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  • Salted Dark Chocolate Coffee Bark

    On chilly mornings, I like to have a hot cup of coffee to start my day (with cream). I don’t like black coffee or sugar in my coffee, but I love having cream in my coffee! Apparently you can do so much more with coffee, as I discovered when I reviewed Cooking with Coffee a few…

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  • Book Review: Crazy Sweet Creations

    I received a review copy of this book; all opinions expressed are mine. If you enjoy making beautiful desserts, Crazy Sweet Creations (hardcover, Mango Publishing) is the cookbook for you! Authored by Ann Reardon, host of the award-winning You Tube series How to Cook That, this book is filled with tips on how to create…

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  • 3-Ingredient Pumpkin Spice Mini Bundts

    I still had a few cans of pumpkin puree in my cupboard, and I used one of them for this super-easy recipe! It’s probably the easiest mini bundt recipe ever! The 3 ingredients are a box of Spice cake mix, a can of pumpkin puree, and a teaspoon of vanilla, maple, or cinnamon extract. There’s…

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  • Cheesy Ham and Hash Brown Casserole

    If you like comfort food for breakfast, this Cheesy Ham and Hash Brown Casserole is a very good recipe to try! It’s every bit as cheesy, creamy, and yummy as I thought it would be! How can you go wrong with ham, cheese, and potatoes?

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  • Turmeric Golden Milk Tea Latte

    Did you know that the month of January is National Hot Tea Month and that January 12 is National Hot Tea Day? If you’re a tea-lover, that’s something to celebrate! And in honor of these events, I found a recipe for a Turmeric Golden Milk Tea Latte over at StashTea.com—it inspired me to make my…

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  • Cheesy Taters

    This is a yummy comfort food recipe from a cookbook I reviewed some years ago, The Meatloaf Bakery Cookbook. It was written by Cynthia Kallile, founder of a bakery in Chicago that specialized in making meatloaf in creative ways (meatloaf cupcakes, little loafies, even meatloaf pastries!). I had tried this Cheesy Taters recipe from the…

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