Baked Goods

New Recipe! Check out my Mystery Pumpkin Muffins

October 11, 2011
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Howdy! How are you today? I have a new recipe you must try: healthy pumpkin muffins filled with…. can you guess? Nutella! Are you salvating yet? Because this picture makes me drool every time I look at it. I wanted to make something with Nutella for dessert on Sunday night because I know my friend [...]

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Black & White Forest Cookies – A Healthified Recipe

September 21, 2011
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Hi friends!  How’s your Wednesday going? Today is a long day at school for me but I’m looking forward to 2 things later on this evening: power yoga and a special birthday dinner with the girls to celebrate my friend Anne‘s birthday! One thing I love about my grad school class is that we’re a [...]

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New recipe: Chocolate Banana Almond Butter Bread (with Sea Salt!)

September 8, 2011
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You know the temperatures are starting to fall when I bust out my sifter, flour, sugar and turn the oven on to bake. 2 browning bananas caught my attention earlier this week. I hate wasting food but don’t really love brown bananas so I decided to bake them into a tasty, hearty bread! This was [...]

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My First Made-from-scratch Cake… Not so Real Simple

June 7, 2011
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Good afternoon!  Thanks for all of your kind words on the new look.  I’m obviously still playing around with it but I’m thrilled everyone seems to like it as much as I do! I’ve been so busy studying for my midterm exam yesterday and playing with the blog layout that I haven’t even filled you [...]

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6 Girls & a Guy: A Group Brunch with my Dad!

April 24, 2011
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Happy Easter, everyone! I’ve been having a super fun weekend and hope you have too!  My dad arrived for  visit on Saturday morning and we’ve been going non-stop ever since. To kick off his visit, I invited the girls over for a potluck brunch yesterday morning.  We’ve never done brunch at The Clubhouse (a.k.a. my [...]

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The 24 Hour Chocolate Chip Cookie that’s Worth the Wait

March 29, 2011
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Good morning, everyone! I come to you with a pick-me-up since, well, it’s only Tuesday and I think it’s necessary. I volunteered to bake cookies for a classmate’s birthday today and wanted to let you in on the happiest chocolate chip cookie… ever.

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