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Bittersweet Chocolate Scones
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you all are having a lovely Valentine’s day! Filled with lots of love, flowers and CHOCOLATE! 😉 I must admit that I am not much of a Valentine’s day kind of girl. With me, I would much rather someone do something for me just because and not because you are “supposed” to on Valentine”s day. Don’t get me wrong, I think it is adorable when people end up doing things creative and unique for one another. For me Valentine’s day is always right around the beginning of Lent. Around this time, I spend a couple days thinking about what it is that I should be…
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Pigs in a Blanket
OK, so did everyone hear about this massive storm the Northeast is supposed to at the end of this week? They are calling for a potential foot of snow?! Holy shmokes! Now, I love me some snow…believe me. People think I am insane but I love snow. The part that I don’t like is the commute when there is snow. I love the Northeast… but I hate New England drivers. I have had my fair share of bad driver states. First it was in Kansas City and we always used to yell at the bad drives, “GO BACK TO MISSOURI!”…clearly I was from the Kansas side of KC haha. Then…
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Mini Tomato-Parmesan Bites
Did you all have fun with the Superbowl? In all honesty…I thought it was kind of boring. I wasn’t interested in either team in the game, although I have to say that I was routing for the niners, because I utterly dislike the Ravens (and no, just because my name is Raven, I don’t love the Ravens haha). The thing I was most looking forward to was Downtown Abbey… Any watchers out there?? Holy amazing stories that show has going on. This season has been craaaaayyy-craaaaayyy! I won’t say anything about anything in case any of you haven’t seen last night’s episode or any of the seasons for that matter.…
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Quicker than Quick S’mores
Good Monday Morning to you all! How was your weekend? Hopefully full of rest or all the things you were hoping for 🙂 Nothing too exciting went on with mine. Working on the house, trying to catch up on some sleep. However, one of my best friends in the whole world celebrated her birthday this past weekend. Happy Birthday Alana! She is one of those people I have know since about the 1st grade. So about 22 years (that is crazy to say haha). She is enjoying the beginning with her first baby girl this year and I could not be more happy for her. Alana is one of those…
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Crunchy Chocolate Hazelnut Sandwich
Hello my dears!! Happy New Year! It has been a while since I have posted. I have been enjoying the holidays and have had a couple dance performances but things are starting to wind down a little now. So hopefully you will be seeing more of me 🙂 I have some exciting news for you all though… I have just recently become a member of the Cooking Light Bloggers’ Connection. Which means I am featured on their website among lots of other really talented bloggers. This came totally out of the blue for me and was SUCH a nice surprise for the holidays. The email came right before Christmas and…
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Finding Center
Hello my friends. Happy Holidays! It has been a while hasn’t it? I have to admit that things have been a little hectic and I really haven’t had much time to blog or even cook really. I have been using the time to try and get myself centered. Sometimes you need to take a break and just step back for a bit you know? Take time to just be with the people you love and focus on yourself. I am guilty of trying to do too much and not give myself enough rest. Taking a break from blogging has been my way of taking a few things off my plate…
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WDD – Healthy Four Bean Chili
Hello all!! I have been lucky enough to take part in Carolyn’s Diabetes awareness post and I couldn’t be happier to help raise some awareness. Please check out his post from Carolyn over at All Day I Dream About Food. If you do not know Carolyn, now is the time! She makes the most amazing things and all of them are low carb. I don’t know how she does it, but she is an inspiration! She is also a hosting KitchenAid giveaway (blue in honour of diabetes awareness), go on over and check it out! One of the reasons that I really wanted to get involved with this post to…
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Baked Jalapeño Poppers
Waking up to these cool mornings makes me happy. Walking to my car in the morning to head to work with the brisk air hitting my cheeks and taking a deep breath in of the crisp scent of Fall. Can you tell I love Fall? It reminds me of family, gathering with friends, riding on hayrides, apple cider doughnuts, tons of delicious food and {dare I say it} Christmas planning! There is just something about this time of year that makes me happy, to my bones just happy. Whether it is cuddling up with a book and reading in front of the fire or working on a cross-stitch while watching…
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Apple Upside Down Cake
I did it!! I completed my first race! WOOO!! The race I participated in was called the Tavern Trot and all the proceeds went to Alex’s Lemonade Stand, which I just love. Anything I can do to help out kids with cancer, or anyone with cancer I am all about it. It was actually a 3.5 mile race. I thought it was a 5k, but apparently it was a little farther. So here were my results: Ran 3.5 miles in 33:06 (9:28 pace) 16th out of 81 in my age group 66th out of 409 for females I am so proud of myself!!!!! This is the one time that I…
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Maple Pecan Popcorn
Happy Thursday Friends! Is anyone else glad that it is almost the end of the week? I sure am! Seems like the weekends go by so fast and the weeks just go slow, so I am always happy when the weekend is almost here. Plus that means that Patrick and I get to work on the house some more. I am so glad that we decided to do the majority of it ourselves. I know it takes a lot of time and sweat to do it, but it is SO rewarding when you see things getting done. It is super exciting to see! So most of you who follow me…
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Spicy Roasted Tomato Soup
Who loves summer? Who loves tomatoes in the summer? ::raises hand:: Tomatoes from the garden have to be one of the most delicious things. I don’t think it gets much better. Today I am stealing someone’s recipe. Well, maybe not stealing, but using and enjoying immensely. Steph over at Steph’s Bite by Bite made this amazing Roasted Tomato Basil Soup, and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to try it. Not only am I a HUGE tomato fan fanatic, but I also have to stick to rather soft food at the moment. I knew this would be a winner. I changed up the recipe just a…
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Pot Stickers a la Patrick
Good Wednesday morning to you all! I woke up to some pretty intense thunderstorm this morning, which was amazing. I love waking up to thunderstorms. I have no idea why. I used to hate storms, was absolutely terrified of them. No joke. Like crawl into my Mom & Dad’s bed when I was 7 scared. Now? Love them. I couldn’t dream of a better way to get some shut eye. The pitter patter of the rain outside my window almost makes me feel calm now. But then I had to get up and go to work. Talk about a buzz kill! My teeth seem to be doing a bit better…
