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Weekly Love Letter For Friday, April 10th

by Alyssa

Our regular readers may have noticed that we’ve been slightly less active on the blog lately.  Our cookbook deadline is approaching, and we’ve been furiously working on writing, recipe testing, shooting photos, editing and re-editing!  It’s been a really fun experience so far, but it’s quite time consuming.  Stick with us and we’ll be more

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Filed Under: Weekly Love Letters

DIY Chalkboard Countdown Magnet

by Alyssa

Yes!  That’s right!  The hubby and I going to French Polynesia!  We’ll be there for almost TWO WEEKS.  We’re island hopping from Tahiti, then to its sister island of Mo’orea, and on to Bora Bora for a few nights in one of those overwater bungalows.  We’re both so excited, that we wake up each morning

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Filed Under: Alyssa, DIY Tagged With: Alyssa, diy, home decor

Cookbook: Clean Slate

by Carla

 I’ve never met a store I didn’t like.  And bookstores are no exception.  The cookbook aisle of a bookstore?  Ding ding ding!  Well, now you’ve lost me for several hours.  Come back to help me with my bulging bag? As a total Martha Stewart fan (did you SEE that woman at the Justin Beiber roast?

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Filed Under: Carla, Cookbook Reviews

5 Tips for Stress Free Party Planning

by Carla

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #WhenImHungry #CollectiveBias With fun outdoor celebrations right around the corner (think Easter, graduations, outdoor BBQs and cookouts, and weddings), we wanted to take a little time to discuss some of our favorite tips for stress free party planning!

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Green Tea Coconut Oil Scrub

by Alyssa

Short sleeves and skirts are approaching, and I don’t know about you, but my skin has seen better days.  I made this amazing-smelling green tea coconut oil scrub to slough off dry winter skin while hydrating at the same time.

Filed Under: Alyssa, Beauty, DIY Tagged With: Alyssa, beauty, diy

Dark Chocolate Irish Coffee

by Carla

Irish coffee isn’t something we drink every day, so it’s meant to be a bit indulgent. We’ve gone a step further and replaced the standard sugar with an even better substitute: dark chocolate syrup. It helps take some of the edge off. If you didn’t think you liked Irish coffee before, this version might change

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Filed Under: Alyssa, Carla, Happy Hour

Update for RSS Feed Readers and Subscribers!

by Carla

Hi A&C Readers!  This is a quick service announcement, we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming shortly.  🙂 We recently noticed  that our feed reader was pushing correctly to various feed readers, but we’d been missing the feed which  delivers to our email subscribers! We’re so sorry for the oversight.  It should be fixed

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Mexican Chocolate Milkshakes

by Carla

I’m a girl who likes candy.  Like, in a major way.  I don’t even discriminate: bring me the fruity kind, the chocolate-y kind, the nutty kind, the crispy kind.  I’m equal opportunity. You know what’s even better than candy?  Dessert *with* candy.  A two-for-one, if you will.  

Filed Under: Carla, Recipes, Sponsored

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