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lemon(or lime)ade

the warm weather is here. my go to drink in the spring and summer is lemonade. i am obsessed with it and i crave it everyday. when i was younger my brother, sister and i had lemonade stands in the summer all the time.
a fun way to serve it to your guests is to put [...]

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simple treat

chocolate covered
marsh mellows

for valentines day i made michael chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate covered marsh mellows, some with chopped pecans on the edges. they are so yummy and so easy to make. you melt chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave, stir it up, and dip the marsh mellows into the melted chocolate. you can have [...]

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sweet treats

baked some cupcakes for a client. baking is so much fun. almost as fun as painting. almost.

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easy bake

cupcakes

i have become obsessed with baking lately. my favorite part is the icing. i buy the white icing and then use food coloring to make tons of different colors. i can not claim these cupcakes. i actually do not have a picture of mine. this is one of my inspiration pictures though.

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healthy sippin

banana strawberry

milkshake

i love milkshakes and i love smoothies. i started getting some smoothies from earth fare and they do not use any ice. they use frozen fruit and organic apple juice. so instead of paying $6 a day for a smoothie i decided to go buy a blender, buy my favorite fruits frozen, buy some [...]

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what is for dinner?

eat
up

whenever i tell michael i will cook for him, he always asks what i am cooking. i always respond with “spaghetti?” i just think it is so easy and i absolutely love it. possibly one of my favorite dishes. i used to always say i loved to cook. lately, i can not stand it. maybe [...]

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cakes and pies cakes and pies

strawberry
pie

Filling: 
3/4 cup sugar 
4 tablespoons cornstarch 
1/2 cup all-purpose flour 
4 cups frozen strawberries, unsweetened, partially thawed in refrigerator
Crust: 
1 (11-ounce) box pie crust mix 
1/3 cup strawberry nectar, cold, plus 1 tablespoon
1 egg 
Sugar, for sprinkling
Filling: 
Sift sugar, cornstarch and flour together into a medium bowl. Stir and combine with partially thawed strawberries.
In a separate bowl, combine pie crust mix and cold strawberry [...]

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how can i have more

s’more

brownies

one of my co-workers, katherine, has a sister who loves to bake and cook. so she brings katherine things to work. she brought some s’more brownies one day and they were so good. she just baked the brownies, threw some mini marsh mellows on top right before they were done baking and then placed graham [...]

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save room

sweet

tooth

i love sweets. i always like dessert after dinner if it is an option. my mom told me that my grandfather actually used to eat his dessert before his dinner just to make sure he had room for it. i guess i take after him in the dessert department because i like every kind you [...]

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