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Chard and Cashew Pesto

I’m going to tell you a secret.  You can make pesto out of pretty much anything.  I know it’s been masquerading as something reserved for spring weather.  Don’t let the pesto police fool you.  There are no rules.   If you have greens, nuts, oil and a little cheese, you are golden.  I just happened to have chard in my fridge and cashews in my pantry. There are endless combinations when it comes to making a pesto.  Play around with it.  I encourage you to be creative. […]

Love Letters

This is what a love letter looks like in my house:

Super Obese Prairie Dog
Everyone has their own thing, right? In the mornings my husband will leave me a computer window full of images such as these which he finds in the AWW section of reddit.  This is what was there this morning: […]

Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Shake

Good Morning, Friends!

I don’t know about you all, but I’m up early. This whole daylight savings hoopla has got me running on a geriatric schedule. I go to bed at 9:30. And by go to bed, I mean pass out in a puddle of my own drool on the couch without warning. It’s something to behold. When my body is tired, it goes down for the count. I realize that this explanation sounds similar to narcolepsy. Funny. Or is it? Should I get this checked out? Meh.

Naturally, since I have clocked out early, I am waking up before the sun is out. I get up, inconveniencing our dog. She’s tired. She doesn’t understand this nonsense. Not a morning dog.  Typical teenager. […]

Apple Pie Cheesecakes | Gluten Free

It’s Friday.  We’ve pretty much made it.  The weekend is only hours away. You know what you need? (Besides the obvious cocktail and maybe a nap.) You need one (but in all honesty, three) of these mini cheesecakes in your face. You really do.  Your thighs might disagree, and I get it, my thighs tend to be of the disagreeable sort… but, tell your thighs to can it.  You can eat kale tomorrow.  Today is for cheesecake.

When I came across this recipe from the lovely Tracy at Shutterbean, I knew I had to make it.  The only challenge was to make it gluten-free…But, that was not going to dissuade me from making these beauties.   I replaced the graham crackers in the crust with gluten-free gingersnaps.  I also modified a few ingredients based on what I had in my pantry at home.  But really, other than a few minor tweaks, I stayed pretty true to the original. […]