Author Archives: Angie

Chocolate Chip & Walnut Cookies

I’ve always enjoyed walnuts. . .by themselves, but never in baked goods. For years, I willingly omitted them from breads, cookies, and brownies that called for them thinking they had no place there to begin with. In my book, they were always optional … Continue reading

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Caprese Salad

Simple ingredients & voila! Yumminess on a plate. Yes, I’ve seen recipes where it’s also drizzled with olive oil & topped with freshly ground S&P, but honestly, I like it just like this. The way the ingredients meld together is perfect. … Continue reading

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Ricotta Cheese & Spinach Calzones

Truth be told: there comes a time in this wife’s/ mama’s cooking adventures, that I couldn’t care less what anyone else wants for dinner. It’s my way or the highway, or rather, make whatever you want ‘cuz this is what … Continue reading

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Deconstructed Pesto Pasta

This year I planted my first little garden and I’m happy to say, it has flourished. The wee little basil plant is now nearly unruly and I’m convinced that every time I snip some off, it grows back threefold! If I didn’t know … Continue reading

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Red Potatoes with Parsley & Butter

You know how sometimes the food you like doesn’t really need a recipe? I feel like this falls into that category. However, since I created this blog with my girls in mind, and Brianna discovered about a year ago she … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Cheesecake

While there’s a bit of novelty about having a certain type of food just one time a year; I’m not the type of person who holds a strict view on preparing a dish based on what the calendar reads. Case in … Continue reading

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Cream Cheese Sausage Balls

These are great for brunch, a little something different to go along with the eggs for breakfast, or a tasty snack. Ingredients: 1 lb. breakfast sausage 1 8oz. package of cream cheese, at room temperature 1 1/4 cups of Bisquick 8 … Continue reading

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Blackberry Pie Bars

My mom is a bona fide chocoholic. No questions asked. She will opt for chocolate over any other dessert. My dad will eat chocolate, but his go-to is citrusy. Lemony. My parents were in town for the week for Bri’s 8th … Continue reading

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Tortellini Soup

I live in the Midwest and about this time of year, the humidity begins its steady, sticky rise. Except for the last week and a half as it’s been cool, gray, rainy, and confirming that, yes, indeed, I could totally live in the … Continue reading

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Cranberry Pistachio Granola

As much as I love looking at recipes and trying them out, I’ve never really been one to create something on my own. Sure, if I have a good foundation to start with, I might play around with it, tweak it per … Continue reading

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