Everyone has a time where they think to themselves, “Maybe I should go on a diet.” But to be honest, I couldn’t diet to save my life (I suppose that’s pretty literal) – I love food entirely too much. As you may have noticed, I don’t make a huge effort to make my recipes “healthy”,…
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With the start of the new year, I like clean slates. But at the same time, I also like to hone in on things that I find useful and beneficial so that I can use them to their full potential. This applies to pretty much everything in my life – food, beauty tools, food, technology,…
Introducing the new Recipe Index!
In an effort to make it easier to find recipes on my blog, I’ve created a Recipe Index page for your perusing pleasure. I’m probably going to be making some tweaks soon, as I’d like to have a more visual search option with thumbnails of each recipe – but this is a start. I have…
coffee + vanilla
Fall is one of the seasons where I’m all about comfort foods and comforting scents (the other is Winter). I crave macaroni and cheese, hot apple cider and the calming scent of vanilla and coffee. I’ve found that the best way to quell all these needs is to: Always have the ingredients for macaroni and…
DIY Nautical Rope Candle Holder
Okay friends – I completed my first DIY for the new house: Nautical Rope Candle Holders! I have two kinda large glass candle holders that I’ve been considering throwing out because I just didn’t like them anymore. Happily, I found a way to freshen them up and give them a new life in our new…
Pinterest Analytics
While checking my emails this morning, I saw one with the subject line, “Introducing Pinterest Web Analytics”. The geek in me was ecstatic. I monitor my Google Analytics for my blog like crazy, and knowing I’d have another platform for analyzing my online content… well, I geeked out over it. Here’s what you need to…
How To Organize Your T-Shirt Drawers
One of my biggest problems in my current apartment is space. I don’t have any. My boyfriend and I moved into this one bedroom, small apartment and we still have 6 months before we can move into something more appropriate (read: a spare room I can escape to for yoga, blogging, talking to myself without…
How to Make Shredded Chicken
I have a lot of recipes that require shredded chicken, so I thought I would share a tutorial on how to shred chicken breasts. First, you’ll want to have thawed chicken breasts. If they’re frozen, it will still work but it will take longer. Place the chicken in a boiling pot of water…
9 Tips for Organizing Your Pinterest Boards
Anyone who knows me is aware that I’m a bit OCD. And having a small, one bedroom apartment that I share with my boyfriend pretty much pushes my OCD tendencies over the edge because there’s not enough space for me to organize the way I want to. Enter Pinterest. Pinterest is my outlet for organization. I can…