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Fireball Cider Recipe Served Hot or Cold

This Fireball Cider Recipe featuring Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey is a delicious cocktail served hot or cold for the fall season. 

Image is of 2 mason jars on a wood background filler with a fireball cider cocktail

I had my first taste of Fireball whiskey a couple of years ago. No, I wasn’t at some crazy college party or throwing it down with a group of young party people. I was getting ready for an adult league tennis match of all things! One of my teammates offered everyone on our team a shot of fireball to take the nerves off before our match. And it worked.

I can’t claim that Fireball improved my tennis game, but I will say I won the match AND haven’t missed a pre-match Fireball shot since!…

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Image is a slice of angel food cake with strawberries

Time to Brag {Recipe: Mom’s Best Angel Food Cake}

Mom’s Best Angel Food Cake recipe is what my mom has used for birthday cakes through the years. Nothing beats this light and fluffy angel food cake! This story and the recipe was originally posted on March 23, 2012. Images and some text were updated on October 6, 2021. The delicious angel food cake recipe…

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Cake Mix Bar Cookies on white parchment paper

Cake Mix Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese

These Cake Mix Bar Cookies have a gooey layer of powdered sugar and cream cheese mixture, making this great recipe a delicious, easy dessert for any occasion! I go in phases where I tend to bake the same thing over and over. Most recently, I was on a jello poke cake kick, resulting in the purchase…

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Image is a Cast Iron Skillet with Cajun Dirty Rice

Quick and Easy Dirty Rice Recipe

This quick and easy Dirty Rice recipe makes a filling side dish or it can be served as a main dish too!  This Dirty Rice recipe was originally posted on Dine & Dish October 2010. Photos and some text were updated April 2021. I have a confession to make. Let me tell ‘ya…if I didn’t…

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A Messed Up Life (Recipe: Southern Buttermilk Biscuits)

If you are looking for an easy yet tender and flavorful southern buttermilk biscuits recipe, this is the one for you! Throwback post: Originally posted May 12, 2010. Pictures updated March 8, 2021. The post and buttermilk biscuits recipe remain the same.  Well, it’s official. That future therapy fund for my kids that I have…

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Crispy Chickpea Pantry Pasta with Spinach and parmesan cheese

Crispy Chickpea Pantry Pasta Recipe

This Crispy Chickpea Pantry Pasta recipe is a simple, vegetarian dish full of wonderful flavors and textures. This week I’ve become hooked on the Bon Appetit TV channel. Leah and I are cat-sitting for some friends and this is the only channel we can figure out how to watch on their complex TV system, and…

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Collage of 11 4 and 5 star books

11 Books to Get You Out of a Reading Slump

October 2020 was the BEST reading month ever for me. If you are looking to get out of a reading slump, check out the book reviews below! 2020 hasn’t been my best reading year so far. I’ve been distracted and have had a hard time connecting with a lot of the books I’ve read. I…

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white plate and white background with a stack of pumpkin pancakes

Copycat Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe

Pumpkin Pancakes, just like the ones they serve at your favorite local pancake house. But now you can make them right at home with this recipe! This pumpkin pancakes recipe was originally posted on Dine & Dish on 12/23/2008. I gave it new life with fresh photos on 11/5/2020.  I seem to be out of…

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light yellow collage of 5 fiction book covers

5 Must Read Books August 2020 Part 1

August 2020 was a great reading month for me. Here are reviews of the 5 of the 9 books I read this month, all 4 and 5-star reviews, which is really unusual! Part 2 will be coming soon. Since the pandemic began, I’ve had such a hard time concentrating on books. I’m reading a lot…

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