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Triple Berry Lemon Cake
It’s been a long winter here in Colorado. And the past few months have been brutal. Not just because of freezing temps and snowstorms. It’s been those little glimpses of spring that lull you into flip...
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Taste and See
I wanted to write a lovely post about strawberries. I wanted to talk about how strawberries, warm from some idyllic strawberry patch, bring me back to my childhood. I wanted to tell you a “Strawberries...
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Soggy Paper Plates
Let’s say it’s 2012, and you’re in my neighborhood. It’s 6:30 in the evening, and you see that my lights are on. “I wonder if Brandy has dinner ready?” you wonder. Because maybe you’ve come to a party...
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Butternut Squash Lasagna
So, this felt like a good time to give you a recipe that you can serve on a real plate First, I should clarify. I’m not a low-carb fiend that would throw myself on top of a plate of pasta like it’s a...
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No More Bikini Body!
It was a Tuesday afternoon and I was trying to will myself to hold a plank for 10 more seconds. My arms shook and drops of sweat made jagged circles on my yoga mat.* From the screen in front of me a...
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Retraining my Taste Buds (and a sorta, kinda recipe)
If you were to ask me to close my eyes and imagine the taste of my childhood, it would be Little Debbie oatmeal pies. That soft, ever so slightly spiced, oatmeal cake with the white cream filling that...
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5 Tips for Getting It Done: Mealtime
I’ve had a lot of people ask lately how I get mealtime done after work. And first of all, I will say that cooking for one person is a bit easier than preparing meals for an entire family. First of all,...
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The Dreaded Shame Spiral
It all started when I stepped on the scale and saw a three-pound increase. I know, I know. I am more than a number. It’s probably water weight. I should throw my scale away. Bladdidy blah blah blah....
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Tips for Staying Healthy While Traveling
Since I’m in the middle of a heavy travel season, I thought I would share some of my tried and true tips for staying healthy while traveling. Oh, and most of them are pretty sarcastic. Because it is...
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Yeast Rolls and Heartache
Every memory I have of my Aunt Rita is set on the backdrop of food. Every Thanksgiving the aunts, uncles and cousins would all crowd into Aunt Rita and Uncle Earl’s tiny home, the men in the living...
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My new favorite breakfast
In my last post, I alluded to a breakfast I recently made for myself on the morning after my aunt died. It was a self-care breakfast. One that took time. Skill. There were layers and tastes and it’s...
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Snow Day (and a recipe)
I remember my first snow day. I was 3 years old. Or maybe 4. We lived in a little trailer in Evergreen, Virginia, surrounded on three sides by soybean fields. The snow came overnight, and when I woke...
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But does it taste good? (and a recipe)
I love to bake. You can ask anyone I work with. I used to be the queen of bringing in baked goods. Pumpkin muffins stuffed with cream cheese. White chocolate cookies studded with tart cranberries....
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Tastes like spring (and a recipe)
When it snows, I like to bake. When it snows in April, I like to bake things that taste like spring. As the snow piles up outside, I preheat the oven and pull out the muffin tin. As the streets fill...
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