From the category archives:

Holiday

Vanishing Nuts and Other Homemade Gift Ideas

December 20, 2011

I can’t believe that Hanukkah starts tonight and Christmas is 5 days away! If you haven’t quite figured out what you’re getting everyone on your list, there’s still plenty of time to whip up some homemade goodies to give as gifts. I have a few ideas up my sleeve that I’d love to share. The [...]

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A Cookie Bake and Chobani Giveaway

December 19, 2011

One of my favorite childhood memories of Christmas, besides decorating the tree while listening to Alvin and Chipmunks Christmas album, is baking cookies with my mom and sister. Now that my sister and I don’t live at home, we try to pick a weekend each year for all the girls to together for the annual [...]

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Holiday Kale Salad and Decorating

November 30, 2011

As you may or may not know, I have a strange love with kale. It’s one of the healthiest foods you can eat, you can eat it plain, dressed up, raw or cooked! I’ve tired many different recipes: Massaged Kale Salad Kale and Sweet Potato Brown Rice Bowls Garlicky Kale Kale with Peanut Sauce Kale [...]

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Thanksgiving Success

November 28, 2011

My sister had to work on Thanksgiving so I invited her family and my mom over to celebrate on Saturday. Isaac and I had never hosted a Thanksgiving meal before, but we figured it couldn’t be too hard. I was a little nervous about the logistics of having so many dishes that needed to be [...]

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Giving Thanks

November 25, 2011

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. -Ralph Waldo Emerson I hope everyone that celebrates had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. I celebrated with Isaac’s family and besides a quick trip to the emergency room during [...]

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Easy Pumpkin Pie Mousse

November 21, 2011

Remember the Spiced Pumpkin Mousse I mentioned the other day? Well, I took the recipe for a test run this weekend just to be on the safe side and it turned out to be a winner! Not only is the recipe super easy to make, the finished product offers a creamy pumpkin dessert that will [...]