Brown Butter Piña Colada Blondies

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It’s still my birthday month so that means it is still Pineapple and Coconut everything. This time I took these insane brown butter butterscotch blondies that Jen from Juanita’s Cocina made me for this month’s Leftover’s Club, and oh so slightly adapted them into Piña Colada ones. I pretty much made these because Jen didn’t [...]

Healthy Greenya Colada Smoothie and a Birthday Giveaway

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Today is my birthday and I am sharing two things with you all. My favorite healthy “Greenya Colada” smoothie recipe AND a giveaway for gift cards to my favorite store, World Market. I am a smoothie fanatics. I got a vitamix a few years ago and I truly use it several times a day. It [...]

Father’s Day Sweepstakes with World Market #CelebrateDad

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I KNOW Mother’s day was only yesterday;  I am feeling relaxed and refreshed thanks to my wonderful husband and daughters for treating me so great, and I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day as well.  Since I am feeling so grateful for my husband, who is an awesome dad to our two young [...]

Classic Loco Moco (Guest Post by The Little Ferraro Kitchen)

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Classic Loco Moco. The quintessential Hawaiian meal and what makes it even better is this is a guest post by my awesome friend Samantha of The Little Ferraro Kitchen blog. Samantha and I first ” met” through the blogosphere and on Twitter and we hit it off talking about our love of Hawaii and Hawaiian [...]

Kalua Pork Eggs Benedict With Sriracha Hollandaise Sauce

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I don’t always go out for brunch, but when I do, I order Eggs Benedict.  For some reason to me, Eggs Benedict just screams ” brunch”. Well maybe not screams, more of a loud shout,  but do people really make this on a regular basis at home? Or do they wait for special occasions like [...]

Pina Colada Yogurt Parfaits

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Second week of Pineapple and Coconut month in honor of, well, me, because its my birthday month. This time its a healthy yogurt parfait. I made this to balance out all the sweets I made last week. Like the Pina Colada S’mores. And the Pineapple and Coconut Whoopie Pies. Pure decadence. But life is all [...]

Pineapple Whoopie Pies with Coconut Cream Filling #leftoversclub

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More pineapple and coconut. This time in whoopie pie form. Ridiculous right?  Ok so since May is my birthday month and I tend to celebrate all month long and this is my blog and I can do pretty much whatever I want with it, all month long will be pineapple and coconut themed recipes. With [...]

Grilled Shrimp Salad with Pina Colada Dressing For Zing Anything

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I love a big salad.  But I don’t normally love salad “dressing”. At least not store bought. I usually just sprinkle on a little olive oil and balsamic and call it good There are a few salad dressing and or vinaigrette recipes I make, but they are usually a whisk the ingredients in a bowl, [...]

Pina Colada S’mores and HUGE giveaway!!

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“Ok, pay attention. First you take the graham, you stick the chocolate on the graham. Then you roast the ‘mallow. When the ‘mallows flaming… you stick it on the chocolate. Then cover with the other end. Then you scarf. Kind of messy, but good! Try some!” – Ham Porter, “The Sandlot” These are INSANELY decadent. [...]

Paletas – Mexican Popsicles for Cinco De Mayo

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We are HUGE fans of popsicles in this house. Like I have 6 different molds to make popsicles. And we make them year round. So when the group that I participated in the St. Patrick’s day recipe roundup with decided to become a Holiday Food Blog group and talked about Cinco De Mayo for our [...]

Lemon Mascarpone Stuffed Vanilla Bean French Toast With Raspberry Sauce

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Mother’s Day. The one day a year its acceptable to eat breakfast in bed. Or the one day a year that the calories from this stuffed French toast don’t count. When I was a little kid I remember my dad making breakfast for my mom on Mother’s Day and she had this cool tray that [...]

Coffee Bean Kahlua Ice Cream with Zulka Sugar

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I really am not that much of an ” ice cream person”. Unless its one of two flavors. Coffee. Or Salted Caramel When I got my 6qt kitchen aid stand mixer about 5 years ago, it came with the ice cream maker attachment. And boy has it seen a  lot of use. More than you [...]