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Homemade Salsa
Holy August Batman! Is anyone else’s garden exploding? Mine is! Every day I am bringing in more tomatoes, squash, peppers, herbs… I mean don’t get me wrong, I love having fresh vegetables and herbs right outside my door, but good lord. There could be a small farm stand at the end of my driveway and I could STILL have too much. Makes for a happy coworkers and lots of ideas for a food blogger 😉 All kidding aside I really do enjoy having a garden. It keeps me busy and I love knowing where my food comes from. Clearly anyone who knows me, knows that I am all about eating…
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Zoodles!
It is still American Heart Health Month! As some of you know I have been teaming with American Recall Center, a website that provides information regarding drug and medical device recalls. Feel free to head over to their blog post here, to see more about ways to maintain a healthy heart ♥. There is tons of good information so if you want to check it out and spread the word on how to keep your ticker ticking away, please feel free. Today, I am sharing a pasta, but not any ordinary pasta, a Zoodle pasta dish! I am totally on the Zoodle train, choo choo! If you don’t already have…
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Baked Tomatoes with Corn and Goat Cheese
Happy Monday! How is your Monday going? Did you have a nice weekend? My weekend was full of master bathroom remodeling and purchasing… ::blank look:: Which basically means, I am poor. Haha, bathroom remodels are expensive! Holy shmokes. We are limited in our space for the master bath. It isn’t a very large bathroom so we are trying to maximize our space. We currently have a whirlpool in our bathroom and it literally takes up half the room…eeeekk! So we are going to adjust that and remove the whirlpool and put something that in that is going to save a butt-load of space in that tiny area (about 10″). I…
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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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Tomato & Mozzarella Bites
Well hello everyone! How are you doing today on this Thursday morning? It has been a weeee bit chilly this week. Yesterday morning we had a high of about 5ºF. Just a tad chilly. I am ready for snow! I am getting frustrated with this no snow thing. I love to snowboard and this no snow thing is REALLY cramping my style. Grrrrrr! Every year my parents throw a party of some sort. Ever since I can remember my family has been putting on parties with TONS of people. When we lived in Kansas City, their Christmas parties were epic. When I say epic…I mean, 100+ people fitting into a…
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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…
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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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Pan-Fried Tilapia with Tomato Basil Sauté
I finally broke down…and joined Twitter. Haha…I have had people telling me for like ever and day to join Twitter, so I finally did it. I have NO idea what I am doing or what I need to do or really even how to post anything but I am sure I will find out shortly. If you want to follow me I have a link at the top of my page, right next to the Facebook and RSS feed button. I least know how to do that much! Haha or you can follow me by clicking on my Follow button on Foodbuzz. Like I said…I have NO idea what I…
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Baked Egg in a Tomato Boat
I have power!! Finally have power in the house. Thank goodness! I cannot tell you how glad I am that it is back, but not for the reasons you might think. The not having electricity wasn’t what really bothered me…I mean yes, it was horrible that I couldn’t cook like I wanted to, but not having TV or the lights wasn’t really that big of a deal to me. Honestly, I hardly EVER turn on the TV anyways. My life is so busy most of the time that by the time I get home at night after work, dance, softball, kickball, the gym, various errands, etc. all I want to…
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Fiery Flank Steak with Tomato Jam
Happy Friday everyone! I hope that you all have had a fabulous week and are gearing up for your weekends. May not be a long weekend like this past one, but still a weekend right? I have been doing my best to get caught up this week on lots of things from being away. Work, bills, friends, my blog! Man oh man…I feel like I haven’t been posting regularly and it feels so weird haha. I am sure some of you know what I am talking about. If you go on vacation or are away and you don’t post things or aren’t around to look at other recipes, it feels…
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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…
