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Melissa Orquiza
Jan 11, 20224 min read
Nonna Dominica’s Broccoli Sauce, Green Space & Happiness, Marble Arch Mound, Schumann & Trevor Hall
Nonna Domenica's Macaroni with Broccoli Sauce. Easy pantry cooking for last minute meals. Nonna Dominica’s Broccoli Sauce, Green Space &...
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Melissa Orquiza
Jan 6, 20225 min read
Cranberry Almond Granola Apple Parfaits, Motivation Killers, Joplin,The Cranberries & Kendrick Lamar
Cranberry Almond Granola (made into Roasted Apple & Cranberry Parfaits)... Healthy, but not so strict that you'll feel deprived and...
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Melissa Orquiza
Jan 4, 20224 min read
Orange Blossom Chia Pudding, Real vs Fake Laughter, Guitar Face, Moonlight Sonata & The Foo Fighters
Orange Blossom Chia Pudding. Yes, because life needs a little spice to keep things fun! Orange Blossom Chia Pudding. Perfect when you...
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Melissa Orquiza
Dec 15, 20214 min read
Pumpkin Cranberry Brioche, Why We Love the “Grinch”, A Motown Christmas & Brahms
Pumpkin Cranberry Brioche. Perfect for the holidays, warm and snuggly with butter. Pairs well with aggressive foods (and the "Grinch"...
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Melissa Orquiza
Dec 15, 20214 min read
Cinnamon Baked Donuts, More Gnome Culture, Stirling, Bethanis & Respighi
Cinnamon Baked Donuts. Normally, I have tremendous self - control. NOT AROUND THESE! (Originally Published 12/18/2020) In my last post,...
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Melissa Orquiza
Dec 15, 20213 min read
Baked Polenta Bolognese, Cats vs Christmas Trees & Cat Jingle Bells
Baked Polenta Bolognese. Totally easy, with a slow cooker polenta (no stirring!) you'll feel like you're not cooking. Ridiculous. Baked...
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Melissa Orquiza
Dec 15, 20214 min read
Chocolate Oatmeal Biscoff Cookies, Gnome Culture, Pentatonix, Bowie, Pink Floyd and Franck
Chocolate Oatmeal Biscoff Cookies. Speculoos cookie butter in a cookie. How gnomey! (Originally Published 12/16/2020) Before...
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Melissa Orquiza
Dec 8, 20215 min read
Port Cranberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats, Pure Love, Brahms & Haydn
Port Cranberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats. Plant- based and do ahead. Perfect for the busy weeks! Port Cranberry Overnight Oats. Please...
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Melissa Orquiza
Nov 30, 20213 min read
5 Min: Ube Oat Milk Latte and the More We Talk to Someone, The More We Have to Say
Ube Oat Milk Latte. Yes. It's purple foam on a latte. Ube latte Deo. Because breaks during the week make everything more manageable!...
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Melissa Orquiza
Oct 28, 20213 min read
Nigella’s Monster Cookies, A Muppets Halloween & Dancing in the Moonlight
Nigella's Monster Cookies. Perfect for Halloween debauchery! Nigella’s Monster Cookies, A Muppets Halloween and King Harvest Every...
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Melissa Orquiza
Oct 12, 20215 min read
Pumpkin Muffins w/Sugar & Spice Streusel, Halloween Decor Fails, Smashing Pumpkins, & Beethoven
Pumpkin Muffins w/Sugar & Spice Streusel. The pumpkin base is one of the most flavorful I've come across and the streusel, you can make...
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Melissa Orquiza
Sep 29, 20216 min read
Slow Cooker Red Beans & Rice, Wonder & Nostalgia, Alphaville, The Band, Blackpink, & Dave Brubeck
Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice. Perfect when you just want to get happy and pass out! Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice Slideshow. Makes...
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Melissa Orquiza
Sep 22, 20216 min read
Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake, Story Behind Für Elise, Beethoven, Leon Russell, Winehouse & Hathaway
Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake. Delicious, easy and 10 minutes of effort. You're welcome! (Originally Published Feb 2021) Mocha Chocolate...
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Melissa Orquiza
Sep 14, 20214 min read
Clams with Potatoes, Chorizo & Red Pepper, Chorizo World, Villa- Lobos, de Medeiros, & John Fogerty
Clams with Potatoes, Chorizo, and Red Pepper. Perfect when you want a fancy meal to celebrate your week's wins (no matter how big or...
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Melissa Orquiza
Sep 7, 20216 min read
Chicken & Escarole Soup with Charmoula & Lemon, Little Feat & Mussorgsky
Chicken and Escarole Soup with Charmoula & Lemon. Perfect when you need to a little spice in your life to shake things up! So beautiful...
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Melissa Orquiza
Sep 1, 20214 min read
Old Fashioned Coffee Cake, How We Return & Why It Matters, Indifferent Cats & The Aristocats
Old Fashioned Coffee Cake. Perfect for when we all need a break! Old- Fashioned Coffee Cake Slideshow Old Fashioned Coffee Cake and some...
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Melissa Orquiza
Aug 10, 20214 min read
Blueberry Lemon Icebox Cake, A Bear in Ralphs, Walton, Lovett & Jungle Book
Blueberry Lemon Icebox Cake. Easy and perfect for your next weekend BBQ! Blueberry Lemon Icebox Cake Slideshow Blueberry Lemon Icebox...
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Melissa Orquiza
Jul 14, 20213 min read
Spicy Cold Tofu, Gratitude vs. Toxic Positivity, PollyAnna, Marnik, & Chopin
Spicy Cold Tofu. 5 minutes and you're done! No "cooking" required. Spicy Cold Tofu, Gratitude vs Toxic Positivity, PollyAnna, Marnik, &...
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Melissa Orquiza
Jul 6, 20213 min read
Berry Mango Pops, Art of Goofing Off, & Picasso’s “Les Femmes D’Alger” ($$$ @Auction in History)
Berry Mango Pops! Sweet, healthy, messy and the epitome of summertime happiness! Berry Mango Pops! Berry Mango Pops, The Art of Goofing...
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