Something terribly tragic recently happened. It shook me to my very core. My oven died. One day I was minding my own damn business, making spaghetti and getting ready to put some garlic bread in the oven when bam - dead. Kaput. Gone. It was cold and lifeless. No spark. No light. Just darkness. And since we already tossed the garlic bread packaging and ran out of gallon-size
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Copycat Lieges {Belgian-Style Waffles}
I'm officially the worst blogger ever for withholding these from you for so long. Seriously, do you ever do something you've been dying to do or get something you've been dying to get, only to just kind of let it fall by the wayside once it's done or purchased? For instance, maybe you've been stalking a pair of shoes for a long while and finally get them, only to never wear
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Tutti-Frutti Cookie Clusters
Back in January, I made these Avalanche Cookie Clusters. And they rocked my face off. And since then, I've been brainstorming other ideas of cookie clusters... mainly because I wanted an excuse to get my hands dirty and eat some glorified marshmallows. And folks - these Tutti-Frutti Cookie Clusters are it. They came to me when I was mindlessly snacking on a bag of fruity
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Perfect Molten Lava Cakes
As a kid, I was obsessed with Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Every Friday night at 8pm on the dot I'd be parked in front of the TV ready to see what Sabrina was cookin' up with her talking cat, Salem. I even had a Sabrina the Teenage Witch "Witchcraft" book that I read religiously, concocting science experiments in the name of witchcraft. I was... an interesting child. Back
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The Easiest Peach Turnovers
A couple days ago, my sister and I went antiquing. Typically, 'antiquing' and any member of my family do not go in the same sentence... unless that sentence is, "Chloe would sooner wear a bikini to her math class than go antiquing with her sister on a Saturday afternoon." But somehow, without bribery, I got my sister to come with me. And we honestly had a blast! There's so much
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Root Beer Float Pie
I am someone who has to have dessert after dinner every night. I don't know how it started, but it's impossible to stop. Plus, it's a little scoop of ice cream or a couple of cookies. It's not like I'm clearing out the dessert section at Home Town Buffet. ...though don't put it past me. But trying to eat dessert when I'm trying to eat healthier is hard. Berries aren't dessert
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Best Butter Cake
I know it's since passed, but I hate the Fourth of July. Like, majorly hate it. I hate it because Mannie is so scared of the fireworks. He paces the house, he cowers in the corner, and he barks incessantly. If you're new here, Mannie is my three-legged dog who lost his leg to a gunshot, so it's no surprise that he hates the fireworks. We've given him sedatives in the past but
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No Bake Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake
I'm just gonna get straight to the point. I hate the gym. I hate cardio, I hate aerobics, I hate that I'm the only one in Zumba that looks like I'm having a grand mal seizure. I hate having to shower immediately after in fear of catching leprosy or something funky. So yeah. I recently started up with the gym again and I'm having a helluva time. I know I need to be there so I
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Oatmeal Creme Pie Tiramisu
I've been binge-watching Orange is the New Black for the last week. And frankly, I cannot get enough. You know how the world kinda sorta stops when you binge-watch something? You throw any and all spare time out the window in lieu of staring at a television screen for hours upon hours a day? You neglect basic chores around the house because you can't.tear.away. Hell, you even
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The Best (And Easiest) Tres Leches Cake
I'm so excited about this cake - it truly is the easiest cake to make (and the best). And it comes at such a perfect time - June is National Dairy Month, and as an ambassador for the California Milk Advisory Board, I'm here to help celebrate this fabulous occasion! Even though June is coming to a close, Dairy Month is every month in my house. We regularly go through butter,
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