my lavender blues

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I would like to start off by saying who ever felt like there should be zero disclaimer on homemade masks clearly never made a homemade mask before. And if there are disclaimers I am just an idiot who chose not to read them. Can we discuss ground ginger + ground tumeric literally is a face […]

Chicken Sausage + Broccoli Rabe with Fauxghetti Noodles

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Being that I live in St. Louis I basically had zero reminder that football season has arrived ! (also before I begin to even speak another sentence, lets share a mc-adoodle-doo moment of the noisiest silence EVER for the Giants defeat over the Girlboys…. wahooooo) Moving on. Football season, which basically means it is indeed time to whip […]

Poached Meatball Parm Casserole

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Ahhhhh it’s September (way to point out the obvious Julia) and I’m 100 percent pushing summer out the door like it ain’t no thang. Goodbye sweat stains in strange places, you have been anything but kind to me, and I blame you for my nonexistent dating life (kidding, I blame a ton of other stuff […]

Fresh Corn & Corn Meal Polenta with Sautéed Tomatoes & Burrata

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Sooooo I finally figured out how to use Instagram Stories *insert enthusiastic yay here* anddddd kinda obsessed, and kinda not. its super distracting it’s really super distracting i don’t get anything done because its incredibly distracting did i mention it is distracting? Also it makes me not having a life more publicly known and definitely […]

Butternut Squash Noodles with a Browned Butter, Ham & Sage Sauce

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  Soo this post is definitely more about the pixels, so pardon for my lack of words. But honestly, it’s a Friday night and I am actually really super busy with my incredibly jam-packed social life. And by jam-packed I mean a party on my couch. Me and my whisk-ay (since I am on a […]

Fish Stock ++ Lobster Paella

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I am currently sitting on 28,567 e-mails in my inbox. I’m either absurdly popular or have a problem with signing up for crappy subscriptions that I once planned on opening and literally have never even touched. Unfortunately it is the latter and am wanting to gouge my eyes out every time I look at my […]

Tomato & Spinach Puff Pastry Galette

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After renting the sommelier documentary on Netflix, Somm, I lately have found myself to be a bit of a wine connoisseur. And a terrible one on that note. The acid is pungent…. much like….. grapes when fermented…….. (duh) … smells like baking spices, some sort of jelly doughnut…. a well balanced old fashioned and pepperoni […]

Grilled Shrimp, Peach & Pistachio Salad

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Pinch me, please. Okay, that’s enough cyber pinching. But yes, I still am dreaming about this event I was invited to be apart of by Alive Magazine for a dinner on the orchard at Eckerts Farm in Illinois and I still can’t get over the beauty, mood and the food from that evening. Granted I spent the […]

Braised Beef Short Ribs with Gremolata // A Night with Eckerts Farm