recipes

  • Hello everyone! May the Fourth be with you!! ;) I just couldn’t resist the opportunity to say that!! It may be May, but over here in Connecticut it’s still rainy and gloomy. I swear, it felt more like spring in February than it does now. But at least my herbs and plants in my garden…

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  • It may be May 1st, but here in Connecticut it’s a chilly 45 degrees and cloudy and gloomy outside. So what better day than to post my Pineapple Sunshine Smoothie? Granted, yesterday was supposed to be Smoothie Saturday, but I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather yesterday and save this post for today.…

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  • Hello, all! I am so excited about today’s post because 1) The recipe is AMAZING, and 2) I’m hosting a GIVEAWAY!!! That’s right, one lucky reader is going to get a copy of one of my most favorite and valuable cooking references – Herbs and Spices: A Cook’s Reference by Jill Norman. This book is a treasure trove…

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  • Happy weekend, everyone! Do y’all have any fun plans? Today, I’m going to check out this bouldering spot a few towns over, then go for a little hike at this beautiful trail by a stream. It’s gonna be great!! :D Being outdoors is the best. There’s something about a running brook or stream that just…

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  • Warning: this is going to be a photo-heavy post. There’s something about spring that makes me want to photograph every living plant in sight. Does anyone else feel this compulsion?? Spring produce is just so beautiful and vibrant that it almost demands to be captured on film. And not just the produce, the trees and…

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  • Happy Saturday, everyone! Today I’m really excited because I’m going to start gardening a little bit. This morning, my mom and I started clearing out some brush and dried-out plants from the little plot that will be my herb garden. Let me tell you, there’s nothing like being outside in the sunshine with your hands…

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  • Newsflash: I’m a huge doofus. For some reason my brain thought that yesterday was Friday and today is Saturday, which, of course, it’s not. So I guess I missed my own Smoothie Saturday post thanks to a huuuge lapse in brain function. Zoinks! But today is Sunday, and I humbly submit a belated Smoothie Saturday…

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  • So I’m pretty much all moved home! I just have one last cleaning day at my apartment, and then I’ll be all officially moved out. It’s very bittersweet, because as many positive things there are about moving back home with my family, there are some negatives, too. I’m a very independent person, and it’s kind…

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