an incredibly tasty way to use up an excess of summer’s bountiful tomato harvest

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Think blueberry muffins, but with peaches and a crumb topping. Oh, so delicious!

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Deeeeelicious! And fast! And easy! And healthy! A new go-to favorite in our house!

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Among the easiest cookies I have ever made, and so adorable and tasty too!

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for those who love turtles but would never bother to actually make them…

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these extra crispy waffles stay extra crispy for an extra long time!

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Homemade mayonnaise takes just a minute to make and tastes far better than its store-bought counterpart!

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This quick and easy mayo-free potato salad is a huge winner in our house!

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this is a new favorite in our house! loaded with bacon and sage and all kinds of goodness, I’ll be making this again and again!

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Cheesy, herby and delicious plain or slathered with butter!

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muffins? cupcakes? It depends on whether you’re serving these for breakfast or dessert!

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muffins that serve dual purpose: Snack and breakfast. Or snack and lunch. Or maybe breakfast and lunch. Or just eat them all day long!

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I’m not much of a chicken breast girl, but this isn’t your ordinary chicken breast… cheese and basil stuffed is the way to go!

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peanut butter cookie + gooey chocolate brownie = delicious!

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Loads of sweet, cinnamon-y buttery coffee cake goodness. Perfect for fall… or spring!

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a classic red sauce for your pizza full of flavors of garlic and herbs

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Chocolate cakes topped with a sweetened whipped cream, drizzled with a homemade chocolate sauce, and sprinkled with cocoa nibs. Divine!

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best. chocolate. chip. cookies. ever.

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Snicker doodles are always good, but these are exceptional. And with that sprinkle-covered cream cheese center? Oh dear. Hold onto your chair because these are amazing!

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Make your Thanksgiving extra pretty and even healthier by serving this amazing sweet potato casserole!

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The only non-chocolate cookies I will eat.

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A party appetizer that is big on taste!

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Homemade tortillas in just 15 minutes!

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Hands down, the best green bean recipe I have ever tasted!

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Layers and layers in these flaky biscuits are inviting you to fill them with a pat of cold butter.

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Healthy, hearty, and perfect for a cold winter’s night!

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Healthy and delicious! This is a new favorite for our family!

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I would never have thought I’d be okay with using “quinoa” and “cake” in the same sentence. These are delicious enough to warrant that.

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Everything you want in mashed potatoes and without all those calories.

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Think “churros” + “cupcakes.” Then think “cream cheese frosting.” Then smile and eat.

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Can you believe it? I found a way to eat swiss chard!

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Peanut butter cookies that happen to be gluten and dairy free.

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homemade gnocchi in less than 20 minutes. Believe it.

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these muffins were a delightful surprise. I was amazed at how good they were. Surely way better than 99% of the other muffin recipes that float around the internet!

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A healthier take on my favorite breakfast item!

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Got 40 pounds of tomatoes? Here’s how to puree them in less than an hour with no blanching required!

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Pretty, easy to eat, and delicious! That’s because the flavors of the heirloom tomatoes really shine here!

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These little corn cakes were a sweet and savory surprise! I loved them!

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Vegetables wrapped in bacon? Now you’re talking my love language!

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the Caprese salad that outshines all others

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This is far and away my new favorite summer salad!

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this blueberry-lemon cream cheese tart is absolutely delicious!

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Load the best parts of summer into one delicious crisp!

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This chutney is fabulous served on pork.

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Insanely moist. Intensely choocolate-y. Heaven in your mouth. My all time favorite cupcake is here.

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these vegetable enchiladas are so hearty that your meat eaters may not even notice that they are vegetarian

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Muffin sized pizza bites are a fun lunch for kids or appetizers for a party!

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the graham cracker crunch takes this parfait to another level

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Need a way to use up all those tomatoes? Here are some suggestions!

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four cheese ravioli topped with a dollop of pesto and half a cherry tomato – heaven!

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this is probably my favorite appetizer to serve guests. It’s simple, yet elegant, and over-the-top delicious.

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I don’t even like zucchini and I love this zucchini.

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these pancakes taste Valentine’s Day! You absolutely must try them!

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Your taste buds will SING when you eat this.

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plum cobbler that’s reasonably healthy – sign me up! And let’s add a scoop or two of ice cream.

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A pasta sauce that is ready before the pasta is even cooked makes this an extremely easy weeknight dinner!

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this post is a little corny….

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just like the Thomas English muffins you get at the store – only cheaper, homemade, and maybe even more delicious!

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Thick, gooey, rich, and delicious!

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These make a great breakfast. Or snack. Or lunch. Or brunch. Gosh… I think they’re even dessert.

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We had the Battle of the Fruit Salsas, and this one won!

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A sweet berry syrup to top your ice cream sundaes

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Restaurant style hummus – at home!

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it’s not often that I get to set my dessert on fire!

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dreamed up while holding a super cute baby…

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If you’ve never heard of strawberries paired with basil, you may be my husband.

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A hearty soup fit for spring! Loaded with mushrooms, carrots, onions, celery, and asparagus, plus bacon for flavoring!

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an overabundance of squash from my garden helped me discover this amazing recipe

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The homemade version of this classic soup mix is lacking in MSG and unpronounceable ingredients, but is still full on flavor.

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Fast, fresh restaurant style salsa in 3 minutes. Believe it or not, it’s true!

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Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. With a sprinkling of salt to dance on your tongue. This is heaven!

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I’ve met a few women who don’t like chocolate and I can’t begin to explain to you the mental anguish that hearing this news first caused me. I thought craving chocolate was part of being a woman, in the same way that giving birth and going through “the Change” are hallmarks of our particular species. […]

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Who knew that authentic chicken enchiladas were so easy to make (and so delicious!)?

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these cookies have a really big name to go with their really big taste

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chewy, sweet, salty, buttery, and addictive to the core…

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a favorite coffeecake

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i stumbled upon this salad dressing and have not left yet

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Salty, sweet, cheesy, delicious.

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sparkly chewy chocolate chip cookies studded with chocolate chunks

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vodka – it’s for more than just mixed drinks.

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is it too much to call these the best scalloped potatoes on earth?

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corn bread muffins studded with red and green peppers makes for a fun and different side dish to your favorite bowl of chili

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finally… a way to make cauliflower edible

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Layers of potatoes, seasoning, and butter make an elegant and delicious addition to dinner

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chock full of fruits, toasted nuts, and cheese and served with a sweet lemon-vinaigrette dressing

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classy enough to serve for the holidays, easy enough to serve any weekend of the year

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a twist on a popular vegetarian favorite

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scrambled eggs on-the-go are easy, cute, and portable.

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if I had to eat a chocolate-less dessert, I’d choose this one in a heart beat.

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Winter, you are no match for this hearty chili.

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croutons are so easy to make that you’ll never want to buy them in a box again

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which type of Thanksgiving Eater are you???

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This year, Brant and I experimented with growing pumpkins. In March, it’s hard for me to believe that those tiny seeds will ever yield big fruit, so no matter what I plant, I always go a bit overboard. Sowing squash was no exception; I planted 16 winter squash plants. Above is a picture of part […]

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Tomatoes, corn, basil and a simple vinaigrette make for a tasty salad to serve with your meal!

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You’ve heard of my entry into the Saucy Mama contest, right? When I received the box that Saucy Mama sent me with all the various marinades and condiments that I could experiment with, my friends were eager to assist me with recipe ideas. The suggestion for this tasty cracker spread came from my friend Stacy. […]

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melt in your mouth grilled cheese sandwiches loaded with hot-wing-sauce-covered-chicken and blue cheese.

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A pound of chocolate is the “secret” to making these amazing little chocolate cakes.

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If you follow me on twitter or faceboook then you know that I have spent the last 3 days helping my friend move. This has involved all the usual moving chaos – painting the new place, packing the old place, figuring out how to stay sane and not bite each others’ heads off in the […]

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Layers and layers of Mexican goodness

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I have almost convinced myself that with all this zucchini in these muffins, they should be classified as dinner, not dessert.

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Holy Guacamole, this stuff is **good**!

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A child’s dream come true in the form of a cookie sandwich

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Summer desserts make their debut with this blackberry laced cake.

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When you want a nice change, go for muffins that don’t come out of a box or a bag.

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Sometimes recipes call for pre-baked pie crusts. Here’s the scoop on how to do that!

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Tasty artichokes are stuffed to the max!

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Never pay $5 for a crepe again.

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The *best* broccoli beef over rice that I have ever had… ever.

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Hate asparagus? So do I. But not anymore.

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A simple dish that will delight your palette – and your tummy!

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If you’ve been following the recipe on the back of your scottish oats, you’ll be amazed at how a little magic can improve your breakfast!

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I am part of a growing number of people who are concerned when we cannot pronounce all the ingredients in the food items that we buy. Dextri-what? Monoglu-who? What is this stuff, really? Clearly not food, which is ironic, because it is certainly sold as such. So when my friend Liz asked me to host […]

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this ain’t campbells, folks…

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A simple risotto for the risotto novice

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yummy dinner rolls to complement just about anything!

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The only red pizza sauce I’ll ever use.

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Broccoli that will blow your previous misconceptions about broccoli.

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a fancier approach to fried chicken…

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Maybe not so healthy, but definitely tasty!

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the skinny on what is usually a fattening dish

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absolutely stunning recipe that will make you want 5ths

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Healthier fare for the New Year!

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Empty out that veggie drawer with this tasty, hearty minestrone!

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my absolute favorite winter breakfast!

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Mom makes the sauce to beat all other sauces – and now you can too!

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Chocolate chip cookies especially for fall weather!

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Why buy dressing when you easily make the equivalent and the homemade version tastes even better?

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Make these. This week. Or maybe even today.

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Fun, colorful, and beautiful!

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A great way to use up old bread, and it tastes delicious! And with all that fruit in it, it’s almost a health food!

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A cookie that breaks all my cookie rules, and yet I still like them.

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Tortilla soup warms the heart and the soul. This is my favorite tortilla soup recipe and I have yet to taste one that is even remotely this good.

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Quick, easy, rich, and wonderful. It’s amazing I don’t serve these every week night.

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Savory and delicious. Seconds, please?

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Eggs and bacon and spinach, oh my!

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A quick fix for dinner that is healthy and delicious!

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3 layer candy bar cake. Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? It is!

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Is it really possible to make fewer than 10 ingredients taste this good? And be vegetarian? YES!

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The buttermilk biscuit recipe to end all buttermilk biscuit recipes.

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Light mashed potatoes that don’t taste like glue? You found ‘em here.

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Quick? What do you do with all those tomatoes in your garden? Try this summery soup alongside a crusty bread and/or grilled meat.

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With just some butter and graham crackers, your crust can be made in minutes.

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This ain’t no KFC. Let’s make fried chicken palatable again.

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A delicious combination of meaty, spicy, and fresh, thanks to a great combination of spices and some chunky zucchini…

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Your taste buds will sing. You’ll go back for seconds. I did, and I NEVER go back for seconds. It’s that good.

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Need something healthy, filling, and fast? Here you go!

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A breakfast favorite that you can tailor to your specific desires.

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Think delicious pesto is just basil and olive oil? Think again.

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The sandwich to top all other sandwiches. This is definitely worth the effort to make!

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The quest for the perfect blueberry muffin ends here.

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