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Garlic Butter and Cracked Pepper Croutons

Garlic Butter and Cracked Pepper Croutons

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Croutons are kryptonite to me. For real. I can not resist a good, garlicky, buttery, sometimes cheesy crouton… but I don’t always love the icky stuff (preservatives, artificial flavors, etc) in commercially bought croutons so sometimes I make my own. Last week my Utah besties came to visit. We saw Ed Sheeran (absolutely amaaaaaaazing) in concert at Mile High Stadium (Empower Field at Mile High), wandered and explored and ate entirely too much good food. On Sunday we had a…

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Papa's Mexican Steak
Papa’s Mexican Steak

Papa’s Mexican Steak

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Sometimes in your life you meet an amazing person online… I have met many amazing people, through creative interests and foodie interests. I met Carla several years ago in a foodie group and we just really clicked as friends. She is both crafty and a foodie. Over the years we have traded recipes back and forth as we shared our excitement of yummy food. A month or so ago she shared the recipe for her dad’s Mexican steak – Papa’s…

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Cilantro Lime Rice

Cilantro Lime Rice

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Cilantro Lime Rice is one of our family’s favorite side dishes for all things Mexican. It goes together quickly and you can make a large batch all at once. I often make a large batch and portion it into bags for the freezer so we can grab and go when we want a quick side. There are only two of us two-leggeds in our family so a batch of cilantro lime rice goes a long way. I prefer to make…

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Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles

Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles

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It’s no secret that I don’t like pumpkin… and since it is officially fall now we can talk about it! Ha! But I DO like pumpkin spice. You know why? Because there’s no actual pumpkin in it! It’s Pumpkin Spices (sometimes also called Pumpkin Pie Spice) – a blend of delicious spices, not pumpkin flavored spices. So many folks can be confused. Say it with me now, “pumpkin spice is not pumpkin.” Haha!  The pumpkin (pie) spice blend is a…

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