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Most ridiculous stories start with one of a few lines. “Remember our last night in Morocco…?” ”So it seemed like a good idea at the time, but…” and “When I was eighteen…” When I was eighteen. I got...

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Sweet Corn Pancakes

I’m looking out for your weekend. Also… let’s be real. I’m looking out for my weekend, too. I don’t know about you, but I need this weekend to feel extra different from the work week. Like… forever...

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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

I haven’t been feeling at home lately. I don’t think it’s an issue of physical location… I spend a hearty amount of time sitting at my desk. I think this might be more of a brain-space problem… my...

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Charred Mexican Zucchini

Remember that one time the four of us piled into one pedicab in Austin? Remember how we were simultaniously being pedalled up the hill by one dude, and pushed up the hill by another? Then we sat...

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Carrot Orange Ginger Bourbon Cocktail

Let’s have a Happy Hour cocktail and then walk down the street for hot dogs. I mean it… let’s get outta here. Before we hit the streets in search of a hot dog dinner adventure, let’s talk about a...

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Tomato and Peach Salad with Buttered Bread and Pistachios

It’s starting. It’s starting. It’s starting!!! Get pumped. Get in the mood. Get out your pretty sandals and toe nail polish. It’s TIME! …I’m talking about summer… and not the dreaded jean short,...

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The Ultimate Club Sandwich

Let’s just get this humble-brag out of the way now: I’m REALLY good at making sandwiches. It’s mostly just about piling delicious things onto fresh bread. It’s not really rocket surgery. Making a...

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Mint Chocolate Chip Profiteroles

Can we all just stop pretending like it’s easy to take pictures of ice cream? It’s not. It’s melty. It’s madness. Can we just let it be what it is? Geez! We’re not superheros! I remember the days...

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Roasted Apricot Breakfast

Mornings that look this apricot-sweet and cherry-studded are lovely indeed… especially since summer is just starting to really show off. We’re in the middle of a holiday weekend here, so it seems...

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Thirty Two

You know what’s weird? Getting older. I think it must be weird for everyone. I’m celebrating a birthday this weekend. The big 32. That just sounds strange. I was just getting used to 30, but I feel...

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Solo Bike Adventure

A few weeks ago, a friend asked me what I thought was a totally ridiculous question. She said, ‘How do you feed yourself?’. Um… With a fork. Sometimes chopsticks. Occasionally my hands. Usually a...

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Good Morning Greens

Friday is a dangerous day. Friday afternoon, after a long week of words and dishes and more dishes and words… I feel very deserving. I feel like I deserve a double cheeseburger with short ribs. I...

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Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Pie

I’m currently working on the pie chapter for my new cookbook… the new book that doesn’t yet have a name, but does have an awesome (and ever evolving) BRUNCH CHAPTER, and should be in your hot...

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Spring Roll in a Bowl

I realized this week that I use Instagram at a mini vacation from work. I click on my phone, tap into the Instagram app and scroll through images of your lives. My mind wanders through pictures of...

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Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwich

This is my Dance Like Nobody Is Watching Sandwich. I’ve been pretty humble on my blog up until this point, but it’s time I tell you something: I’m an uh-mazing dancer. (This is a bald-faced LIE!)...

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Raspberry Rose Fizz

Welcome Friday! It’s time for Mother’s Day cocktail inspiration! It’s been a stunning week of color and brunch-fun with HonestlyYUM. We’ve made Lavender Blackberry Scones, Baked Egg Tartlets, a...

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White Chocolate Rose Cake with Strawberries

Time is a gift. I know this because everyday feels like no one has time for anything ever. I’m not complaining. I’m not above it. I’m all up in it. No time? Guilty as ever. Sometimes the best gift...

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Baked Eggs and DIY Dessert Stand

We’re still talking Mother’s Day Brunch. All week long! It’s a lifestyle. Yesterday we kicked off our brunch menu with the mom-approved color, lavender. Today we’re talking yellow, and HonestlyYUM...

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Lavender Blackberry Scones

My mom isn’t afraid of spiders. I am deathly, unreasonably, irrationally afraid of spiders. My Mom is the only one that will walk me down the spider-ridden stairs to my car when I stop by for...

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Mother’s Day Inspired

I think we should talk about Mother’s Day. It’s time. Let’s act like we’re all sorts of prepared to honor the women that were patient through our various temper tantrums (toddler, teenage, and...

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Cinco de Cinco

What are you up to this weekend!? I really really hope your answer was tacos. It’s the first weekend of May and I can feel my insides tingling with thoughts of summer. To celebrate, I’m having an...

4.5.2013 Like

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Sweet Berry Lime Cake

This Bundt cake is my way of making cake without rreeaaalllyy making cake. Filling, stacking, and fighting with frosting… sometimes (most times) making a layer cake is just too many steps in...

1.5.2013 Like

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Blackberry Apricot Sunflower Oatmeal

You don’t need me to tell you how to make oatmeal. You might need me to tell you how to make Peanut Butter Bacon Pancakes, and tell you not to drink rum from a yard-long glass through the streets...

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Weekend Warrior

Can we talk about our weekend inspiration? Let’s take on the rest, the recharge, and the gathering and laughing with friends. Can we turn the email down and the Fleetwood Mac way way up? Can we...

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Goat Cheese and Roasted Corn Guacamole

I didn’t have the kind of parents that made me pure, homemade, organic, sugar-free, vegan baby food. Not quite. I had the kind of parents that would throw whatever they were having for dinner into...

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Creamy Zucchini Tarragon Soup

I feel like Mary Poppins would be a really wonderful soup maker. I’m not talking about the spoonful of sugar. It’s that magical purse she carries around. If she can pull a coat rack and house plant...

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Peanut Butter Bacon Pancakes

I can smell my neighbor’s bacon. That’s not a euphemism. If it were, you’d have permission to kick me in the shin and be officially grossed out. I can literally smell my neighbor’s bacon. His...

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French Bread Pizza: 2 Ways

Two things you should know before this whole pizza extravaganza begins. One: a ‘maj’, short for major… is a best friend. Two: Tracy is my maj. I met Tracy a few years ago. We caught one other...

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Kale + Blackberry + Beet + Almond Milk Smoothies

What’s in your morning routine? I make my bed, splash my face with cold water, drink a giant glass of lemon water, and try to forget about the giant bag of dark chocolate chips I’ve been meaning...

15.4.2013 Like

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Too Much Cheddar and Jalapeno Muffins

I did two things accidentially-on-purpose this week. I put too much dang cheese in my muffins… which was such an awesome accident. There was an incident between a spoon and a jar of Nutella:...

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I Never Could Have Known

Sweet Corn Pancakes

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Charred Mexican Zucchini

Carrot Orange Ginger Bourbon Cocktail

Tomato and Peach Salad with Buttered Bread and Pistachios

The Ultimate Club Sandwich

Mint Chocolate Chip Profiteroles

Roasted Apricot Breakfast

Thirty Two

Solo Bike Adventure

Good Morning Greens

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Pie

Spring Roll in a Bowl

Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwich

Raspberry Rose Fizz

White Chocolate Rose Cake with Strawberries

Baked Eggs and DIY Dessert Stand

Lavender Blackberry Scones

Mother’s Day Inspired

Cinco de Cinco

Sweet Berry Lime Cake

Blackberry Apricot Sunflower Oatmeal

Weekend Warrior

Goat Cheese and Roasted Corn Guacamole

Creamy Zucchini Tarragon Soup

Peanut Butter Bacon Pancakes

French Bread Pizza: 2 Ways

Kale + Blackberry + Beet + Almond Milk Smoothies

Too Much Cheddar and Jalapeno Muffins

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