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Entertaining Recipes

when life gives you lemons…make a lemon drop cocktail!

January 26, 2019
lemon drop recipe

Winter in California is when our citrus trees are bursting with fruit. One of my favorites is my small Meyer lemon tree that, despite it’s size, graces me with plenty of lemons for myself, family, and friends! In the past I’ve shared my lemon ricotta lasagne recipe, but this time I’m sharing a recipe for a lemon drop cocktail…something (until recently) I hadn’t had in about 10 years! It was an Instagram friend who gave me the idea and the…

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Christmas Recipes

the most delicious nut cake…honest!

December 15, 2018
Delicious Holiday Nut cake

Full disclosure, the correct name is Mary Ann’s fruitcake. I’m attempting to change the bad reputation that the poor Christmas fruitcake has garnered over the years…you know what I’m talking about. That brick-like chunk with the scary colored jelly-like pieces of “fruit” in them. I promise you this is nothing like that! Every year, for as long as I can remember, my mom makes this and even after I moved away, she still sends me one every year. It just…

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