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Rosemary Strawberry Muffin Recipe

Take advantage of fresh strawberries and make these moist on the inside, crunchy sugar dusted crust in this Rosemary Strawberry Muffin Recipe.  Made even more delicious because they are made with easy, freshly prepared strawberry jam! Hot Fresh strawberry muffins on a buffet table… 

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Best Deviled Egg Recipe for Easter Bunny Deviled Eggs

Best Deviled Egg Recipe dressed up to look like chicks and roosters for Easter!  A cute conversation piece for your Easter Dinner Buffet! Easter Deviled Eggs cutely shaped as roosters and chicksThis Easter version of the Best Deviled Egg Recipe is a fun addition to your Easter Buffet Dinner Menu.  The recipe is my mom’s tried and true classic deviled egg recipe.  Trust me, you cant go wrong if you follow the instructions…. 

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Party Brie Cheese Crescent Bites!

Party Brie Cheese Crescent Bites are ready in no time!  Filled with Melty brie cheese, tart cranberries or nuts, baked in crescent rolls then drizzled with a bit of sweet sticky honey!  These are perfect for last minute gatherings!  Party Brie Cheese Crescent Bites a white plate with a glass of milk next to them in a holiday table setting with red holly berries!

You’ve been there, people unexpectedly stopping by and you want to have something to offer them.  This recipe for Party Brie Cheese Crescent Bites is an easy last minute recipe you can have ready and served in less than 20 minutes.

We’d been getting lots of things done over the weekend.  My husband had a pile of work on his desk he was trying to get finished while I’d been out shopping for gifts, groceries and running some last minute errands.  Suddenly a friend of my husbands calls, is in town for just a few hours and wants to stop by.  I couldn’t bear to run back out and do some shopping and I had these Immaculate Baking Crescent rolls in the fridge along with some various cheeses…. 

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Loaded Breakfast Cups

These Loaded breakfast cups are packed full of flavor.  They include Sausage, cheese, eggs  and hash browns.  All in one puff pastry shell.  Serve them for breakfast and save any leftovers for snacks!

These Loaded breakfast cups are packed full of flavor. They include Sausage, cheese, eggs and hash browns. All in one puff pastry shell. Serve them for breakfast and save any leftovers for snacks!
I completely forgot about this recipe for Loaded Breakfast cups.  I originally wrote this way back in May for a fellow blogger who was on maternity leave.  But you know how it is with summer and the start of fall….. you get busy and sometimes let a few things slide.  I remembered it this morning when I was planning what I was going to take to party to watch some football this weekend…. 

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Lemon Scented Blueberry Muffins

Lemon Scented Blueberry  Muffins are moist on the inside, packed full of juicy blueberries in every bite. The top is crunchy and glazed with hints of lemon butter and lastly sprinkled with sugar. Perfect for taking on the go, getting together with friends or to serve at a morning meeting.

Lemon Scented Blueberry Muffins are moist on the inside, packed full of juicy blueberries in every bite. The top is crunchy and glazed with hints of lemon butter and lastly sprinkled with sugar. Perfect for taking on the go, getting together with friends or to serve at a morning meeting.

Today Im sharing a recipe for Lemon Scented Blueberry  Muffins with you.  This recipe is variation from a recipe that I learned in a professional cooking class.  It starts with a great base and over the course of the years I’ve tweaked it with many different variations.

This recipe really taught me how playing with the ingredients can affect the end result.  Over the years I’ve tried using different oils versus butter for variations on the moistness.  More and less sugar for changing the sweetness.  And different ratios of flour and baking powder to change the crumb to the density of the muffins…. 

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Pizza for Breakfast! Yes Please….

Full serving of Breakfast Pizza

Breakfast Pizza—- who knew getting away from my normal routine could be so eye opening in terms of new food profiles? It’s easy-peasy, filled with all the breakfast things you love, put on top of a crust that’s light and satisfying. A real find on my recent visit to MN.

We have a lake house that needed some updating so I got away for a couple of weeks to be there while the work was completed.It’s beautiful up there this time of year; everything is green and lush, and sunsets that you can see Mother Nature at her most beautiful.

I practiced the adage, when in MN, do as the locals do. I took in a Twins game(they have walleye on a stick…um, yes please,) went to a concert at the dam, had a few bloody mary’s (later this week on Friday Cocktails I’ll share a delicious Mary!) went for a ride on the river on a speed boat. And took in the local food of course(fried pickles and broasted chicken.)

Mother Nature's Beauty

Mother Nature’s Beauty

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********** Hi! I’m Michele ~ Welcome! I believe getting together over food gives us balance in our lives. You can work hard and still have time to spend together over a delicious meal.

I believe no matter how busy you are you can make great tasting food that people will rave about. You can read more about me here.