Quick, Fresh, and Healthy Pizzas

I have been craving pizza lately but I feel like when I order it in or go out it is so unhealthy. So tonight I decided to make my own healthy pizza! I love the boboli crusts because you just throw all your topping on, pop it in the oven, cook for 8-10 minutes, and [...]

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Yummy Little Appetizer Plate

This appetizer sampler was inspired by a lot of random things in my refrigerator… another time that my scrounging has led to yumminess! Sometimes I will make this for a little dinner for myself or I will make it for a group if I am entertaining. I didn’t list amounts in the ingredients since you [...]

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Broccoli Ham and Cheese Casserole

This recipe is an upgrade on one of my absolute favorite comfort food recipes, broccoli casserole. Some of my favorite foods are pasta, cheese, and veggies and the addition of ham to this casserole adds extra protein and LOTS of flavor! I decided to toss ham and mushrooms into the casserole tonight since I had [...]

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Warm and Creamy Bacon Dip

I was flipping through Food Network magazine and came across the recipe for this dip and could not wait to go to the store, buy all of the ingredients, and make it! And let me tell you, it is just as yummy as it sounds (as looks). This is a perfect appetizer for a party [...]

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Thai Sticky Rice Pudding with Fruit

My friend Tanya and I made this dessert for our Cultural Nutrition class project and it was absolutely delicious. The main flavor is coconut and it gives the rice pudding a creamy and luscious flavor that is unlike anything I have ever had before! We topped it with fresh fruit, consisting of mango, kiwi, strawberries, [...]

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Real Simple’s Pumpkin Cupcakes

Just in time for Halloween, here is a super fun recipe for pumpkin cupcakes! I got this recipe via the daily emails that Real Simple sends out and it seemed so quick and easy that I wanted to make them immediately. With only 6 ingredients, you can’t get a much simpler and yummy cupcake recipe! [...]

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Girls Night!

  Whenever I get together with my friends Tori & Justin for a dinner party, Haley, their adorable two year old, excitedly requests to be my right hand woman in the kitchen; carefully helping to put the finishing touches on whatever dessert I’ve made for the evening.  We frost, caramelize, bake, slice, serve – you [...]

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Nana’s Peanut Butter Cookies

I called my mom today for her peanut butter cookies recipe and she told me that it was actually her mom, my Nana’s recipe, and that my Nana has been making this recipe for 60 years, since she got her first Sunbeam mixer. I loved hearing this story and it made me even more excited [...]

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Quick & Easy Pesto Bread

My mom has been making pesto bread for as long as I can remember and it is one of my favorite appetizers. The combination of warm, fresh bread and flavorful pesto is oh so delicious and just thinking about it right now is making me crave it! This is a great party appetizer and it’s [...]

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Strawberry Peach Crisp

Since I’ve been LOVING my crisps lately, I decided to switch up the fruits and make a strawberry peach one. Every bite was absolutely delicious and I’m still thinking about it a few days later I used my standard crisp recipe and just changed the fruits… I’m not sure which of the fruit combinations I [...]

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