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Holiday Dessert: Pumpkin Cheesecake Squares

pumpkin cheesecake squares

I used to have the hardest time remembering how to spell dessert. I’d find myself going to write it – and second-guessing about whether it had one “s” or two. One day, someone told me the most clever way to remember. Dessert has the double “s” because you always want seconds of dessert. And, since I’ve got dessert on the…

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Best Thanksgiving Side: Moosie’s Potatoes

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Happy Tuesday, Friends. I’m sharing a family recipe today. If you read yesterday’s post, you saw that Aaron and I headed to a Friendsgiving party this past weekend. Everyone was in charge of bringing one of their favorite side dishes. And, while my mom and dad have had some incredible Thanksgiving home runs over the years (my dad’s homemade stuffing,…

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Two easy Friendsgiving Recipes

Chipotle pumpkin soup

Happy Thursday – we’ve got a Friendsgiving coming up this weekend, and I’ll be making my Aunt Moosie’s mashed potatoes. I’ll make them this weekend and share the recipe later next week so you can have it in time for Turkey Day festivities. This got me to thinking that I want to share a couple of recipes that are perfect…

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Pumpkin Banana Bread

pumpkin banana bread

Happy Tuesday, friends. I hosted a virtual fundraiser/meet and greet last night for my friend who is running for judge in Harris County. The event was a success, and we raised nearly $3,000 in support of her campaign. It was one of those projects that seemed a bit daunting at first, but I’m so glad that we pushed through and…

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Instant Pot Chili Recipe

instant pot chili recipe

Happy Tuesday, friends. I hope you enjoyed my Halloween weekend recap yesterday. I mentioned that I always try to make a chili for Halloween night, and I want to share the recipe with you today. Sometimes we have friends stop by – and this recipe makes plenty for guests. So, here we go! Instant Pot Chili Ingredients Here’s what you’ll…

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Work from home lunch inspiration

work from home lunch inspiration | hello fresh

Happy Tuesday. Hope you guys enjoyed my weekend wrap up post yesterday. Before I get into today’s post, I figured it’s my public duty to tell ya’ll to watch Squid Game on Netflix. We’ve had several friends tell us how good it is, so we started it this weekend. It’s pretty interesting – kind of like a very different take…

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Instant Pot Jalapeno Cheddar Chicken

instant pot jalapeno cheddar chicken

Happy Tuesday, friends. I’ve been seeing this Jalapeno Cheddar Chicken Instant Pot recipe make the rounds on social media, so I decided to give it a try. Disclaimer, this one took kind of awhile – and had a lot of ingredients, so it’s not one of my easier meals to make. It takes about an hour from start to finish…

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Two three-ingredient Trader Joe’s dinners

three ingredient trader joes dinners

Okay okay – my apologies for not doing a Bachelor in Paradise recap. We had a friend drop dinner off, and the dogs got in the pool for awhile. So it was kind of late before I started winding down for the evening, and I had some emails to get through. And friends, it just wasn’t going to happen. But…

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Five recipes to get you through this work week

Happy Monday! Hope you all are enjoying this wonderful (long) Labor Day weekend. My mother-in-law and I went to Canton over the weekend, which I’ll share about later this week, and it’s my birthday tomorrow! Woo hoo!!!! So, I’m taking a blogging break tomorrow and Wednesday, but I’ll be back Thursday. I know that many of you are at the…

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Easy Dinner Recipe: Instant Pot Ribs

mccormick instant pot ribs

Happy Thursday, Friends. It’s been a good week – my blinds got installed yesterday (well, most of them), and I love the way it changed the look and feel of my house. We’ve got a furniture delivery going on today, and I’m excited to show ya’ll what it looks like. The Spuds were at the vet earlier this week, and…

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