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Spring Cake – Easy Easter Recipe

May 3, 2021

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The best part of this cake recipe is the surprise center! No one will expect to see the beautiful pastel layers of delicious vanilla cake inside. Wow your guests with this easy to make cake recipe. While this spring cake recipe is great for an Easter centerpiece with it’s marshmallow decorations, that is not the only occasion this cake would be perfect for. Spring is the perfect time for cake! There are plenty of BBQ’s, Birthday Parties, and other special occasions where this cake would make the perfect centerpiece.


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8 Easy Ways to Refresh Your Home For Spring

April 19, 2021

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Spring is the time of year when everything becomes new again.
As the seasons change from dark and dreary to bright and cheery, your home also needs a little spring refresh. Spring cleaning doesn’t have be this huge undertaking. There are ways to make spring cleaning easier and more rewarding.

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Irresistible Garlic Knots Recipe

February 25, 2021

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Level up your next family meal with these irresistible garlic knots. These garlic knots are so incredibly delicious you’ll want to make them more than once this week. Great paired with a variety of dishes, we think they are best when served alongside our favorite homemade dishes like lasagna or pizza.

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Southern Style Green Beans Recipe

March 4, 2020

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Southern Style Green Beans is a side dish that is often available in most restaurants across the south. Down here, it’s all about flavoring when it comes to good southern green beans. The secret to perfectly seasoned green beans is a ham hock. This is the southern secret to delicious, fresh green beans. You can find ham hocks in the grocery store near other pork products. Sometimes they are cured or smoked. If you can’t find ham hocks at your local grocer, don’t worry there are many substitutes you can use to get a similar flavor to your green beans.

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10 Cookbooks You’ve Never Heard of That Every Home Cook Needs in Their Kitchen

December 23, 2019

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Every home cook needs at least one or two cookbooks in their kitchen. Up until this point in my life, I never thought about having a library in my home. As I’ve fallen more in love with reading over the last few years, I’ve found a love and desire to fill my home with books. Most would think to have books in a home office or area dedicated to reading. My goal is to have books in every room of my house. The kitchen is no exception.

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Holiday Read-a-Thon: Books, Cookies, and Urban Pie Pizza

December 22, 2019

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The holidays are upon us. It is the end of the year. A time to relax, wind down, and enjoy a few moments with friends and family. This holiday season, I want to encourage you to unplug a bit. Take one night during the holidays to do something a little differently, a holiday read-a-thon. Grab a good book and your favorite people let’s make some homemade cookies and enjoy delicious Urban Pie Pizza.

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10 Books to Help You Get Through the Holidays

December 21, 2019

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Looking for a little escape this holiday season, pick up one of these books to read this holiday and take a few moments for yourself. I’ve put together a list of books to read this holiday. Think of it as a guide to “surviving the holidays, one book at a time”. So when you are looking for a little escape this holiday season, pick up a good book and take a few moments for yourself. Some people love the holidays…and then, there are the rest of us. Whether the holidays have painful memories for you or you are just a little over doing the same thing every. single. year.

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Banana Nut Bread Oatmeal

December 16, 2019

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Creamy homemade banana nut bread oatmeal is the perfect comfort food for chilly winter mornings. It will fill you up and keep you satisfied till lunchtime. Made with real bananas, old fashioned rolled oats, and pecans it has just the perfect balance of sweetness. Made in as little as 10 minutes, this just might become your favorite weekday breakfast.