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Funfetti Cake Pops
Happy day after Easter! Although it isn’t too happy for me…I am sick at home with the flu :-(. YUCK!! I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that I was stuffing my face with all sorts of glllorrrious sweets! I cannot tell you how much I missed having those sweet treats. I don’t eat a ton of horribly unhealthy things for me but when it comes to sweets. I just will not cannot control myself! I think it is because my mom has always made such amazing goodies ever since I can remember and now that I enjoy it so much, it was SO hard to…
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Herb-Crusted Chicken with Red Quinoa
Happy Good Friday everyone!! I have been kind of MIA this week…I apologize!! After the show this weekend, which went SO well, I have been trying to catch up. Work has been SO busy and the softball and kickball (yes I play kickball in an adult league, it is SO much fun!!) leagues are starting up. BUSY BUSY! I am so excited about this weekend…want to know why?! I GET TO EAT SWEETS!!! YAY!! 😀 (I am SO excited to be involved in Becky’s Bake Sale – Check it out on May 2nd). Another thing to celebrate…I know everyone always celebrates their 100th post on their blog…well this is my…
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Splendid Spiced Strawberry Muffins
Happy Monday The show for the dancing company I have been dancing with is coming up this Sunday so I might be slightly MIA here and there. Try and excuse my absence and general lack of focus this week. I promise I’ll be back to my Ravie Nom Noms self soon. We all know I have been on a muffin kick lately because of my giving up “desserts/sweets” for Lent. The following muffin was something I had been craving for some reason. Strawberries make me think of summer and since it is just now acting like it is spring outside, I wanted to make something that reminded me that summer…
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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
I woke up this morning to a cold 26 degrees here in New England. I am craving spring. I am ready for the warmer weather to be here and for it to be sunny. Ready to be able to go outside and walk around at lunch time at work. I love the changing of the seasons but I am so ready for the warmer weather. This has been an especially rough winter so I am looking forward to the nice and bright sun! In the spirit of spring I wanted to make a muffin that made me feel like it was here, since clearly it is not yet. Whenever I…
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Black & Blue til You are Pink Muffins
It is Monday again…can you believe it?! My weekends always go way too fast. I hate that! haha…it seems like no matter what I do those 2 days always go speeding past me clocking at a 90mph pace. I have heard that it only goes faster as you get older too…sheesh! I don’t know how it could! I think my weekend went fast because I had rehearsal for the show that is coming up. That always seems to make things go faster. I was able to have a little fun though on Saturday night. One of the girls in the dance company turned 30 so we all went out for…
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Crustless Spinach & Feta Quiche
I think I may finally be catching up on some sleep. I lived up to my promise and made it to bed by 10pm, which I have to admit I was really happy about. I feel a little more refreshed today and not as sluggish. THAT is a good thing because I have presentation to give at work today…I hate giving presentations when I don’t feel up for it, so I am very glad that my body is starting to feel a bit more normal today. Whew! Also, I have figured out a way to comment on blogs again. Not sure why my WordPress ID isn’t working but I am…
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Sugar Spot Banana Cranberry Muffins
OK so…for some reason I cannot comment on ANYONE’S blog haha. I am trying to post things on Foodbuzz on all your posts. Sorry fellow foodies! I feel bad but for some reason I am just not able to comment. Big bummer because there is so many great recipes out there that I totally wanna compliment too! Grr…hopefully the cyber world gets itself figured out! I am seriously struggling with the time change! I thought it would be much easier for me to get used to, but I am having a hard time. Yesterday was really tough because it felt like I was getting up at 3am, when it was…
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Hoisin Beef
Ahhh the warm California air is so glorious! So what am I doing blogging right?? Well, I had this post saved so that I could post it while I was away because I did promise you all another recipe from my Great Food for Great Friends post. Here is the last recipe from the night of cooking with my friends. The recipe is for Hoisin Beef skewers. I wanted to make something that was easy for my guests to eat AND enjoy. That is why I decided to skewer the beef. The original recipe was for beef tenderloin steaks but this was a little less formal and more keeping with…
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Nutella Brownies
Good Monday Morning to you all! I hope you all had a great weekend. My weekend was rather rainy so I spent most of my time cooking and cleaning. I actually don’t mind that either! I am a rather clean person, some might say a neat freak. I however just like to call it organized, haha. I do tend to have a little OCD with certain things. For example, I am a “clean as you go” kind girl. My mother taught me this motto when I was younger as I would watch her bake the most delicious cookies and cakes. As she balanced a bowl and pan in both hands…
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Almond Crusted Chicken
Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your start to your week. We have been having a slight glimpse into spring here in Connecticut, but it appears that it is going to change back to rather bitter cold by tomorrow :-(. As you all know I love snow and the cold, but there comes a time right around March that my body flips a switch and says “OK, I am done, ready for some warm weather and flip flops now!”. I really don’t think I could live in a place where the seasons don’t change, I think I would go through withdrawal. I enjoy having that switch of cold…
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Nutella Banana Turnovers
I made it! 14 days on the detox and I made it. WHEW! What an experience that was! Thanks again to all of you out there that supported me the whole time. It was so very much appreciated, I cannot even express my gratitude. Although the detox is over there are some things that I learned from it that I really feel like I am going to keep with me. The eating small meals every few hours I think I am going to stick with. That really helped my body stay alert and full of energy, which I really liked. Another thing I want to keep doing is eating breakfast!…
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Pretty Pepper Pasta
First off, congrats to CakeWhiz on the Top 9 with my recipe for water cake! I have to give thanks because I got a lot of traffic on my blog yesterday because of that. So a big thanks for featuring my recipe and another congrats for making it look so awesome! 😀 To all of you hummus haters out there…I don’t get you. I really don’t. I love hummus! Put it on a pita, put it on veggies, put it on chips, use it as spread for a sandwich….I lik’em all! Since I have been on the detox my snack in the afternoon is some veggies with hummus (which is…
