Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

I don’t like change. After about a year of careful thinking and planning I bought a new car.  To be honest with you, if I could have kept my 11 year old Honda CRV with 145,000 miles on it forever then I probably would have.  The reality is that I have a long commute to work, it was old, and it was time to upgrade.  Change can be a good thing, especially when it comes to buying a shiny new ride, except getting that new ride means that I had to make a big decision and I’m not good at that. I …

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Stuff I’m Into: Getting Summer Ready

Memorial Day is right around the corner and that means the unofficial start of Summer is almost here.  I’m getting anxious for Summer since it’s been a cool Spring. Here’s how I’m getting ready for Summer: Summer Foods.  Bye, bye heavy comfort foods and hello, fresh fruits and veggies.  I especially can’t wait for corn on the cob to make an appearance at the grocery store.  It’s one of my favorites so I apologize in advance if I make a ton of recipes with corn in them.  This corn guacamole is one of my favorite appetizers and would be a great …

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Coconut Almond Smoothie

Hello Monday and hello new smoothie recipe. By show of virtual hands, are you a smoothie person?  I could drink a smoothie every day and be a happy camper.  (I could also eat a bagel every day and be in heaven, but I digress.)  My husband is not a fan of smoothies.  No biggie.  Thankfully it’s super easy to whip up a smoothie for one. I tend to make the same smoothie flavor for a few weeks and then I move on to another one which becomes my new favorite.  Lately I’ve been into dairy free smoothies so I came …

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Stuff I’m Into: Go To Beauty Products

I’m a girlie girl when it comes to make-up.  My husband can shower and get dressed during the time it takes me to apply everything (and sometimes… okay, all the time… he’s still waiting for me).  However, on the weekends my beauty routine is not as high maintenance.  It really boils down to cream, powder, blush, mascara, and lipstick.  What else is left?  For the sake of this post, you’ll just have to trust me that there’s more. Here’s my go to beauty products (in other words, the products that I cannot live without and have a backup ready for when I run …

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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

Last week was a total bust on the blog front. We had eight straight days of clouds and/or rain which made me feel lazy and unmotivated. I did manage to push myself to try one new recipe but it was a flop so obviously I was not going to share it with you.  By the end of Wednesday I decided to write the week off. I was super productive over the weekend though.  My husband and I went car shopping.  (You know, test driving, sitting through salesman schpeals, etc.)  I hate car shopping but it didn’t turn out as bad …

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