Bananas are one of those love-it-or-hate-it fruits, and I happen to love it.
However.. I only like bananas if they're a certain texture and ripeness.
Those bananas that are just a little too spotty and are softer are no bueno. They make the mashiest noises when you eat them, and those mashy noises are basically the fruit-eating version of nails on a chalkboard. But
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Rice Krispy Treat Donuts
Sometimes when I'm bored, I'll look up local listings on Zillow.
I live in an upper-middle-class neighborhood that has very affluent neighborhoods sprinkled throughout the city. And those more affluent neighborhoods tend to have McMansions the size of a small African country.
Occasionally, I'll walk, hike or bike near these McMansions and stare at them wistfully, wishing
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Sparkling Italian Creme Sodas with Canada Dry!
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When I was a little girl, my family would occasionally take me out to dinner at this local spaghetti restaurant. The food was your standard Ragu-type fare -- in other words, nothing remotely "Italian." But they did have the best
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Banana Pudding Cupcakes with Cool Whip Pudding Frosting
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As a kid, one of my favorite snacks was Jell-O Pudding Snacks topped with a hefty (and I mean hefty!) dollop of Cool Whip on top. The ratio was probably one cup Cool Whip to standard-size pudding cup, and frankly, I had dreams of giving
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Vanilla Chai Scones
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So some of you may not know, but I have two younger siblings: a 20 (soon-to-be-21!) year-old brother, and a 16 year-old sister. And all three of us are thankfully very close -- we'd make each other tea when someone was sick, or we would all go
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Frosting Filled Deep Dish Cake Batter Cookies {And a Surprise Bridal Shower for Sally!}
If there's one other person in this great big world who maybe loves sprinkles as much as I do, it's Sally.
And lemme tell ya -- that blonde loves her sprinkles :)
I met Sally in this gigantic, crazy blogging world I live in. Her blog was new like mine (in fact, I believe we both started our blogs a couple months apart, back in 2011) and I was instantly drawn to her
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Butterfinger Maple Bars
A couple weeks ago I attended the BlogHer '14 conference in San Jose, CA.
Since San Jose is only a couple hours from me, I drove down early and decided I would explore the city for a little bit before my friends showed up. It wasn't until I was down there in downtown San Jose that I realized San Jose isn't really a hoppin' tourist attraction and my motel was kind of in a
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The BEST Blueberry Muffins
I know with a claim like "the best", I better have a muffin to substantiate that claim.
This, my friends, is that muffin.
Now. I know most people have their "best muffin ever" recipe and they're not swaying. Believe me, I'm not trying to get you to sway. Much like our celebrity free pass and our top favorite cuisine, some things aren't debated because they're simply a
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Glazed Donut Pie
There are only been a small handful of times where I've been outright discriminated against.
Once as a Girl Scout, when my troop was out camping near a river. The river had a sign that said "No Wading" and the girls with me said "no wadding?" but pronounced it like "wah-ding" so I gently said, "it says no wading" (pronounced "way-ding"). The girls argued with me for a
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Homemade Double Stuf Oreos
I'd like to clear up a misconception here.
Not all food bloggers are brimming with genius dessert and dinner ideas all the time. In fact, I'd venture to say that more than half of the time, we sit here on Pinterest for hours on end, catch back-to-back episodes of Giada at Home on Food Network and flip furiously through cookbook upon cookbook to try to find something to make
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