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fish, gluten-free, mains, SRC

Prosecco-Poached Salmon

Oct 12, 2015 | By Melissa

Do you know what the definition of craziness is? It’s when you do the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. Let’s be honest: I have a preschooler and a baby, so my behavior may often seem quite insane, if you are watching. But this amazing salmon marks an end to one […]

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quick & easy, sweets, tarts & pies

Salted Chocolate Caramel Tart

Sep 11, 2015 | By Melissa

I turned 30. I had a small midlife crisis, which resulted in a writing a long and silly bucket list—my 30 after 30. (Friends, don’t be surprised if I try to rope you into tap dancing class or hot air ballooning. Don’t be surprised if I start speaking to you in Irish—though the only phrase […]

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mains, pasta, vegetarian

Homemade Gnocchi with Summer Squash and Basil

Aug 12, 2015 | By Melissa

I’m having a problem. Maybe I can blame this on motherhood (is mommy-brain a real thing?), or maybe old age (eek! turning 30 in 3 weeks!), maybe on the plethora of technologies ever at my fingertips… I can’t ever remember where anything is anymore. That used to be my superpower. I always knew where everything […]

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cookies, sweets

Olive Oil and Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Jun 08, 2015 | By Melissa

No matter how old I get, a good chocolate chip cookie always hits the spot. I love chocolate chip cookies so much that I sometimes wonder why I named my blog after brownies. (Okay…I adore brownies, too. Let’s just assume that my sweet tooth is insatiable and move on.) Although no cookie recipe, no matter […]

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Fall, mains, pasta, vegetarian, Winter

Butternut Squash Lasagna

Mar 19, 2015 | By Melissa

I am so excited about Spring, aren’t you? Spring flowers and warm weather and kicking a soccer ball around with my son in our backyard… But sometimes I just have a hard time saying goodbye to Winter. Especially this year, when I basically avoided my kitchen all Winter unless company came over or I had […]

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cake, quick & easy, sweets

Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes

Feb 13, 2015 | By Melissa

I have a grand tradition of making a deeply chocolatey dessert each year for Valentine’s Day. Because Valentine’s Day really is all about chocolate. Chocolate and more chocolate. Which is exactly what you get if you make a chocolate lava cake! A tender, dark chocolate cake surrounding a gooey, fudgy center that flows out and […]

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appetizers & snacks, quick & easy, tarts & pies, vegetarian

Baked Brie with Pumpkin Butter

Jan 30, 2015 | By Melissa

Let’s talk about really easy, elegant appetizers. Appetizers that look like they took a lot of work, but in fact, took you about 5 minutes. Appetizers that are amazing and yummy and full of butter and cheese. Like appetizers should be. Because it’s appetizer season! (Around our house, we readily agree that the only reason […]

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cake, celebrate, crafts, how-to

How to Make a Wedding Cake: Assembly and Finishing Touches

Jan 14, 2015 | By Melissa

It’s been a while since I began the saga of making a wedding cake for some good friends of ours. First, I told you all about selecting flavors and then we made cheesecake filling, pumpkin spice cake, and Baileys cream cheese frosting. Now all that’s left is just assembling the cake! And believe it or […]

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cake, celebrate, gluten-free, how-to, sweets

How to Make a Wedding Cake: Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting

Dec 05, 2014 | By Melissa

Woo-hoo, it’s time to frost a wedding cake! You guys, this step is totally daunting. I’m not going to lie to you. The frosting is the part everyone sees! Everyone is going to judge your delicious wedding cake by its cover. So we had better make sure it’s a beautiful one! What you see on […]

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cake, celebrate, dairy-free, Fall, how-to, sweets

How to Make a Wedding Cake: Pumpkin Spice Cake

Dec 01, 2014 | By Melissa

So…it’s been a while since I started sharing the process of making a wedding cake with you. A lot has been going on around our house, and I will tell you all about it soon, hopefully amid oodles of Christmas recipes. But for now, let’s get back to a very important job: making a wedding […]

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