a latke (pancake) appeals to me. Will have to give this also a try. I will have to go and look through all the videos and check out the various recipes. One that caught my attention was the 'chestnut shrimp stir fry'. Growing up in Switzerla...