Keeping Holiday Tradition with My Grandmother’s Broccoli Casserole

This post is sponsored by Borden® Cheese. Thank you for allowing me to share my favorite brands with you. One of the things that I cherish from my childhood are the holiday dinners at my Grandma Dot’s house. Grandma Dot could throw down in the kitchen, whipping up some amazing dishes from scratch. Just thinking about her pound cake with the lemon frosting is making my mouth water. One of my all time favorite dishes was her broccoli casserole. It was everyone’s favorite dish. Our family tradition was to celebrate Christmas by having a huge shindig and invite the entire…

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Make Iced Coffee Better Than Your Barista at Home!

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #IDSimplyPure #CollectiveBias So my time as a doctoral candidate is winding down and it looks like I may be getting those magical letters at the end of my name as early as this summer. In preparation, I’ve been doing a lot of writing so that when I go before my thesis committee, and they inquire about papers I say “Tada” do a little jig and place these carefully crafted documents in front of them. They’ll be so awed my drive and willingness to take…

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Poached Pear with Sea Salt Caramel Apple Granola

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FueledByGranola #CollectiveBias Labor Day has come and gone. Now the only thing left to do is to put up all your bright whites and prepare for the flavors of fall. Apples, Pears, Pumpkin, and Cranberries are some of my favorite foods to enjoy during the fall season. Since there is Pumpkin Spice galore everywhere you turn I try to incorporate the other flavors of fall into our family meal plans.  My husband loves granola. He’s always putting it on top of his yogurt…

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AD Grandma’s Southern Green Beans with Candied Bacon

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SummerYum #CollectiveBias BBQ’s and Cookouts are great, but everyone knows that the best thing about these gatherings are the sides.  I love a good side dish, I mean let’s be real here you can only put so much meat on your plate before it becomes a bit much. One of my favorite side dishes at our family get together’s would be my Grandmothers green beans. They weren’t just any green beans as they were made with special ingredients, you know like a whole lotta…

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Char-Broil and Honey Jalapeno Chicken Wings

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Char-Broil for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. With the warm weather finally here to stay it’s time to pull out the summer clothes and put away the long johns. I absolutely love the warm weather, but what I love more is the smell of tasty food being cooked on the grill. I’ve been doing the 21 Day Fix and for the past 21 days so all I could think about was what I was going to treat myself to when I was finally done. I wanted something spicy…

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