Holiday Gift Guide for Teens

November 25, 2024

Sharing my holiday gift guide for tweens and teen girls. Hi friends! How are you? I hope your week is off to an amazing start! P had a hard time waking up for school today, but I reminded her that it’s a short week that ends with parties and pie, and she was ok with…

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Local Honey and Walnut Baklava

Local honey and walnut Baklava Phyllo Dough: -Meat of 2 young Thai coconuts -3/4 C. soaked cashews -2 T. Flax meal -Pinch salt -1/4 C. honey -1/2 C. water -1 T. vanilla Blend all ingredients until smooth. Spread onto Teflex sheets and dehydrate until dry but still pliable. Filling: -2 C. walnuts -2 t. cinnamon…

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Apricot Mint and Cauliflower Rice Dolmas

Dolmas: For the filling: -1 C. dried apricots, plumped in water and finely chopped -1/2 head of cauliflower, processed in the food processor so that it resembles rice -juice of 1 lemon -heaping T. of fresh mint -2 T. chopped Italian parsely -1 clove garlic, finely minced -1/2 t. salt -pepper to taste -pinch of…

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Mediterranean Appetizer Trio

Yellow Almond-Flax Crackers -2 C. soaked almonds – ¾ C. water -1/2 t. sea salt -1 T. nutritional yeast -1/2 t. turmeric -1 t. chopped fresh oregano -1 T. ground flax seeds -2 T. lemon juice -1 T. cumin seed -salt and pepper to taste Blend all ingredients on high in the Vita-Mix until smooth.…

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The menu, revealed

Hey everyone! HAPPY FRIDAY! Wahoooo! Hooray for the weekend and double hooray that I get to see that pilot guy tonight 😀 My last night at work was great –I was greeted with a ticket for a Four Shot and an ice cream- but it got even better because I got to join the twins…

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The Day the Taste buds Died

Hey guys! How’s it going?? I loved reading your guesses for whom our celebrity taster is going to be. You may have just hit the nail on the head. That’s all I’m saying 😀 SO EXCITED! Today was an off-day from the gym, so I slept in a little made a fun bfast. Chia pudding!…

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