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Chocolate Whipped Cream

November 17, 2015 by Kara 3 Comments

Mixing up homemade whipped cream is one of the easiest things you can do to take your baking to the next level. The perfect topping for pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, you definitely want to keep these tips for how to quickly and easily whip cream into submission in your back pocket this holiday season. To…

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Filed Under: Cooking Tips, Desserts, Food, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate whipped cream, homemade whipped cream, how to make whipped cream, the best whipped cream, tips for whipping cream, whipped cream recipe

Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend

November 16, 2015 by Kara 1 Comment

All things Pumpkin Spice are all the rage now. Pumpkin Pie spice is in everything from your morning coffee and it’s creamer to your mochi ice cream. So what do you do when you have a hankering for something with pumpkin spice, but find yourself just out of your tiny McCormick’s jar of pumpkin pie…

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Filed Under: Cooking Tips, Food Tagged With: homemade pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin pie spice blend, pumpkin pie spice recipe

Quick Cheese Board

November 12, 2015 by Kara Leave a Comment

Noshing on snack foods like cheese and crackers or dips like hummus with veggies is one of my biggest weaknesses. I’m a grazer at heart – guilty as charged. I could live off of cheese and crackers! I love it. So it’s our go-to appetizer spread for a get together with friends or family or…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Cooking Tips, Food, Recipes Tagged With: cheese appetizer, cheese board tips, easy appetizer, easy cheese board, easy cheese spread, how to make a cheese board, how to throw together a cheese board, quick appetizer idea, quick cheese board, quick snacking, tips for a great cheese tasting

Honey Ginger Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pecans

November 11, 2015 by Kara Leave a Comment

The classic Sweet Potato Casserole is a given at Thanksgiving for us. We mix in a little roasted banana and a splash of booze to dress ours up and it HAS to have the praline pecan topping. Check out that recipe here. But in the meantime, I wanted to share a slightly healthier and MUCH…

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Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Veg Tagged With: healthier sweet potato thanksgiving side, honey ginger sweet potatoes, quick and easy thanksgiving side, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potato dish, sweet potato recipe, thanksgiving dinner, thanksgiving ideas, thanksgiving recipe, thanksgiving recipes, thanksgiving side dish

Herby Dill, Garlic, & Lemon Green Beans

November 9, 2015 by Kara Leave a Comment

Another super quick and easy side dish for you to serve up this Thanksgiving? These uber yummy green beans turn a simple vegetable side into top dish on your table. And they come together in a flash. Toss fresh haricovert, which are classic French style green beans, into a boiling pot of salted water for 3-5…

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Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Veg Tagged With: blanching, blanching green beans, easy green bean recipe, green beans, lemon green beans, quick and easy thanksgiving side, thanksgiving dinner, thanksgiving ideas, thanksgiving recipe, thanksgiving recipes, thanksgiving side dish

Kaffir Lime & Jalapeno Cranberry Sauce

November 6, 2015 by Kara Leave a Comment

With how crazy and hectic the holiday season gets for us, we love recipes that whip up in a flash and can still be a showstopper dish. We are going to be sharing a few new quick an easy, but delicious dishes to add to your menu this season! And homemade cranberry sauce is a…

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Filed Under: Accoutrements, Food, Recipes Tagged With: cranberry dish, cranberry sauce, cranberry sauce recipe, easy homemade cranberry sauce, lime and jalapeno cranberry sauce, quick and easy thanksgiving side, quick cranberry sauce, savory cranberry sauce recipe, thanksgiving dinner, thanksgiving ideas, thanksgiving recipe, thanksgiving recipes, thanksgiving side dish, thanksgiving sides

A Very Frozen Party

November 5, 2015 by Kara 3 Comments

My niece, Arabella, celebrated her 4th birthday in serious style at the end of August. My step-mom and sister threw together what is surely one of the greatest Frozen themed parties of the year complete with Anna and Elsa live in person for story-time, princess lessons, and a Princess coronation for the birthday girl.The birthday…

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Filed Under: Fun, Photos Tagged With: anna, elsa, frozen, frozen characters, frozen party, frozen themed birthday

Kitchen Remodel – Finished!

October 29, 2015 by Kara 1 Comment

Wow, this post has been A LONG TIME coming!! Sorry guys!! Life gets in the way sometimes. So our kitchen has been mostly done for over a year now and WE LOVE IT! There are still days when we have to pinch ourselves because this is our dream kitchen and it’s just unbelievable that it’s the…

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Filed Under: D-I-Y's, Projects, Renovating Tagged With: black pearl granite, carrera marble, custom kitchen cabinets, grey and white kitchen, kitchen before and after, kitchen remodel, kitchen renovation

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