Category: Spring/Easter
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Street Corn Salad
I’m so glad May will be here soon–the weather is warming up, flowering trees are in full bloom, and more and more plants and flowers are springing up! And this time of year I start craving more summery kinds of foods–foods that are easy to make with minimal or no cooking involved. Like salads, for…
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Flower Cupcakes
These are the pretty flower cupcakes I told you about in an earlier post, Springtime and Easter Cupcake Cuteness. These were also made by my friend Ann, and this recipe is also from the cookbook Celebrating Cupcakes and Muffins. These cupcakes have chocolate chips in the batter and are topped with a smooth, creamy Royal…
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Happy Easter
This Easter Day has been very cold, cloudy, and rainy–it feels more like winter here than spring! I hope you’re having a warmer, sunnier day. At least for those of us who have rain or snow, we can enjoy having pretty spring flowers inside, right? These daffodils were growing wild in a field, so I…
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Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes
Here’s one of the yummy cupcakes I told you about in my Springtime Cupcakes post. My friend Ann made these and she found the recipe in a cookbook called Celebrating Cupcakes and Muffins. These delicious cupcakes have a creamy custard filling and are
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Spa Spring Gift Basket
Happy first day of spring! I hope you had a beautiful day! I’m not a big fan of cold winter weather, but I love the warmer days of spring! I love seeing the flowers outside begin to bloom and the longer, sunnier days. I’m really glad spring has arrived!
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Cream Cheese Mints
I love the taste of peppermint and mint–flavored sweets. If you like minty sweets too, you need to try these easy homemade Cream Cheese Mints—but watch out, because they’re kind of addicting! They have a rich, creamy, minty flavor and I like them more than I thought I would—which makes them dangerous for me to have around! So I’ve…
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Easter Trail Mix
As I’ve mentioned before, something that’s hard for me to resist when I see the long aisle of Easter candy at the store are those malted milk speckled eggs–malt balls covered with a candy coating. I eat way too many of them! One year, I told myself I would not buy any of those eggs unless…
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Spring WILL Come!
Yesterday snowflakes were softly falling and it was looking more like a December winter wonderland outside than an almost-spring day, especially considering I’m in the south. My friends and I are so ready for spring to come–it’s just 3 weeks away, but when you see all the snow you wonder if it will ever get here. And…
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Daffodils
I picked these daffodils yesterday—they’ve just recently started blooming. They were growing by the side of the road, and I just had to pick some! I love the variety—some are bright yellow, some are soft yellow, and some are soft cream. My favorite, though, are the daffodils that have creamy petals with vivid orange centers.
NancyC 