When the weather delivers relentless rainstorms … bake caramelized pears. It’s your only escape, or do laundry? Yeah, my sentiments exactly. Last week we may have dodged Hurricane Joaquin, but the rainstorms had a plan of their own. We were pounded with rain, flooding in some areas, and blanketed with a dreary, cloudy overcast. Not a good look for the well-planned weekend, but so soothing and relaxing for the worn-out, exhausted me. Because I was suffering from rain overdose and exhaustion, it was in my best interest to sober up and rejuvenate by clamoring in the kitchen. In the company of Bosc pears, brown sugar, and pomegranate arils, I had no complaints. My…
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BLUEBERRY BRIOCHE FRENCH TOAST
Bonjour!!!! Good Morning!!!! Happy Monday!!!!! And excuse the overuse of (!!!!!) I’m feeling chirpy I can’t contain myself!!! Where do I begin? Okay… let’s start with our 7-day family vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Virginia Beach. I had an AMAZING time: beaching, touring, sleeping in, eating out, reading, swimming, exploring- did I mention eating? Is it me or, is breakfast better on vacation? I’m just saying…since returning from our much-needed retreat, my days have been long and busy I can’t accommodate blueberry brioche french toast with a glass of blueberry wine then go for a long walk. 🙁 Sigh….our family vacation is in the history books, but guess what, I…
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HIBISCUS SCONES
Happy weekend friends! Yep! This is what I’m loading up on this glorious Saturday morning hibiscus scones. I know you have a weekend to return to so I’ll make it quick. Let’s talk about ingredients. Hibiscus. These alluring red rubies are the new love of my life not only because they’re red and red is my favorite color the flavor profile of these sweet flowering buds will have your taste buds in greedy curiosity mode. They have a lemony-tart, berry element going on that’s fruity and tealike and in my book, translates into breakfast scones. ALL DAY. 🙂 So without further ado, let’s make breakfast! Step 1 Break out your large…
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APRICOT SCONES WITH HONEY APRICOT GLAZE
Good morning, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful, productive week. By the time you read this post, I’ll be at the vet with Dallas for his follow-up appointment. If you’re clueless about Dallas and his follow-up appointment, read this. I went overboard again. As a result, I purchased ( 2) 1-dozen packs of apricots at Costco, but lucky for you this week has two apricot recipes. On Monday, I made this delicious apricot glazed salmon, and today these oh! so sweet and comforting scones. The apricots were screaming, “turn us into breakfast!” so I had to oblige them. And on that note, I’m going to end the week with these golden…
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VEGAN AVOCADO CHOCOLATE PUDDING
You don’t know love till you’ve tasted this vegan avocado chocolate pudding! First of all, Hello Peeps! Second of all, Heyyyyy July! And third of all, today’s post will be quick! Quick as this chocolate avocado pudding because I have four children waiting to leave for Six flags. Need I say more? So here’s the skinny on this vegan avocado chocolate pudding, it’s made with ripe, creamy avocados, cocoa powder (love this stuff) pour in some maple syrup, and it’s the NEW love of my life! I love avocados as much as I love chocolate. Trust. That’s LOVE! This avocado-chocolaty goodness is rich in healthy fats with a good content of vitamins B…
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PLANTAIN HONEY OAT MUFFINS
With summer in full swing, schedules on overload it’s time to break out the morning muffin tin for breakfast on the go. So we started our busy morning with these healthy, satisfying plantain honey oat muffins. Good Morning Golden loves with plantains on top all sprinkled in oats!! It MUST BE Friday!! 🙂 After Tuesday, this week was a blur. I visited an old, dear friend in the hospital. Wednesday took Dallas (our lovable Boston Terrier )to the Vet for his routine dental cleaning and that’s when things went downhill. His blood work came back abnormal. 🙁 According to his lab work, his liver enzymes are high as a result of eating….eating…
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ORANGE GREEN SMOOTHIE
OOH, LA, LA, LA! This orange, green smoothie inspires me. Let me count the ways… It’s easy, cleansing to the body, high in fiber and loaded with vitamin C. In other words, it’s pure and simple and just what I need to get me off to Summerland…wait…hold up… pump the brakes…not that Summerland . Let me be clear. My orange, green smoothie is a dose of ambition, not a concoction to send you on the other side. Yikes! Wayyyy too much reality for a Wednesday morning. LOL! In LIFE news. Today is our first day of Summer whoo hoo!! Yesterday was our last day of homeschool, and the kiddos…
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DARK HOT CHOCOLATE WITH MASCARPONE WHIPPED CREAM
Brrrrrr!! Winter why you gotta be so cold?! On Saturday, we had another wintery mix. By nightfall, we were blanketed with 3-6 inches of frosty powdery snow. Is it me or has this winter been unusually blistering cold? You too! I say we brace ourselves with a pot of cheesy hot chili. When temperatures reach finger-numbing degrees, there’s no better way to warm up the body with a natural, delicious pot of rich hot chocolate to satisfy the soul. I do realize semi-sweet dark chocolate is an acquired taste for some my husband and children aren’t particularly keen on the lack of sugar content dark chocolate delivers, but they sipped…
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PANCAKES WITH BUTTER PECAN SYRUP AND MAPLE-PECAN BUTTER
Happy Birthday MY LOVE!!! Serving up Butter Pecan Pancakes!! The husb is celebrating his ## birthday today! Yay! He’s so lucky to celebrate his birthday while on vacation it doesn’t get any better than that or does it? It does! I surprised him this morning and served him breakfast in bed with these fluffy goodness delights, sweet, melt-in-your-mouth pecan pancakes (his favorite). The smell of these loves woke him up with a BIG SMILE on his face. He enjoyed breakfast in bed, and I promptly returned to dreamland. After all, that’s what vacation is all about right? Eat, sleep repeat you have to hold true to tradition. 🙂 HOW…
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HEMP DATE MILKSHAKE
Don’t laugh at my Coca-Cola glass. 🙂 It’s my new favorite go-to drinking glass. I have the notion that if I drink out of it long enough, I’ll take on its shape. You have to admit, the shape of this glass is FIERCE! So it’s day 3 and going strong! This week commenced our family’s Dietbet challenge. I’m doing well, I haven’t quit nor have I scarfed down a medium pan Wisconsin 6 cheese pizza with a side order of cheese breadsticks and a diet Pepsi- Sorry flashback, but I have been feeling sluggish and ravenous around 3:00 in the afternoon. So rather than binge out on chips, cookies,…
