Let's talk about neck pillows and how I desperately wanted one for so long. You know - the U-shaped neck pillows everyone has on airplanes? Since I've been traveling more, and typically to the East Coast, I've been experiencing more and more the discomfort of reading/sleeping/eating on the plane for extended periods of time. I would see other passengers resting comfortably,
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Nutella Hazelnut Chip Cookies
If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you know that a couple weeks ago I attended a super fun Walnut Harvest Tour for Diamond of California Nuts in Stockton, California! It was SO much fun attending the Walnut Tour and seeing firsthand how walnut farmers harvest these versatile, delicious walnuts on their thousands of acres of land. And because I had so much fun and learned
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Apple Fritter Blondies {Apple Fritter Week!!}
Blondies. Is there anything they can't do?
Okay, maybe there are some things. But mostly, they're my favorite food and are perfect in my eyes. Salty, sweet, brown-sugary. Buttery. Chewy. Fan-freaking-tastic. And these blondies in particular are even cooler than your standard blondie since they're studded with soft, tender caramelized apples and topped with a crunchy apple
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Apple Fritter Cake {Apple Fritter Week!!}
Let's talk Say Yes to the Dress for a second. It's a lot like House Hunters, which we know I can't stand. If you haven't seen it, it's a show on TLC where women go into the world-famous wedding dress salon, Kleinfeld's, in NYC and basically put the salon associates through the ringer with their outlandish requests, diva behavior, and psychotic entourages of family members.
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Apple Fritter Turtle Cookie Bars {Apple Fritter Week!!}
I know what you're thinking: apple fritters and cookies? Has she lost her mind?
The short answer is no, it's been MIA for a long time.
The long answer is no, you guys just hafta trust me on this one. Say it with me: Apple Fritter Turtle Cookie Bars. It's lovely, right? And it tastes even lovelier!
You see, THIS happens to be one of my all-time favorite Domestic Rebel
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Apple Fritter Pie {Apple Fritter Week!!}
Welcome to Apple Fritter Week!!
A couple weeks ago, I was driving to the store minding my own darn business when it struck me like a gigantic bolt of awesome lightning: Apple Fritter Week, it said. I quickly wondered who was talking and why I was listening to an ominous voice telling me to buy apple fritters, but apparently I wasn't too concerned as I found myself pulling
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Spider Pudding Pies & Witches Cauldrons with Snack Pack Pudding!
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As a kid, one of my favorite snacks were Snack Pack Puddings! Chocolate was my favorite, but I didn't turn up my nose at vanilla. There was just something so comforting, satisfying and delicious about pudding snacks that has
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Red Velvet Oreos & The Red Velvet Lover’s Cookbook Review!
Admittedly, I'm not the biggest Red Velvet fan in the world. If given the choice between red velvet and another flavor, I'll probably choose the other flavor... unless the other flavor is carrot cake. Then you may call me the biggest Red Velvet fan in the world.
However, I was still SO EXCITED for Deborah's Red Velvet Lover's Cookbook to be released and when it arrived on my
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Turtle Seven Layer Bars
Turtles are easily the most underrated candy ever.
Like, for the longest time I thought turtles were those candies only grandmas liked, along with those horrid strawberry hard candies or butterscotch discs that collect lint at the bottom of their purses.
But then I realized turtles are actually awesome and have no place at the bottom of an old lady purse next to those
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The BEST Pumpkin Bread with Brown Butter Maple Icing
It's still in the 90s here in Sacramento.
But because I'm stubborn (and in denial) I've been rocking my boots, flannels and leggings and sweating profusely while doing so... only until I crank up the AC in October(!!!) and then I feel a little more fall-ish.
I've lit pumpkin candles around the house. I've purchased logs of wood for fires. I've even draped throw blankets
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