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Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
What a week!! I just got back from traveling for work last night and I am SO exhausted. I went to West Virginia and Virginia to see some customers and try and tell them about my company’s new products. Let me tell you…I will NEVER go to West Virginia again unless I am forced. You need a passport to go down there! No lie, I thought I was stepping into the movie Deliverance. You know with the creepy kid playing the bango?? GAH! So weird haha. Sorry for anyone who lives in West Virigina, but man the place I was in I will never go back to haha. Good news…
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Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
Another weekend has come and gone…the golf tournament last week went really well. My team and I had a fabulous time golfing. We certainly aren’t what you would call “golfers” but we definitely had fun and played some decent golf. Since I was the captain of the golf team I wanted to make sure that my team was equip with all the essentials. Music, booze, and cookies…hehe 😉 Personally, I was not a fan of how these cookies came out but everyone seemed to really enjoy them. I didn’t have any butter so I had to substitute Crisco in, which we all know changes the texture and flavor of the…
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NYC – The NomNoms Tour
I am FINALLY posting the NYC trip photos and food my friends… **Warning** This post is going to be dangerously full of pictures…proceed with caution. ::says over loud speaker:: this has been a message from your local NomNoms warning service, please stay tuned for other announcements. (yup, that happened haha) I had the best weekend ever! I went to NYC and visited with not 1, not 2, but 4! of my friends from college and high school. I most definitely needed this weekend…it was so nice to visit and see the girls and get to visit and catch up. It is always nice so catch up. Everyone is so spread…
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Lime Sugar Sandwich Cookies With Blueberry Cream Filling
Another blueberry recipe peeps! Are you excited?! You should be. I told ya I was going to have all sorts of blueberry recipes for you. It’s those freakin’ blueberry bushes, they just don’t wanna quit! Happy Birthday shout out to my friend Jonny! It is Saturday and I won’t see him because he is going on a super fun camping trip with his fam. Hope you have a great time!! 🙂 FOR THE SUGAR COOKIES: 1 cup All-purpose Flour ¼ teaspoons Baking Soda ⅛ teaspoons Baking Powder ¼ teaspoons Salt 6 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, At Room Temperature 10 Tablespoons White Granulated Sugar 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 2 Tablespoons Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice (I used 3 tablespoons) 1 teaspoon…
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Snickerdoodles
In 2 days I will be walking 60 miles for breast cancer in Boston…AH!!! I cannot believe it is already here! Amazing to me how fast time flies. I seriously feel like I was just telling you all about the great event and how I need to raise money and now it is less than a week until I actually do it! Mind boggling people… I am so very excited for the walk though! It is such a great cause and I am so glad that I decided to take on this challenge. 60 miles in 3 days…whew! Going to be a challenge indeed! Not to mention the weather in…
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M&M Cookies
I was thinking the other day…wow, how long has it been since I have been writing on my blog? I started looking through all my old posts and pictures and noticed that it has been a year since I started RavieNomNoms. WHA?!? A year?!!! Holy frekkin’ moly right? As I was looking through my older posts I saw how much over the year that I have grown as a blogger and a cook. It is amazing! I am sure a lot of you have looked back on some of your old posts (and pictures) and thought how on earth would anyone ever want to look at this let alone read…
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Oatmeal Nutella Swirl Cookies
I am officially burnt out! Thank goodness it is Thursday and the weekend is almost here. This week with training has been so rough. I cannot believe how much I have done this week and as I look back on it…I am amazed that I am not falling asleep as I type this, haha. Whew…just one of those weeks. Next week should be much better and this weekend should be nice and relaxing for once. As a side note! Happy Birthday Mom! She had a birthday yesterday and I thought she deserved a mention. 🙂 How is the weather for you this week? It has been uncharacteristically hot for Connecticut.…
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Swag Bars
Don’t holiday weekends always seem to fly by quicker than regular weekends? I swear every time there is a holiday week I feel like the time just FLIES by. I had a fabulous holiday weekend! I hung out with friends and had family friends from Kansas City come to visit. It was a weekend full of food, drinks, love, and sun! Couldn’t have asked for a better weekend if I had tried. I will make sure to post some pictures from the visit from the Ellenburger’s! It was SO great to see you guys! We miss you like crazy! 🙂 Now I call these Swag Bars because, well look at…
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Lemon-Honey Drop Cookies
Well, we had a very brief few days of sun and now we are back to the cloudy dreary weather of the Northeast. I am ready for some sunny days people!! The Hot Lunch show was SO much fun! haha…I cannot even tell you how excited I was to watch those boys up on stage. I was even dedicated a song! Woooo! 😀 The lead singer Higgins takes a break and says “This next song is for one of our friends Raven, Raven where are you?” ::throws up arms and screams:: “AHHHH RIGHT HERE!!!” …they then proceeded to play my most favorite song of theirs called Thumbs up. I talked…
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Bake Sale for Breast Cancer Walk!
Hiiii there everyone!! I hope you all are having a fabulous week so far! Mine has been SO busy, which to tell you the truth I kind of prefer. Becky’s Bake Sale was a complete success!! She raised $660 for the American Cancer Society through it! I am so proud of her she did SUCH a great job putting it together and it seemed to go very well! CONGRATS BECKY! Congrats also to Mr. Stephen Luffy for having the winning bid on my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies! Speaking of Bake Sales…the team that I am working with to try and walk for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for…
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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Blondies
Don’t forget Becky’s Bake Sale is coming up soon!! May 2nd! I am still so excited to be a part of her bake sale! There are so many incredible people participating with some really amazing looking recipes. The recipe that I wanted to share with you all today is the bake sale item that I will submitting for Becky’s bake sale. Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Blondies…mmmm mmmm! You are going to be amazed how how easy these are and what fantastic results you will get with so few ingredients. Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Peanut butter Blondies: 1 cup butter 2 cups white sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup…
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Bake Sale
Hello all!! I wanted to let you know about Becky’s online bake sale, if you haven’t heard about it already! Her bake sale proceeds are going to her Relay for Life effort to support the American Cancer Society. I think it is great that she is doing this! She graciously donated for my Breast Cancer Walk in July so when she asked me to be a baker in her bake sale, I was more than happy to join the cause and help out! The Bake Sale will be held on May 2nd. Each item has a minimum bid of $15. If you have any other questions or concerns feel free…
