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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Growing up, one of my favorite desserts my mom would make were these sugar-drenched strawberries. I never asked her how they were made, but after years of enjoying them, I could take a decently educated guess. The inspiration came from a spur-of-the-moment trip to Wegman’s. As my friends and I pulled into the Wegman’s parking
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For Valentine’s Day, I decided to make the boyfriend a special breakfast of red velvet pancakes with a cream cheese drizzle. To set the mood, I put on some Blues Traveler, made us some tea to warm up (because, as you may or may not know, we live on Hoth), and got to cooking. The
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