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We’re Celebrating Our Blogiversary!

July 6, 2016
Celebrating our Blogiversary

Today, our baby turns five years old so we’re celebrating! Yes, our blog baby and we’re celebrating our blogiversary! Looking back at some of our first posts, we’ve come a long way – in both recipes and photos. In 2011, we started sharing our food adventures on my personal Tumblr page as new Hofstra University alumni. We wanted to share easy, savory recipes for college students and young professionals who were on a budget. Shortly after…

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Side Dishes/ Wedding

A Lilies and Loafers Wedding (An Overdue Update)

February 4, 2015

This is an overdue post we never got to write. If you don’t follow us on some of our social accounts, then you may not know that we got hitched in September! Yes, September, I told you this was an overdue post. Now onto our wedding… Wedding of the Year September 27, 2014 was a hot day in the northeast. If you don’t remember, the 27th was a hot summer day. Right…

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#LoveSummer/ All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Dessert

Corn on the Cob Cupcakes

June 20, 2013
Corn on the Cob Cupcakes

Here’s a fun way to decorate your cupcakes for your summer picnics.  Make Corn on the Cob Cupcakes!  Haha – no corn involved – just jelly beans.  Out of a small bag of mixed jelly beans, there were only enough yellow beans to make one of these cupcakes, so I’m not sure where you can find only yellow jelly beans, but good luck!!  We found the corn skewers at Michael’s for…

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#LoveSummer/ All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert/ Healthy Living/ Snacks

Twisted Key Lime Pie

June 19, 2013
Twisted Key Lime Pie

Need a healthier alternative to a delicious summer favorite?  We found this Twisted Key Lime Pie recipe on Run Hard Eat Clean.  So we decided to make some, with some changes.  For the original recipe refer to the link above. Even though the Twisted Key Lime Pie is made from avocados, it tastes like a key lime pie.  There is an avocado taste, so if you’re like Fatima and hate…

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Strawberry Margarita Cupcakes

June 16, 2013
strawberry margarita cupcakes

An easy take on those delicious MarquisRita cupcakes we featured earlier this week.  Add some booze and fruit to your cupcakes for some delicious and surprisingly refreshing strawberry margarita cupcakes.  We used the same recipe as the MarquisRita cupcakes, and all we added were some chopped strawberries to the batter. As we experimented with the tequila in the batter, we noticed it didn’t really mix into the batter, so as…

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Red Velvet Cheesecake

June 14, 2013
Red Velvet Cheesecake

We were so obsessed with Magnolia’s Red Velvet Cheesecake that we wanted to make our own.  Last week we featured a to-die-for Cookie Monster Cheesecake.  We adapted it from this very simple cheesecake recipe.  We made this delicious Red Velvet Cheesecake before making the Cookie Monster one, and learned from our mistakes.  We never used a water bath when we made the red velvet cheesecake, it cracked and dried a…

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MarquisRita aka Margarita Cupcakes

June 12, 2013
marquisrita aka margarita cupcakes

I could have a margarita (in my case a MarquisRita) any day of the week.  So yummy.  I took that love for MarquisRitas and turned it into a cupcake; MarquisRita aka Margarita Cupcakes! They came out better than expected.  The recipe is a simple “1-2-3-4” basic cupcake/cake mix with an addition of tequila and lime.  The batter makes a lot of cupcakes, I got about 3 dozen cupcakes. I’d probably cut…

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DIY/ Side Dishes

DIY Mason Jar Tumbler

June 10, 2013
Mason Jar Tumbler

Who doesn’t want a mason jar tumbler?  When I was typing up this post I totally spelled tumbler, “tumblr.”  What has this world come to??  There are so many uses for a mason jar; night light, salad jar, spice jar, utensil holder, and now a tumbler to-go! You can buy these online from other retailers or you can make a mason jar tumbler for yourself.  They are a little tricky…

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Ice Cubes

June 9, 2013
Ice Cubes

Cool down this summer with some fun ice cube ideas!  Whether you’re making Iced Coffee, cocktails, having a glass of wine, or just trying to keep your water cold, we’ve got some fun ideas to keep your beverages cool this summer! Iced Coffee Cubes: I know there are a ton a ways to make iced coffee cubes.  You can filter it, strain it, cool it down, etc.  Too many ways…

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All Recipes/ Lunch and Dinner

Shrimp Salad

May 10, 2013
Shrimp Taco Salad

We love Shrimp; we’ve made buffalo pizza, panini, cajun…we can go on and on.  Shrimp can make a great addition to almost anything.  What I love about the summer is when I can incorporate seafood into any meal.  Although lobstahh is my first choice, shrimp comes in a close second; they are easy to prepare and are a small, delicious accessory to your dish. While on vacation, I had a…

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Mama’s Seared Scallops

May 9, 2013
Seared Scallops

My mama, aka Mommy Marquis, aka Tammy loves scallops.  Anytime we’re out at a seafood restaurant – well any restaurant – she’ll use that opportunity to hunt down scallops on the menu.  I’m not sure why she loves them so much, maybe it’s equal to my addiction to chocolate? Loving scallops so much, my mom decided to start buying them at the seafood market and cooking them herself.  She came up with…

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All Recipes/ Appetizers/ Snacks/ Vegetarian

Roasted Red Pepper and Garlic Hummus

April 16, 2013
Roasted Red Pepper and Garlic Hummus

One of my newly discovered snacks is hummus.  I love roasted red pepper and garlic hummus, so I thought I would try to make my own.  Off the bat – tahini (a popular middle eastern ingredient in hummus) is an expensive ingredient. Maybe $8 for 1lb of tahini is a “New York City” price for one of the “cheaper” grocers in our area, so let me know what else you…

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