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hot brown
Food and Wellness

Hot Brown — The Best of Kentucky

If you have never had a hot brown before, you are missing out. Big time. According to gotolouisville.com, the hot brown originated from the historical Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky in 1926. The chef, Fred K. Schmidt, created an alternative to the ham and egg suppers that were served to dance

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Food and Wellness

Gluten-Free Cranberry Bliss Cookies and a Link Party

Last week when I shared our Christmas tour, I included some shots my friend, Stacey Bosley, took of us baking cookies. We were making the closest thing I’ve been able to get to Starbucks’ Cranberry Bliss Bars since I had to go gluten free in 2012. I sure do miss

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Food and Wellness

Dirty Chai Protein Shake — Sounds Bad, Doesn’t It?

Dirty chai protein shake — it DOES sound bad!!!!! I have to be honest though, this yummy protein shake isn’t really a DIRTY chai. A real dirty chai latte is a chai latte with espresso added. My version of a dirty chai protein shake is a chai protein shake with

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blackberry Moscow mule
Food and Wellness

Blackberry Moscow Mule | Perfect Drink for Fall

You may think of a blackberry Moscow mule as a refreshing summer beverage. And it is. But that’s assuming you have your blackberry syrup from the previous year’s crop. I have been on a Moscow mule kick and since I had a ton of blackberries from blackberry picking this year,

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Food and Wellness

Hummingbird Cake: A Gluten-Free Take on a Southern Tradition

One of my very favorite things about growing up in a Southern family is watching the way women handle births and deaths. Southern women are at their very best under these high-pressure conditions. They have seemingly boundless energy, planning-prowess, soothing words and of course, a box of seasoned and grease-splattered

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blackberry picking
Food and Wellness

Blackberry Picking — Family Tradition at Our House

Blackberry picking has become somewhat of a family tradition every summer in my family. My Aunt Roxann and Uncle Bob live on a farm in Shelbyville in a beautiful cabin surrounded by nothing but farmland and woods. It’s a relatively short drive from our house but once you arrive there

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