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I'm a firm believer in green smoothies and getting in plenty of exercise.  I'm also a firm believer in the occasional juicy bacon-loaded cheeseburger. Maybe I'm just a little selfish, but I believe we can have both.  The only "diet" I've ever really been on is: Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

I feel like I'm always on the hunt for the perfect pasta dish; one that's not too time-consuming, doesn't use a bunch of expensive ingredients, and one that my husband and toddler's taste buds will both sing for joy upon the first bite. Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

We've made this a couple times in the past month, and were completely blown away by it the first time. I knew I had to make another batch right away to take a freaking picture of it before we ate it all in one sitting AGAIN. Yes. All in one sitting.  Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

We were in college. It was my freshman year. It was the third date.  The guy took me to Subway before heading downtown for the night. My favorite sub on the menu has always been the meatball marinara. That gooey, sloppy, pile of a zillion calories had my heart. I always order it with a heaping pile of lettuce, provolone cheese, a pile of olives, and an offensive amount of parmesan cheese. It was my style back then, and I ordered it almost every time I went to Subway. When I stepped up to the line to order my sandwich with my date, I had 2 choices: Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

Whew! What a crazy week of s'mores, driving to Evanston to buy and fill the trunk with giant illegal fireworks  see the desert scenery with my brother, swimming at the pool, gardening, eating watermelon & corn on the cob, melting at a parade, getting way too much candy from said parade, Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

A while ago, I posted my cutting board on Instagram with a whole slew of beautiful ingredients straight from our garden (minus the garlic & onions - haven't tried growing them yet). Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

If any of you are as naive as I am, I was a little confused when I saw margherita when I spotted this gem. My non-drinking-because-I'm-thoroughly-Mormon self went straight to thinking this was a margarita-infused dish, and thus ending my desire to try it. I mean, unless it was virgin (which I have had, and fell in love with completely). Then I looked through the ingredients, and realized the embarrassing size of my blonde moment (margarita vs margherita), and quickly fell in love with the fresh ingredients this recipe uses. I made it only a couple days later.  Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

  Life. Is. Nuts. I feel like everything is spinning around so quickly, sometimes. But in all the crazy, at least I know there is one saving grace at dinnertime: Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

I'm not usually a fan at all of lemon in pasta. Countless of recipes have been tried where lemon is the star of the pasta dish or the chicken dish, and after trying the recipe, Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE

Posts will probably sneak down to only two a week here on Baking with Blondie for a while - we are only about 8 weeks away from baby time! My pregnancies (well, the first and only prior to this one) have been super mild in the first trimester, Read More About This Recipe:  CLICK HERE