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  Homemade Honey Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

  Do you like pizza? Do you like warm melted cheese? Are you a human? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you’re welcome.  And no, that stuff that you buy from Pizza Hut does not qualify as “pizza,” rather baked cardboard topped with a suspicious rubbery cheese-like substance.   Try not to [...]

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  Chicken Tortilla Soup

  Who doesn’t love soup when it’s supposed to be spring outside but it’s really snowing.   It’s spring break around these parts, so certain people have a tendency to be extremely lazy and not do anything.  And by anything, that means cooking and blogging included.   The good news is, 1. I’m doing a blog post! hooray! and 2. [...]

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  Apple Spice Granola Muffins

  Muffins > Cupcakes.  #sorrynotsorry. Especially when said muffins are of the Apple Spice Granola variety.   Sweet chunks of fresh apple, oat-y chewiness, and a crumbly granola streusel  topping.  You heard that right- CRUMBLE GRANOLA STREUSEL TOPPING.   Muffins with streusel toppings are the only type of muffins I want to be eating.  Streusel, people.  Streusel.  Sweet buttery [...]

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  Spaghetti with Whipped Feta Sauce and Marinated Tomatoes

  “Spaghetti with Whipped Feta Sauce and Marinated Tomatoes”     Long name? Yes.  Unnecessarily long name? Never. Trust me, every single word of that description is 100% needed so don’t question me okay. This recipe is a perfect example of how fabulous leftovers can be.  This main components of this pasta dish were once part of a Barefoot Contessa [...]

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  Homemade Hummus

  Oh hummus, you sly dog you. Dip it!  Spread it!  Mix it!  Eat it with a spoon!  It’s basically the black dress of the party dip world, which is my kind of world by the way.  Any and all dips involving Velveeta cheese in any shape or form are officially exiled from this world, by the way. [...]