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Homemade Greek Yogurt Cheese
Wait…did I read that right? Yup, you did. Homemade.Greek.Yogurt.Cheese. That just happened. I love cheese, but most of the time it doesn’t love me back. I have been avoiding cheese on the whole as much as I can. Maybe a few sneaks here and there, but on the whole I have been avoiding it for about 3-4 months now. Believe me, I love it. A big bowl of Mac & Cheese? Amazing. My stomach agrees…for about 15 minutes. 😉 My mom found a recipe to make cheese from Greek Yogurt and of course I was intrigued. I love Greek Yogurt. Love eating it with fruit, cooking with it, using it…
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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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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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My Guest Post at More Than a Mountful – Ratatouille Pizza
I am so SO excited to let you all know that I will be doing a guest post on Chef Dennis’ fantastic blog, More Than A Mount Full. Chef Dennis has over 35 years of culinary experience and is currently the Chef/Director of Dining Services at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Flourtown, Pa. He is such an inspiration to me! His blog is one that I have followed since the very beginning of my blogging experience. Dennis always has the most amazing advice and such good stories to tell too. I really enjoy that about his blog! Not only is he trying to make you a better cook but he…
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Garlic Fries
I have a love affair with garlic… We go together like peas and carrots, chocolate and peanut butter, lamb and tunafish! <—movie reference, I don’t really like lamb and tunafish together. Just want to make that clear haha. Seriously though, I have a really hard time not cooking with garlic. I am one of those people who can put a whole head of garlic into the oven, roast it, and then spread it on bread….YUMMMMMMIE! Or should I say NomNoms ;-). Or how about garlic and olive oil as a dipping sauce? ::kisses fingers:: MUAH! OR how about a fresh tomato salad with cucumber and garlic…. ::dreams of summer tomatoes::…
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Black Bean Quesadillas
What a day! I am so stressed out at work…I am really hoping that because I am so busy today that Friday will come sooner than I think it will! Seems forever away right now. Keeeep positive right?? Haha I have been doing really well on my “no sweets” for Lent goal. So far I haven’t caved at all, which I am really proud of! haha I really love desserts so this has been really hard for me. I think I miss making them more than I actually miss eating them. Is that weird? Anyways, I have been doing the whole no eating meat on Fridays which really doesn’t bother…
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Pizza with a Stone
Wellll helllooooo! I have been totally MIA for the past couple days, almost week actually. Holidays are crazy and time just seems to slip right on by me when the holidays are near (or here)! I was able to spend time with loved ones and friends during the holidays and the best part was, I was able to…SLEEP IN! I love to sleep…I was so happy to be able to sleep in past 6am and to not have to hear and alarm clock for 4 days straight. Oh what joy that was for me…so nice. I say all the time that it must be awesome to be a cat because…
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Nachos and a Present for Ravie!
Oh my goodness…Oh my goodness…Oh my goodness!! I cannot even tell you how very excited I am at this moment! So…. I decided on my way in from work this morning that I was going to do what I have wanted to do for a very VERY long time. Buy myself a digital SLR camera. I have always loved taking pictures! I mean even back in high school I took a photography class and I had a SLR that I used for that and I just loved it. I am one of those people who is constantly taking pictures of just about everything. It tends to annoying the sh*t 😉…
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Wine & Cheese = Great Quick Dinner
Whew! I think I am done with my Christmas shopping now, “wait…what?! You are done Raven?”…YES I AM! Besides little odds and ends I think I am done with all my Christmas shopping. What a load off! I went to a whole bunch of stores last night to finish things up for family and friends. It felt really good to get it done the only bad part was…it was POURING DOWN RAIN the entire time! I mean it was pouring so bad that one of the times that I got back to my car, my hair was actually dripping water, haha. For reals, stop raining and give me some snow!!!…
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Mac and Cheese (with a surprise!)
I LOVE macaroni and cheese. It is one of those things that I just love to have on any kind of day. Rainy day, sunny day, warm day, cool day….doesn’t matter. Mac and Cheese is a SUPER comfort food for me. When I was little my mom used to make it with chopped hot dogs. That was my favorite thing in the world. She used to make it with multi-colored rotini (I love rotini) and I would pick out all the green and orange-colored ones because I thought they tasted different, even though they really don’t haha. I was a little picky when I was younger. I always thought that…
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Football Quesadillas
So, most of you know that I LOVE football. I watch it every weekend and I am very dedicated to that. Along with the football there has to be food…I like to graze in general when it comes to food, and love it even more so when there is a game on. It just makes it so much easier to be able to watch the game and graze with a lot of food instead of having something that you need to sit at a fancy table for. Believe me, I like fancy dinners…but not during a football game 😉 This past weekend I put out a lot of different kinds…
