Today’s post is a guest post, brought to you by Shell Harris, of Smoothie Web! — There is nothing basic about this smoothie, with its added superfoods and creamy, delicious texture. It’s so easy to make, you can whip up this smoothie for breakfast or even a quick snack. The cinnamon and banana add a
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As someone who grew up in an Italian household eating copious amounts of pasta and baking cookies every other day of the week, I never really had much of an interest in dieting. I was vegetarian for a while, but I was also an extremely competitive and active runner at the time, and I couldn’t
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If you’re like me, you probably like doughnuts but don’t like to think about the calories. A lot of those come from frying the dough. Well, with this, we skip the frying and bake it instead! From there, you can glaze them (like I did), fill them (with a piping tip and your favorite pudding
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As promised, I have prepared, for your viewing and baking pleasure, a mid-winter pick-me-up of one of my favorite summertime flavor combinations: Lemon and blueberry. Now, as I told my mom while making these, I could eat lemon blueberry anything for days. It’s the perfect balance of tart and sweet, just like cranberry orange bread (which I
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Hello, hello! Thank you, dear readers, for being so patient. It’s been a busy season with work and stomach bugs and grandparents moving from one living space to another. Thanks for bearing with the delay.  By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of my terrible history with apple desserts. Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to
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I picked a bunch of purple potatoes from the community garden, a couple of days ago. Tonight, I paced back and forth in my kitchen, trying to decide what to do with them. I could boil them. I could mash them. I could even stick them in a stew or a soup. None of those
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Hello, everyone! Here’s a recipe for some quick scratch pancakes! I’ve got a friend over for the next couple of days and I decided to make some pancakes for the two of us this morning. At first, I was a bit hesitant about these, seeing as I hadn’t made non-buttermilk pancakes from scratch before. Personally,
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If you want a filling and easy breakfast, this is your dish! I tried making hash browns in a pan a couple of times and it just made a mess and took forever. This method, though, combines everything in one bowl and takes a few minutes to cook. Here’s how it works.Ingredients (for one serving):1 small
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Hey, all! Today’s post was written for us by my dear friend, Kristen Navarro. While I did the cooking and took the pictures, the writing, recipe, and story are all her — you go, girl! Hopefully, I’ll do the recipe justice (I haven’t got a drop of Costa Rican in my blood, but I do
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Today’s post is brought to you by a friend of mine, Ben Stutzman. Here’s a quick and healthy breakfast for a morning on the go or a morning at the gym. Enjoy!—-The apple muffin breakfast recipe. This is a great snack if you have a few minutes and need energy for sports, the gym, or
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