Happiness Project Recipe #22: Classic Crumb Coffeecake!

After taking an unexpectedly long blog hiatus (& then being swarmed by friends inquiring about all of the holiday recipes I’d created), I’m finally back! Since most of Decembers Christmas baking consisted of cookies, cupcakes and more cookies, I couldn’t help but cave in to my longing for a good new cake recipe. And since […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #21: Sweet Pea’s Nutella Banana Bread!

If you’ve never had chocolate with your banana bread, then you’re missing out on life, my friends! Not only does it make for a gloriously messy kitchen experience but your house will smell just like Christmas! Mine did and I was nearly frothing at the mouth like a mad woman because of it! The hardest […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #20: Southern Mama Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake!

Coca-Cola in cake?? Yes, please! Why though have I never before indulged in this sweetened, chocolaty delight?? Perhaps, because before now, I had never heard of such a lovely cake! So for the 1st time since recovering from my surgery (and after being horribly sick for the past 2 & a half weeks), I finally […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #19: “Love, Baby” Vanilla Sprinkle Donuts!

Oh lovely, yummy, drool worthy donuts! How dearly I heart thee! Besides my weekly cravings for peaches, pizza and curly fries, lately donuts have set my taste buds a wildly a-spinning as well! However, for the sake of my baby’s fast developing health, this is one craving which I will not so easily cave in […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #18: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars!

In all of my 34 years, one of the things I’ve learned most about myself is that once I set my mind (or heart) to doing something, I do it. With 110% of my entire being. And I tend to like to do things on my own, without needing to rely on the help of […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #17: Cinnamon French Toast Niblets!

Oh breakfast! Bacon, eggs, hashed browns, pancakes, waffles and yes, we must not forget the most popular household staple: french toast! Since becoming pregnant 10 & a 1/2 weeks ago, this wiggling, waving little one has demanded so much from me, it’s actually quite astounding. Never before have I felt such a GROWLING need for comfort […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #16.5: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars!

Have you ever walked through a grocery store & come face to face with a certain food item that put your knickers in a twist? A few nights ago, after unsuccessfully attempting to fend off a ruthless craving for granola bars, I was faced with a rather odd food dilemma. I could have very easily just […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #16: Honey-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!

The funny thing about near constant nausea & ones inability to get any real sleep at night because of it, is how it makes you yearn for things you don’t usually have cravings for. Point in case, I’ve never been a big fan of oatmeal. Be it bars, cereal or cookies, oatmeal is just NOT […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #15: Celebration Sprinkle Cake Pancakes!

All I’ve been yammering about for the past 7 days is my near constant craving for cake batter pancakes so after my husband & I discovered something rather miraculous last night (Patience, my friends! You’ll have to wait & see!), I decided that even with all the cramping & nausea, I had to whip up a batch […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #14: Husband-Hero Cinnamon Oat Muffins!

It’s been an emotional week (to say the least) & whenever my body forces me into round-the-clock bed-rest, I tend to become either very depressed over it or very contemplative. Last night, as I lay exhausted in bed, listening to my beautiful red dog snoring softly from the floor & my husband’s slow, steady breathing […]

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