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How to make Browned Butter Pumpkin Banana Bread (Aka Grandpa’s Banana Bread)

December 22, 2020 By Erica N Leave a Comment

Howdy :). Omg, I can't believe this year is almost over, and what a wild ride it has been. Sitting here wondering why this banana bread recipe has been sitting in my drafts for weeks and weeks. It is a great recipe, which came out of Ava and her ...

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Whole 30 tostone chicken gyros, drizzled with coconut cream tzatziki sauce

August 7, 2019 By Erica N 21 Comments

I am very excited to share this recipe with you all today, it is my tostone chicken gyros drizzled with coconut and mayo tzatziki sauce. It is glutenfree, whole30, paleo, and dairy-free. The recipe's main carbohydrate is plantains, with veggies, ...

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Browned Butter Blackberry Sage Layered Cake

October 4, 2018 By Erica N Leave a Comment

Hi all.  Hows it going?  How is the beginning of fall 2018.  Mine so far is not too bad.  Ive been trying to be more Whole 30, though I have my times when I indulge in non Whole 30 foods.  After my second round of it, all I seemed to thin about was ...

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Ricotta/Rum Marble Banana Bread

July 20, 2018 By Erica N Leave a Comment

So here we are again with another blog post, It's the last 2 night of my staycation ugh.  Not really looking forward to going back to work, I've had two vacations in a months time, so I guess I really can't complain, but being a human being I guess ...

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Filed Under: Bread, Recipe, snack

Maple Blackberry cream Cheese Coffee Cake

January 29, 2018 By Erica N Leave a Comment

Hi, How's everyone doing?  It has  been a busy couple of days as we are trying to finish my second kitchen island where a will soon be shooting my food videos, My dear hubby has been working on it for me.  We seem to run into some problems, and the ...

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Dessert, Recipe, snack

Caramelized Bananas and Bourbon Glazed Cake

October 15, 2017 By Erica N Leave a Comment

Hi All, it's been a few weeks since my last post (I know, I know).  I've been working on this recipe for weeks and though it was partially been drafted, it's been sitting in my recipe box (sigh, haha). Yes, I've been meaning to post it and am finally ...

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No Bake Apple Brownie Caramel Cheesecake

April 26, 2017 By Erica N Leave a Comment

OMG we've definitely been catching the rain bug here in southeast Michigan. It has been raining all day today, and pretty much all of my off days the past couple of weeks.  Now I'm not complaining necessarily because I don't mind the rain. In fact, I ...

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Vegan Pumpkin Whiskey Butter Cake

November 29, 2016 By Erica N 4 Comments

So it has been a long time since I posted...I know (tsk tsk).  Believe me when I say I've been cooking, I've got the Instagram posts to prove it; however, consistently blogging is much harder than I anticipated.  Hate to be one for excuses but I ...

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Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: butter, cake, dessert, post-dinner, pumpkin, sweet, vegan, whiskey

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