Rustic Roasted Root Vegetables

Maybe it’s because I was lazy (or am). Maybe it’s because I really like the rustic feeling and look of root veggies.Maybe it’s because of some other reason – I don’t know.Regardless of the lack of effort of beautifying, chopping, and “airbrushing,” these Rustic Roasted Root Vegetables taste amazing. I adore roasted veggies. I mean…

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Nilla Chocolate Acorn Sweet Cookie Bites

THE CUTEST Fall or Thanksgiving treat, with just a few simple pantry ingredients, these Nilla Chocolate Acorn Sweet Cookie Bites could not be easier to make! Fall is my very favorite time of year. The air is crisp, the nights are COLD and the days are bright and cool.The sun shines differently – the vibration…

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Valerie’s Apple Fritter Bread

“Basically just make apple pie filling and cook it down so it’s thick. Make a yeast bread dough. Roll it out, put the apples on half, fold it over (it makes a mess), cut it up and throw it in a pan. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour. Easy peasy. 10x icing on top.”…

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Recipe Revisit: Fall Mole

The chill is in the air. Although the release of summer and the involuntary abandonment of the warmer weather stirs my soul a bit, in both positive and less than positive ways, I accept the crisp, cool, and calming silence the change of seasons brings, and I long for the salivating spices associated with this…

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Thai Green Curry Sweet Potato Soup

Thai Green Curry Sweet Potato Soup Fall has been in the air for several weeks now. Other than the crisp air, brilliant color schemes, aromatic essences filling our world, and the shorter days to hunker down inside, my favorite part of the season is the reintroduction of warming soups. There’s just something amazingly wonderful about…

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Lemon Parsnip Cornish Hens

Do you remember the Friends episode at Thanksgiving when Monica made Joey his own entire turkey? The situation was that Monica decided she was not going to make a turkey at all. Phoebe doesn’t eat meat. Rachel was pregnant and having meat aversions. (Oh, and by the way Brad Pitt was a guest in this…

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Blackberry Sweet Potato Chicken Pasta

Sometimes you want to enjoy both the savory and the sweet in life. After all, what’s one without the other? And sometimes you just want to create a work of art and eat – skip the writing. Let’s just enjoy this exactly the way it is.

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