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The Ultimate Waffles
Nothing beats a homemade waffle. I've tried a few different recipe variations over the years - tinkering with ingredients and techniques....

Julie Barnes
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Cheesecake Brownies
My husband love, love, loves Cheesecake. Over the years, I've tinkered with lots of different takes for him... Peanut Butter Cheesecake ,...

Julie Barnes
Jun 232 min read
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Lasagna Soup
This soup likely needs no introduction. I took the building blocks of my all time favorite Lasagna Bolognese and soup-ified it! It's...

Julie Barnes
Jan 172 min read
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Chocolate Chipper Dippers
Back in the blogging saddle and already ruining your New Year's resolution! Sorry, not sorry. I always seem to find myself a bit glum on...

Julie Barnes
Jan 33 min read
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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Coming out of Working-Mom-of-Two-Kids-Under-Four hibernation to bring you these Peanut Butter Cup Cookies. I was strolling through Trader...

Julie Barnes
Oct 19, 20242 min read
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Cheater's Paella
In an effort to make quick work of midweek dinners, I have been cobbling together different grain bowls. Greek Chickpea Bowls and...

Julie Barnes
Jun 23, 20242 min read
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Mini Key Lime Pie Cheesecakes
Pie? Cheesecake? Why decide when you could just combine the two?! Mini Key Lime Pie Cheesecakes are summer in a cup! Refreshingly...

Julie Barnes
Jun 23, 20242 min read
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Cornbread
I truly enjoy a good piece of cornbread. The inevitable problem is that most cornbread is not good... it's often dry and lacking in...

Julie Barnes
Jun 21, 20242 min read
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Pickle Dip
We entertain often during the summer months over poolside cocktails. I like serving up snacks that are easily made in advance, feed a...

Julie Barnes
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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Ranch Snack Mix
There must be hundreds of renditions of Ranch Snack Mix out there... and frankly, most are underwhelming, so infrequently boasting much...

Julie Barnes
Jun 18, 20242 min read
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Peanut Butter Pie
Peanut Butter Pie... it's pretty straight-forward. In fact, if you opted to purchase your chocolate cookie crust, you could chalk this up...

Julie Barnes
Jun 17, 20243 min read
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Quick Quiche
As perhaps very evident by recent posts, I rely on recipes with few ingredients, requiring little prep time yet still packing plenty of...

Julie Barnes
May 31, 20242 min read
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Spiced'n'Iced Oatmeal Cookies
I'm not gonna lie to you people. Posting this recipe has been in my queue since December. That's right, you heard me! These Spiced'n'Iced...

Julie Barnes
May 31, 20243 min read
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Banana Marble Loaf
Identical in method and equally as delicious as my Pumpkin Marble Loaf... Banana Marble Loaf is a recipe you can enjoy year-round. It's...

Julie Barnes
May 29, 20242 min read
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Chocolate Fudge Pie
I originally set out to make a Brownie Pie. But upon tasting this concoction, I gotta tell ya... it ended up much more like fudge and...

Julie Barnes
Apr 28, 20242 min read
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Cafe con Tres Leches Cake
We recently had some family move away from Texas. For our little going-away gathering, it seemed only fitting to serve dinner and dessert...

Julie Barnes
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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Chipotle Chicken Quinoa Bowl
My Tex-Mex take on a quinoa grain bowl! I pile quinoa, grilled chicken, and fresh corn pico into a bowl. Everything is brought together...

Julie Barnes
Apr 24, 20242 min read
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Texas Sheet Cake
I got a couple of new (and gorgeous) sheet pans for my birthday. So it seemed exceptionally natural and needed to bake a fabulous Texas...

Julie Barnes
Apr 14, 20243 min read
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Mini Cookies & Cream Cheesecakes
Time has been pretty tight since returning to work and juggling the girls. That said, one is never too busy to celebrate a birthday....

Julie Barnes
Mar 22, 20242 min read
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Apple Walnut French Toast Bake
I'm not going to lie to you friends - the method for this Apple Walnut French Toast is identical to my Pear Pecan French Toast. Cause,...

Julie Barnes
Feb 2, 20242 min read
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