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Canon T3i Camera Giveaway!

01
Apr
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Happy April 1st, y’all! Now, I know for many of you, this is a day of trickery and tom foolery. But, instead of tricks for you, today I have a treat for you. I’ve teamed up with some of my favorite bloggers to buy a great camera (even better than my own, actually!) to give [...]

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Homemade Easter Egg Dyes & a Le Creuset Giveaway

20
Mar
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When I was little, Easter was always one of my favorite holidays. All the honey baked ham you could ever want, and a weekend full of family. Not to mention, hunting high and low for the eggs hidden in every nook and cranny of Nanny and Gaga’s backyard. It’s the stuff truly happy childhoods are [...]

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The Perfect 10 Kookie Giveaway

26
Feb
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Let’s talk, y’all. We all love cookies, right? And hate that kids go to bed hungry all across this nation every night? Right – so now that I know we’re on the same page, I want to tell you about a fundraiser put together by American Express, pastry chef Christina Tosi (of Momofuku Milk Bar [...]

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Giveaway: Gift Guide for the Ultimate Foodie

19
Dec
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Gift giving is probably my favorite part of any holiday – birthdays, Christmas, Easter, Kwanzaa… if I can find a reason to buy someone a gift that makes them smile, I’m a happy girl. This particular holiday season, I think it’s important to have some in-the-clutch ideas for the foodie in your life. Food blogs [...]

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Fair Trade Gingerbread Whoopie Pies & Giveaway

18
Dec
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Today I bring to you my last recipe of 2012 for Green Mountain Coffee. It features one of my favorite holiday flavors, Fair Trade Gingerbread Coffee. I don’t know what took me so long to try my hand at whoopie pies, but I watched with envy as my fellow food bloggers around the web made [...]

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Monster Cookie Mix & Desserts in Jars Giveaway

15
Dec
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You know what’s really awesome? Being friends with super smart people. I don’t claim to be the smartest person on the block, but I do claim to know some of them. Case in point: Shaina Olmanson. Shaina and I’ve been friends for a while, meeting in person for the first time at BlogHer Food in [...]

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Giveaway: Stocking Stuffers for the Ultimate Foodie

12
Dec
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If you’re anything like me, you’re in full-on holiday scramble mode. I don’t know how I ended up here. Every year, I intend to start purchasing Christmas gifts in August. Up until about 2007, that’s what I did. By December, I was sitting back cool, calm and collected while everyone else rushed around. But somehow, [...]

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Dreamfarm Giveaway

20
Nov
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Yesterday I posted my recipe for the very best Garlic Mashed Potatoes. And I talked a lot about Dreamfarm, whose products have changed my mashed potatoes for the better. Let me show you again! Garject, the most awesome garlic press in the world: Smood, which simply makes mashing stuff funner! And Vebo, the little basket [...]

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Fair Trade Week :: Box of Goodies Giveaway

18
Oct
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The other day I regaled you with my Fair Trade Breakfast Bread. It was the start of “Fair Trade Week” here on Bluebonnets & Brownies. Let’s talk more about Fair Trade Certified products, shall we? For a start, this is the logo you should look for: Fair Trade Certified products, of course, guarantee the farmers [...]

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Giveaway: Green Mountain Fair Trade Pumpkin Spice Coffee

11
Oct
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It’s not officially Fall in this house until our first shipment of Green Mountain Fair Trade Pumpkin Spice Coffee arrives. Not only am I a self-professed Pumpkin Spice Coffee hoarder – seriously, it’s kind of a problem – but I’m also kind of obsessed with creating delicious recipes using this sweet and spicy seasonal flavor. [...]

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