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Share-It Saturday: Week 6
Another fabulous week on the books, and tons of great links were submitted last week! From the photography to the recipes to the text of the blog posts, you all are inspiring and continually pushing me to do bigger and better things in my own kitchen. Speaking of my kitchen, I have a busy day today – I’ve got several dozen cupcakes to fill and frost. Right now I’m feeling good and ahead of the game, so cross your fingers that the day continues to…
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Cherry Cordial Cupcakes
I think this might be the last Valentine’s Day treat on the blog this year. I think I’m ready for the next holiday. Okay. Actually, I’m really just saying that to convince myself that I’m over the treats because I’m starting my second juice fast in a couple of days.
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Summer Sauvignon Blanc White Wine Party
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. I am fortunate to have a small, tight-knit circle of girlfriends. Our friendship has grown over the past 15 years, starting as co-workers and continuing even after everyone has gone their separate ways to new jobs. They’re the kind of friends that get your inside jokes, but we can also go a few weeks without talking and pick up just where we left off. Good,…
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Pudding Cookies
I honestly don’t know why I can’t leave well enough alone. I already have a great chocolate chip cookie recipe (click here) and my Mom makes magnificent chocolate Chip cookies. So why on earth do I continue to search for different recipes? I think it’s a sickness. These particular cookies caught my eye on Pinterest a while back. The idea of pudding in cookies was just too much – how could I pass up such a magical idea? I couldn’t. Well – I tried. For…
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Easy Homemade Granola Bars
Try as I might, I’m really not a big breakfast eater. I know, it’s the most important meal of the day, blah, blah, blah. I know. Most days, I grab my greek yogurt, my coffee and a banana. Now that school is back in full-swing, I’m trying to compile a list of make-ahead breakfasts for my family so we can grab a quick and healthy meal to start our days off on the right foot. While my banana, yogurt and coffee breakfast works for me,…
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Easy Entertaining for Last-Minute Guests
We do a lot of last-minute entertaining at our house. While I am always one to go overboard when it comes to birthday parties and other celebrations, over the years I’ve figured out how to entertain guests on a much smaller scale. My kitchen is right in the middle of my house, and it’s open to EVERYTHING. This is good, because my intention was to make the kitchen the heart of our home, and it really is. On the flip side, however – it’s open…
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Apple Pie Cupcakes
One of my favorite things to make in the summertime is my skillet apple pie – the apple pie filling is made on the stove top in a skillet, then covered with pie crust and baked in the oven. I had some frozen pie crust in the freezer that I needed to use, so a little brainstorming brought me to this recipe – and voila! Apple Pie Cupcakes! Perfect portion sizes for everyone without the hassle of cutting into and trying to serve a pie…and…
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Chocolate & Coconut Cream Cupcakes
My days as a morning person are numbered. Every year about this time, when the overnight temperature starts to drop and it’s still dark in the morning when I get out of bed – that’s about the time I that stop jumping up eager to face the day. My girls are the same way, it seems. My mornings are slowly shifting from wide-eyed, happy, smiling little girls to grumpy, piddling, sleepy-heads who have to be prodded along every step of the way. By the time we…
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Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Yes, that’s right. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes. I’ve heard nothing but good things about these cupcakes so I jumped on the opportunity to make these for my sister’s baby shower. These and my Chocolate Ganache Filled Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream will go into the favor boxes and holy cow, I hope our guests are ready for a sugar high! These cupcakes are a little time consuming – you’ll need a couple of hours to make them. The base is a chocolate-chip, brown-sugar based batter, with…
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Boo-tiful Ghost Cake
I’m a scaredy-cat, generally speaking. Well, not generally speaking, specifically speaking. I can fake my way through a lot of scary situations, but deep down, I’m a bona-fide scaredy-cat. I could list all of the things that I’m scared of, but that would be the longest blog post ever. Unfortunately, and against my best intentions, I’m afraid I’ve passed some of my tendencies toward irrational fears along to my girls. My youngest is afraid of “creepy things.” And with Halloween right around the corner, everything…
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Pumpkin Bagels & Whipped Pumpkin Cream Cheese
Story time! Once upon a time, I bought my very first pumpkin bagel with pumpkin schmear at my local bagel shop. I loved it so much that I went back at lunchtime and bought another one. I tried to go back after work for another one but the bagel shop closed at 3pm so I had to wait until the next morning. On the third day (yes, THIRD day) of this behavior, the cashier said to me, “Wow, you must really love these bagels.” I think I…
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Tunnel of Fudge Cake
I think I’ve met my chocolate match. As you probably know by now, I am a definite chocolate fan. I prefer the chocolate version of almost everything (except ice-cream – that has to be vanilla or mint) and I will never, ever turn down a piece of good chocolate cake. But this cake? I got two bites in and I needed some milk. It’s so rich, dense and over-the-top chocolatey that even I couldn’t go all-in. Not to worry, a glass of cold milk and I was…
