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Lightened Up Brown Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes (with a slow cooker option!)

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Slow Cooker Sweet & Spicy BBQ Cranberry Turkey Meatballs

Chai-Spiced Butternut Squash Muffins with Salted Honey Glaze

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Lightened Up Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Oat Streusel

Lightened Up Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Oat Streusel

The Best Homemade Healthy Green Bean Casserole

Cheddar Broccoli Cauliflower Gratin

The Best Creamy Garlic Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

Best Ever Healthy Pumpkin Pie

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Paleo Ginger Molasses Cookies

Old Fashioned Iced Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies with Toffee & Crushed Pretzels

Soft Almond Flour Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Buttercream

Salted Brown Butter Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies

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broccoli, cauliflower and carrots are coated with a lightened up sharp cheddar cheese sauce then baked to tender perfection in this AMAZING cheddar broccoli cauliflower gratin made in partnership with @aldiusa #sponsored

perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving table, or anytime you wanna convince a veggie hater to fall in love with broccoli and cauliflower! seriously love how delicious this is, and how easy it was to pick up fresh produce + everything else I needed at ALDI. Grab the recipe link in my bio. #ALDILove 🥦🥕
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the one thing I’ve been craving during my pregnancy is orange everything and anything.
been thinking about making this pistachio poppyseed orange yogurt bread again with that yummy sweet orange glaze 🍊🍊🍊 maybe I’ll add chocolate chips too bc why the hell not?!
grab the recipe link in my bio!
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#bread #quickbread #ambitiouskitchen #orangebread #pistachios #citrus #citrusbread #poppyseeds #feedfeed #thekitchn #thewayweeat #pregnancycravings #yogurt

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I put together a list of cozy, comforting recipes to cook in November — everything from my amazing pumpkin cranberry cornbread to cinnamon rolls, a pear sweet potato salad, pumpkin pie and the best mashed potatoes made in the slow cooker and so much more — grab the recipe link in my bio and prepare for a very delicious month.
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weekend plans: heading to our baby shower hosted by my best friends + these baked pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cups on repeat 🙌🏼 they’re gf in case that’s your thang.
recipe link in bio!
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November is here, which means it’s to start planning our thanksgiving menu! start with this savory green bean casserole that’s lightened up from the traditional version yet still so damn good ❤️
tender green beans, creamy parmesan sauce, sautéed mushrooms and baked crispy onions — grab the recipe link and put this on your Thanksgiving menu ASAP!

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happy Halloween — one of my favorite candies growing up was peanut butter twix, so I made them into a homemade healthy version that’s both grain, gluten and dairy free. THEY’RE TRULY UNREAL. grab the recipe link in my bio!
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#ambitiouskitchen #twixbar #twix #halloween #healthycandy #glutenfree #glutenfreerecipe #vegandessert #veganrecipe #glutenfreefollowme #chocolate #peanutbutter #peanutbutterlover #feedfeed #healthydessert #dessertrecipe #thekitchn #kidfriendly #chocolatelover

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tony and I first met through mutual friends while on vacation, when we were just 23. we got drunk, went to a piano bar and then I stole his shoes for absolutely no reason. a few days later he took me to the zoo and then to carabba’s for what he thought was a ‘fancy’ date night.
a week later, I went back home and decided to ship him my brown butter chocolate chip cookies — which I believe, pretty much sealed the deal.

today we celebrated 6 years of togetherness by cleaning our house... bc there’s nothing more romantic then a man with a vacuum cleaner (to me anyway) 💗😂
in all seriousness, he’s my sunlight and I’m his forever flower. I love him and I love us. #thisismarriage #happydatinganniversary

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