Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts

Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts

These easy to make donuts are baked rather than fried, and there is no yeast, nor rest time to deal with. My husband was kind of taken aback when he tried these donuts because they don’t taste like your typical donuts - overly sweet and heavy. Rather, these donuts are merely muffins in donut form, because, well, most things are more fun in donut form!

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Roasted Strawberry Honey Ice Cream

Roasted Strawberry Honey Ice Cream

26. How do I feel about turning 26? To be honest, I’m not sure because most of the year I didn’t know how old I was…lol. I wonder at what point we stop keeping close track of our age. When I was little I ALWAYS knew my age, even down to the number of months I was. Maybe it’s once we are older than any law-restricting age? 16 for your driver’s license, 18 for voting, 21 for buying alcohol, 25 for renting cars without an “adult”. The word “adult” still baffles me. Technically I am considered an adult, but…

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Carrot Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Today was one of those days where I found myself going down the YouTube rabbit hole. It all started with watching Beyoncé’s Coachella performance, which omg was amazing. And that turned into watching various documentaries/interviews with Beyoncé and Jay Z, to finding behind the scene clips from various Beyoncé music videos. And suddenly I realized...

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Matcha Pistachio Coconut Macaroons

Matcha Pistachio Coconut Macaroons

Since graduating college almost 4 years ago (how has it been that long already?!) I have started Kayla’s Itsines’ BBG workout program about 5 times. I tend to always stop around week 8. It either happens because I am busy doing something else and lose endurance or simply because I become disinterested in it. So, I made it one of my new year’s resolutions this year to finally complete the entire program! Anddddd right at week 8 again, I stopped ahah. But it’s because

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Strawberry Black Pepper Scones

Strawberry Black Pepper Scones

The calendar says it’s the first day of spring and we’re over here in Minnesota lol’ing. It “snowed” all day today, but none of the snow stuck to the already snow-covered ground because it was just slightly above freezing. Although, I will say that the amount of snow on the ground has reduced this past week, and as some of the ground underneath is exposed, there is...

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Peach Almond Scones

Peach Almond Scones

We have a lot of adventures planned for the upcoming months, and I couldn’t be happier! Tomorrow I’ll head out to California to meet up with my husband, who was fortunate enough to spend the past couple days there and get some much desired rest and family time. We’ll be in southern California, where Alex’s family is located, catching up with friends, family, and attending a wedding. But the travel that has been the most anticipated is…

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Blueberry Honey Ice Cream

Well it’s Monday once again, and like most Mondays, it leaves us a slight longing for reliving the weekend that just passed. Lately I have been picking up extra shifts at the hospital to help save up for our big trip at the end of summer, which leaves little time off to rest. But this past weekend I had 3 whole days off in a row! Woohoo! I finished rereading the Harry Potter series, and now I really want to watch the movies again – but my husband says that the HP series is good just being watched once a year. Someone please talk some sense into him. I went to a Mary Kay launch party – and while I felt like an old adult, because my mom and her friends always went to Mary Kay parties, I did greatly enjoy the free facial and winning some prizes. But wow...

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Easter Candy Cookies

Easter Candy Cookies

It's a gloomy kind of day. Normally I LOVE overcast days but today I'm not feeling it. Probably because the weather predicted that today would consist of all day rain/thunderstorms, and yet as the hours go by, the rain keeps getting pushed back. I'm convinced that rainstorms and snowstorms only happen when I am at work - aka when I am not able to fully enjoy it by curling under a blanket with a cup of tea and a good book. (Clearly I'm a tad bitter.... ). Instead, today I have had little energy and, let's be honest here, I took two mini naps while writing this blog post. Probably because...

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Crunchy Thai Quinoa Salad

Crunchy Thai Quinoa Salad

Hello spring! While I'm overjoyed that today is the "official" start of spring, I'll admit that my heart won't be completely on the welcome bandwagon until I start to see one thing.... A year ago, after our California-blooded selves survived our first Minnesota winter, there was nothing more satisfying and rejuvenating than seeing tiny hopeful plant buds poke out a couple inches from the ground. Once I see those again this year, then and only then will spring feel like it has arrived. We've got an upcoming...

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