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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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Baked Eggs in Toast
Happy Friday All! Do you have anything fun planned for your weekend? Patrick and I are once again going to be working on the house. But that is OK! We are loving the new place and we cannot wait to move in. Going to be amazing. I am sure there will be plenty of pictures to see. We have been running around all over the place these past 2 weekends so we weren’t able to get AS much done as we wanted. However, we did get ALL of the popcorn ceilings taken down on the first floor…woot! So to the second floor this weekend. We are also picking up our…
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Lemon Earl Grey Squares
Hello all!! I am doing a guest post today over at Steph’s Bite by Bite while she is traveling. Go on over and check it out! I am sharing my Lemon Earl Grey Bars. A recipe I picked up from Cooking Light. Shocking I know 😉 I also wanted to give a shout out to my Daddy today! It is his 53rd birthday! He is the best darn Daddy a girl could as for and I am so grateful to have him in my life. Ever since I can remember I have been what you might call a “Daddy’s girl”. I was always helping him with his work outside or…
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Prosciutto Arugula Pizza
Thanks for the Top 9 on my Tuna Salad Melt everyone! So glad everyone enjoyed it 🙂 Guess where I am going this week? Chicago! Any of you foodies from Chicago and know good places to eat? 😉 Patrick’s sister, Kari, is graduating from Northwestern (yea Big Ten!). Their whole family is bunch of smartiepants’. <–totally not a word She is graduating as an electrical engineer, smart girlie! Congrats to you Kari, we are all so proud of you 🙂 From what Patrick has said, she has all sorts of things planned for us so that will be good. I always love checking out cities I am not familiar with.…
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Tuna Salad Melt
Notice anything different about my blog? No, not the design. Nope, not a new post. Look a little higher, little higher, BAM! This website is now www.ravienomnoms.com. No more wordpress.com :-). Just thought you all might like to know. It should redirect you automatically, but just in case…now you know 😉 Confession time… OK, I admit it, I am a bit obsessed with Cooking Light. I anxiously wait to get them in the mail every month and then I thumb through them and mark just about every single page as a “must try” recipe. There could be worse things right? That is what I always say when Patrick gives me…
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Carrot Bread
Do you have a show that you love to watch on TV? I am rarely home to watch TV let alone get obsessed with one. Back when LOST was still on, I was an absolute maniac about that show. I started watching it in college and my love affair with that show continued for its entire duration. After LOST went off the air, I really didn’t have anything that I raced home to watch or that I was really upset that I missed. I have friends that are fans of The Bachelor and other reality TV shows like that. I have really never gotten into them. To tell you the…
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Curly Parsley Potato Biscuits
Happy Monday! (don’t worry I am not one of those overly hyper Monday people, just trying to be positive haha) How was your weekend? I hope it was good 🙂 Mine was pretty easy going. I did a lot relaxing after Friday night. Which was needed really. I have this little tickle in my throat, I am SO hoping that doesn’t mean I am getting sick. Blah to getting sick! Patrick and I went to Noel and Jim’s wedding on Friday and it was so much fun! We had a great time dancing the night away. I think the best part of the night was the photo booth though. They…
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Blueberry Pomegranate Muffins
1 week down of the detox. Doing well! I baked some muffins yesterday when I had my break for Sunday Dinner. 1 week to go and then I will be all done. I am going strong. Although I do miss having a piece of toast or oatmeal with my breakfast haha 😉 I have a confession… I.am.obsessed.with.Pinterest. Like obsessed! I happened to stumble across it once or twice and then have seen a lot of foodies using it and then had a coworker mention it, so I HAD to check it out. If you haven’t ever, do so! Especially if you like pictures, it is like heaven for anyone who…
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Strawberry and Apricot Stripe Cookies
I would just like to point out that next week is Thanksgiving. GAH!!! ::sings:: gobble gobble goo and gobble gobble giggle, I wish turkey only cost a nickel. <—if you don’t know what that is from click here. I cannot believe how fast this year has been going. I mean really. Christmas is going to be here before we know it! I am trying to help my mom design a Christmas invitation. What do you all think of the following picture for an invite? Would you like to get this for an invite? I don’t know about you but when it starts to get around this time of year all…
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White Turkey Chili
Well hello there. Finally got power back last night! That brings the total to 8 days without power. Still don’t have phone or cable at my house, so that has been interesting. Just lots of movie watching going on :-). Thank goodness the power is back though. There are still some people who do not have it, so I am lucky. Remember that chili cook-off I was telling you about? It happened the night of the horrible snowstorm we had. And guess what? (no not chicken butt Patrick) I won! The chili I am sharing with you today is award winning! Ok, well not really award winning, but I did…
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Dinner for Two for Steph’s Virtual Bridal Shower
Have you met Steph before from over at Steph’s Bite by Bite?? If you have not, get your fanny over there and check her out. She is getting married October 29th so Kita over at Pass the Sushi decided that it would be great if we threw her on online Bridal Shower. What a fantastic idea huh? I thought it was such a good idea and I couldn’t wait to be a part of it. Click the link at the end of this post to see all the other great recipes for Steph. Steph is by far one of the most genuine bloggers that I have come across. She is…
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Spicy Louisiana Tilapia Fillets with Sautéed Veggie Relish
I am here to inform you that Kristin’s wedding was a blast! She was just the prettiest bride and everything seemed to go so very smoothly for her. I am so happy for her! 😀 Patrick and I had a great time! We definitely enjoyed all the food and danced the entire night which is always a good time. I promised that I would show a picture of my dress so here it is! I personally think the best part of my outfit was my hair…I went to get it done at my salon for the first time for a wedding. I NEVER do that, don’t ask why because I…
