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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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Caprese Wraps
Whenever things are rough in my life I really try and focus on the good. That is all you can do right? If all you do is focus on the negative (which I am guilty of sometimes, I’ll admit) you will end up feeling hopeless and completely powerless to do anything to make the negative go away. So that is what I have been trying to do for the past few days, focus on the POSITIVE! I have a fantastic boyfriend (score) I have a family who loves me <3 I have a the cutest darn bunny who has the best personality (come on, how cute is he?) I have…
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Maple-Lemon Glazed Salmon with Feta Quinoa
I tell ya, when it rains it pours! I have been SO busy at work pretty much the entire year but this past month it has gotten exceptionally bad. With people leaving and new people starting in my group it has been really hard to get my usual day-to-day work done. On top of traveling for work and the workload I am just burnt out! To add to that…I got into a accident yesterday on my way home from the gym :-(…not fun at all!! Just goes to show how much I hate New England drivers haha. I am fine, a couple bumps and bruises and slight neck pain. The…
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Lemon-Basil Martinis
Hello all! I hope your week is going well so far. Mine is going…a tad bit busy. And we definitely had an earthquake yesterday while I was at work. Weird for CT right?! That is what I thought. I am used to the tornadoes with being from the Midwest, not so much the earthquakes though. Seems like a lot of people felt it along the eastern seaboard. The guy I sit next to goes, “is the building shaking?”…haha yup! This is a drink that I stumbled upon one time at a restaurant and I wanted to try and replicate it. It definitely wasn’t as good as I had it in…
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Pesto Shrimp Pasta
Hello there! I trust you had a fabulous weekend. My weekend was pretty good. Definitely went to a Mac and Cheese tasting with some of my friends, haha. Mac and Cheese tasting you say?? Believe me this was the best idea they could have ever had. Each person that came to the tasting brought their own Mac and Cheese dish. They were numbered and then we all tried the dishes and cast our votes. My Mac and Cheese came in 2nd place, woot woot! haha, I have to say it was pretty fun and all the different Mac and Cheeses?! Can we say food coma? We had a blast chatting…
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Tomato and Basil Flatbread Bake
Hello my dears! It has been a while! I have been trying to catch up on all your yummy posts. You guys have been making some NomNom-tastic stuff! KUDOS! I am getting settled down from my way too busy for comfort week last week. Things have been so out of the ordinary for me right now. Trying to stay as positive as humanly possible! Sometimes you get so busy that you forget to take time for yourself. This weekend was ALL about taking it easy and just relaxing. I was able to finish a book (Girls in Trucks), not the usual type of book I read but definitely a cute…
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Summer Bread
Ingredients for Bread: Loaf of Italian bread (can be a day old) 3-4 tomatoes 1 green bell pepper fresh mozzarella 6-7 basil leaves 2-3 cloves garlic Olive oil (2 tablespoons or so) Preheat oven to 350 ° Now that summer is coming to a close this is what I am going to miss from the summer the most. My garden….there is absolutely nothing better to me that fresh produce from your garden. Everything tastes better, it even feels better making it when it comes from your own garden/home. This bread is something that I really enjoy and I make often during the summer because it is so tasty and just…
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Zucchini & Squash Pasta (aka I have WAY too many veggies right now from the garden…so what can I come up with? haha)
CLEARLY! You can see that I have an excessive amount of vegetables that I need to use. Apart from my making zucchini bread every other day I wanted to come up with something to use all these goodies. Let’s put our thinking caps on here….. Ingredients: 1 Zucchini 1 yellow squash (seeded) 3 small tomatoes (any kind you like – I used plum) 1/2 of a green bell pepper 1 tablespoon fresh garlic 1 tablespoon butter 3-4 fresh basil leaves 1/2 teaspoon dried mint 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 tablespoon red pepper flake salt to taste pepper to taste 8-10 oz Penne pasta handful of shredded Parmesan for garnish Started…
