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Grilled Jalapeño Poppers
Now that we have crossed into the summer season, it’s time to grill all the food! If you’re anything like me, you try to use the grill as often as possible in the warmer months of the year. And by that, I mean that I try to eat at friends’ houses who have a grill…because I do not. This grilled…
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Ruby Dipped Lemon Coconut Macaroons
It’s a big day in the chocolate world (AKA my 9-5 world) – Ruby chocolate has hit the US! For those who haven’t heard of Ruby chocolate, it is the 4th type of chocolate after dark, milk, and white. It was created by my company in Europe and finally passed FDA regulations here in the United States. Although I did…
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Blueberry Lavender Buckle Recipe
This recipe is a spin on my Mimi’s classic blueberry buckle. Nothing ever tastes as good as grandma’s baking, but this blueberry lavender buckle recipe is still quite delicious! The only change from her original recipe is substituting lavender for cinnamon. So if you don’t like lavender or just prefer cinnamon, feel free to switch that ingredient! Blueberry buckle is…
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Christmas Butterballs!
Also known to some as snowballs, Mexican wedding cookies, Italian wedding cookies, etc., these Christmas Butterballs are THE BEST cookies ever. At least in my opinion. But I’ve never met someone who didn’t at least enjoy them 🙂 Keep reading for our family recipe!
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The Very BEST Vegetarian Chili
Before switching to a mostly vegetarian diet, my mom’s chili was always my favorite food. It’s the ultimate comfort food, especially since she served hers over noodles! YUM. I’ll still eat her chili on occasion, but I wanted to find a good vegetarian substitute. It took a lot of trial and error, but I finally found the very best vegetarian…
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You Should Be Here
Mom says she thinks about you constantly, but she has to keep functioning. She can’t lose herself to grief. It would be easy to be consumed, but we have to keep going. I see you when I wake up early on a weekend for a run, when I see a dad teaching his daughter how to ride a bike, when…
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Healthy Butternut Squash Soup
We had some chilly weather roll through last weekend, which always puts me in the mood for soup. I have been making this healthy butternut squash soup for a few years now and it never disappoints.
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Weekend near Sleepy Hollow
We spent last weekend near Sleepy Hollow, NY and it was the perfect way to kickoff the Halloween season! I personally did not know Sleepy Hollow was a real place which I am choosing to blame on growing up in the Midwest, rather than a lack of geography knowledge 😉 It turned out to be a great place to spend…
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Fall Harvest Bowl
It’s finally here! The best season of all – Fall! To celebrate the beginning of the season, I “meal prepped” a Fall Harvest Bowl to take to work for lunch. Read on to find out how to make this easy Fall meal.
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Patience While Decorating
If you’re anything like me, you want immediate results when you move into a new place. You scoured the deep dark depths of Pinterest for weeks and now you know how you want each room to look. It is so hard not to decorate the second you move into a new house or rental. You want the space to feel…
