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Homemade Chips and Queso

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Homemade Chips and Queso

Diana (of The Chic Life fame) and I became friends while rooming together in San Francisco for the now-defunct FoodBuzz Conference. Apart from providing me a new forever-friend, a partner to explore Alcatraz, and an accomplice for a spontaneous photo shoot around the city in the leopard-print robes we secreted out of our hotel, Diana continues to provide me with inspiration. I especially love that every January she hosts Eat in Month over on her blog. I get tons of great tips for eating in every year she does it! But to be honest, I’m an eating-out junkie. So I have to start small.

ConAgra’s #GreatAmericanCookIn Challenge is my baby step! The idea is that you pledge to cook in for just one week during the month of May. Boost your meal planning, confidence, and creativity by challenging yourself to not spend a single dime eating out — for just one week!

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May 2, 2016 by Julie Ruble | 7 Comments

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My Favorite Lemon Curd Recipe

My Favorite Lemon Curd Recipe

Do you have a moment for lemon curd?

Of course you do. Everyone has a moment for lemon curd.

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April 27, 2016 by Julie Ruble | 8 Comments

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Crispy Golden Cheese Pastries with Beemster Extra-Aged Gouda

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I HAVE A NEW HUSBAND.

If you follow along on with Willow Bird Baking on Facebook, you know that I periodically decide a new type of cheese is my husband and maintain an obsession with that cheese until it is dethroned. WELL IT’S HAPPENED AGAIN.

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April 20, 2016 by Julie Ruble | 9 Comments

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Easy Raspberry Cheesecake Double-Date Parfaits

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Easy Raspberry Cheesecake Double-Date Parfaits

Mike and I are always trying to be better about making friends. We’re two devoted introverts: I have an impressive dose of social anxiety and he just doesn’t especially put himself out there. But we both do well in smallish, casual get-togethers. Low-stress environment, simple food, no crazy cleaning frenzies beforehand. My latest idea for one of these is a homemade double-date night: one couple brings drinks and apps, the other provides dinner and dessert, and both play board games while ignoring the pile of laundry in the corner because WE’RE BEING CASUAL, Y’ALL. Or that’s the plan anyway.

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April 7, 2016 by Julie Ruble | 11 Comments

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Baba Ghanoush

Thanks to PAM Cooking Spray for sponsoring this post.

Baba Ghanoush

I know, I know. You guys have probably made baba ghanoush a million times and I’m the ONLY one sitting over here in my corner being a fussy-pants about roasting an eggplant. I honestly don’t know that I’ve touched an eggplant before this, which is ridiculous considering how much I love Mediterranean food. And roasting things always leaves tons of caramelized goodness stuck to the baking sheet to try and scrub off. But hey, isn’t working with PAM Cooking Spray the perfect time to give that a try?

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April 1, 2016 by Julie Ruble | 9 Comments