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Fall In Love With Fall

September 24th, 2013Tina16 Comments

Fall is my favorite season for many reasons! I was married in October and in fact we’ll be celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary next month. We’re going to Quebec City for a long weekend and I cannot wait! 🙂 I love the weather this time of year. When else can I wear a t-shirt with a scarf? 😉 I adore the Fall/Winter fashion trends, like blazers and sweaters. I’ve started to pull some pieces from the back of my closet that I haven’t seen since I bought them on clearance last year. It’s like I’m going shopping in my closet. My favorite …

Apple & Raisin Whole Wheat Muffins

September 22nd, 2013Tina16 Comments

A muffin and a cup of coffee is a great way to start my morning. A healthy whole wheat muffin is even better (well, better for me at least)! I took my favorite whole wheat muffin box mix and added a whole lot of apple flavor to it. Autumn is officially here today. Since apples are THE fruit of the season, what better way to kick off the season? 🙂 Apple & Raisin Whole Wheat Muffins Recipe (Makes 6 standard size muffins) Ingredients: For the muffins: 1 box (7 ounce) Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat Muffin Mix 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 …

Almond Cranberry Granola Poppers

September 20th, 2013Tina27 Comments

Are these cookies? Are they miniature granola bars? Call them whatever you want, but I call them amazing! I love, love, love “things”. Shocker, I know. I post a ton of cookie recipes and I’m still on my quest to lose those last darn 10 pounds. Not the best combo when you think about it. I wanted to create something that would satisfy a sweet craving and I wouldn’t feel guilty eating it. I used my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bar recipe for inspiration, replaced parts of it with healthier goodies and turned it into these crazy amazing bite …

Fashion Trend: Black, White & Gold

September 18th, 2013Tina8 Comments

Fashion Week in New York City has just ended. Seeing all the fabulous designs has reminded me how much I love fashion and it’s inspired me to write a post about it. I’ve focused on food lately because I love to cook, I love to eat, and frankly it gets me the the most feedback. However, I realized that some of my other passions, like fashion and home decor, have taken a back seat to food. (And specifically baked goodies.) That’s okay. It’s my blog and I can do whatever I want. (As my husband points out fairly regularly.) …

Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups

September 16th, 2013Tina22 Comments

Some cookie recipes require that you chill the dough before you bake them in order to help prevent them from spreading. What if you really want to make that kind of cookie but you don’t have the time (some require three or four hours, and others are overnight which is even worse)? Well I suppose you could not bake it and choose something else. I like my solution better which is to turn them into cookie cups! Since the cookie bakes inside of a muffin cup there is no way it can spread into thin disks. I needed to bake something …