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Fresh Strawberry Cake

May 14, 2013

For Mother’s Day my mom asked me to make her a dessert with strawberries or some sort of fruit.  Immediately a crumb cake type dessert came to my mine.  This cake was moist and flavorful but not too rich and it really highlighted the strawberries.  Everyone but me topped it with whipped cream (I’m not [...]

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Banana Bread Whoopie Pies

March 28, 2013

How do you like your bananas? Do you like them super ripe, slightly spotted, or under ripe? I like mine under ripe where they are bright yellow, just past the green phase and I won’t eat them once they get a spot on them. So I had 3 bananas on my counter fully spotted and [...]

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Stovetop Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oatmeal

January 10, 2013

Since it’s resolution/healthy eating time, I thought I would share a healthy breakfast that my mom recently introduced me to. I’m not a fan of oatmeal normally, but I have loved Chick-fil-A’s oatmeal, so my mom thought I would really like this since it tastes similar.  I really enjoyed it! It had a bit chewier [...]

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Cranberry & Pear Relish

November 20, 2012

Need a last minute addition to your Thanksgiving table? This is a great addition and so much better than the cranberry sauce out of a can.  Which if you can believe it, my husband is absolutely in love with the canned, he says it’s his favorite part of Thanksgiving! I’ve tried and tried to break [...]

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Fresh Apple Cake

September 5, 2012

So now that we are past Labor Day, in my book it’s officially time for the weather to start cooling down and time for football, jackets, pumpkin spice lattes and lots of delicious apple recipes! I know it won’t officially be fall until later this month, but to me Labor Day is the official end [...]

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Peach Pie Crumb Bars

August 21, 2012

I had some peaches left over from my last peach run to the local market for the summer. They stopped selling them as they are on their way out of peak season. I was trying to think of a way to use them up before they went bad and I remembered these crumb bars that [...]

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Peach Lemonade

July 26, 2012

Fresh ripe juicy peaches just scream summer don’t they!?! They are so refreshing even by themselves in this hot hot weather.  I saw this recipe in Cooking Light recently and had it on my calendar to make when peaches came in at their peak.  I then saw it pop up on several sites since then [...]

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Old Fashioned Banana Pudding

June 28, 2012

So I’ve mentioned my mother-in-law on here several times and have made several of her recipes.  Ya’ll, she should have her own southern restaurant.  She’s such an amazing cook & baker and I’ve learned so much from her! I never even really realized you could have banana pudding from scratch until I had her’s. I’ve [...]

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Holiday Detox Smoothie

January 5, 2012

I don’t know about you, but I definitely ate my share of heavy carbs, cheese, cookies & candy over the week of Christmas & New Year’s.  While it all tasted amazing, it left me feeling tired and overloaded from all of that heavy food and I needed something to detox from all that overindulgance.  When [...]

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Apple Whoopie Pies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

September 27, 2011

As we venture into fall, which is my favorite time of year, apple and pumpkin flavors abound.  I wanted to make something to celebrate the start of fall and since Adam is not a big fan of pumpkin (I know, the horror!!) I decided to make something apple.  I have a DEEP love for whoopie [...]

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