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Coconut-Lemon Meltaways
Did you all see my interview on Mommy Page yesterday? Um, by the way, mind BLOWN that anyone wanted to interview me. Seriously. I was fairly certain that the extent of important things I had to say in...
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Potato Salad with Dijon and Green Beans
Can we just talk for a minute about how much I love the Olympics? Now, I am in no way, shape, or form an athlete. I’m not even particularly coordinated. In fact, outside of the Olympics, I never watch...
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Fig Butter
A couple of weeks ago two of my best friends moved to Miami, Florida. In between what Erin likes to refer to as the “daily monsoons”, it is apparently balls hot there. Meanwhile, as soon as they left...
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Southwestern Style Veggie Burgers
Umm…is it Friday yet? No? Well, shoot. I have to make a confession to you: Lately, my weekday meals have been a little on the sad side. Now, weekends are a different story. Weekends have become my...
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Texas Cranberry Chutney
Guys. It’s that time of year again. It’s time to start thinking about your Thanksgiving menu. Dun dun dunnnnnnnn… Ok, I know that, logically, Thanksgiving is still a few weeks away. But trust me, that...
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Black Bean Soup
When I had my first year anniversary, I asked everyone what you would like to see more of in the next year. While a lot of you said that you wanted more desserts and baked goods (I think I have...
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Vegan Sourdough Banana Bread
Time to get real with y’all again: I have changed employment situations…again. As it turns out, being a barista was so not for me. Props to those who love it – I really wanted to! But there was just...
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Mango Banana Smoothie
After every holiday, I feel like I need a day or two to recover. Certainly this has nothing to do with the fact that my mother and I prepared 8 pounds of lamb and a 13×9-inch pan of sweet potato...
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Slow Cooker Black Beans
For someone who majored in Spanish, I have never really paid much attention to Cinco de Mayo. I don’t think there is really any particular reason; you would think that any day that encourages drinking...
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Four Pepper and Corn Salsa with Baked Chili Lime Tortilla Chips
After a couple of months of trying (and failing – funny how life can really get in the way sometimes) to connect, Stef and I are back and collaborating in the kitchen again! It’s not really a secret...
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Summer Farro Salad
If you are the praying type, I would ask you to keep me in your prayers this weekend. You see, I’m moving tomorrow. My parents and Boyfriend are all driving over to help with this project. I ask for...
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Apple Cherry Butter
Oh c’mon now…you didn’t really think that after getting 10 pounds of cherries in the mail that I would hand you a recipe for Roasted Cherry Barbecue Sauce and that would be the end of it? No, no, no....
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Pickled Cucumbers
The other day I stood in front of my kitchen window, looking down upon the street that runs in front of my apartment. Boyfriend and the cats were napping in the other room, and my world was quiet but...
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Fire-Roasted Corn Salsa
A couple of weeks ago, Boyfriend and I popped up to Wisconsin for a lovely weekend with the couple who introduced us long ago. His best friend married my college roommate, and somewhere along the line...
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Roasted Tomato Soup
Yeah, I’ve got a small obsession with roasting things lately. Fire-Roasted Corn Salsa has made an appearance at dinner only 97,000 times in the past month. Roasted Cherry Barbecue Sauce is just a darn...
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Jellied Cranberry Sauce
Happy Tuesday, y’all! We’ll get to cranberry sauce and all things that go “gobble gobble” in just a moment, but first: Last week I had the chance to attend a baking demo and filming at the...
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{Friends First with The Roasted Root} Apple Cinnamon Crockpot Oatmeal
Haaaaaaappy New Year!!!! Are you sad to see 2013 go? Relieved to see 2014 arrive? Praying you can get your pants to fit when you go back to work tomorrow? By now you all know what the 1st of the...
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Millet Banana Bread
This vegan whole-wheat banana bread gets its crackly texture from healthy millet and makes the perfect breakfast or mid-afternoon snack. True life: My boyfriend does not trust me with his car. Up until...
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{Friends First with Laura’s Mess} Raw Cacao Mint Truffles
Raw Cacao Mint Truffles are a no-cook, easy healthy treat that feels positively indulgent. Happy, happy April, darling friends! As promised, March seems to have come in like a lion and has gone out...
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Cocodoodles
Snickerdoodle cookie base rolled in shredded coconut. Behold, the Cocodoodle! I totally just made up my own word. And it was hard. To be fair, I could have just called these cookies “Coconut...
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