Year: 2014
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Brussels Sprouts and Bacon Slaw
I’ll admit it, I love brussels sprouts! Most people wouldn’t believe me or share in this sentiment, but with my own free will I proclaim “I LOVE THEM”. But, admittedly, they can be kind of boring. Especially if you eat them the same way every time. Thankfully for me, I am somewhat creative and made…
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Friendly Brunch
Brunch is now becoming a college sunday morning tradition I had never had enough appreciation for. Well this morning a delicious brunch was had. A meal shared among friends with great sweet and savory elements, basically everything you want in a brunch. And in true brunch fashion we ate way too much, but it was…
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Pumpkin Cupcakes With Addictive Cinnamon Sugar Frosting
Goodbyes, see you laters, and until we meet again’s are hard. As a matter of fact they usually suck, so when it came time to do one of those with a good friend I wasn’t looking forward to it. But it is bitter sweet, since they are about to have a great adventure. So I…
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Sunday Dinner: Eggplant Lasagna
In my family, we have this thing called “Sunday Dinner”, which until about a week ago, I thought everyone did or at least everyone knew about. I was wrong. So let me explain. Sunday dinner is what my mother does to only have to cook one meal on Sundays, granted she doesn’t save herself much work since…
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Toasted Acorn Squash Seeds
My family has been working very hard for the last few years to develop a more bountiful garden and this year they were able to do that. They brought me some of their bounty and in that harvest included an acorn squash, and I finally got around to cooking it!! So not only will there…
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Spicy Start
It has seem to become that the only time I have to make something delicious is breakfast on the weekends. Since I used to not like eggs and have barely made them, there is a lot of room for experimentation. This recipe has a good amount of heat but a great amount of flavor. Its…
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Swiss Steak with Sautéed Onions and Light Balsamic Butter Sauce
Marathon Day is two days away!!! GAH and I recently found out my iron was low, so I decided it was time to try and take on steak. Usually I just leave this to my dad or a restaurant but enough was enough! I am a strong woman and cook and I can cook a…
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Hard Pressed For Time
Life has a very good way of getting in the way, and everyone has a list of things that get cut first when they are stressed and crunched for time. For most people, those things are food and exercise. Well don’t do that any longer! Have a quick healthy dinner in a matter of minutes.…
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