Happy Wednesday! We have FINALLY gotten a *rather small but appreciated* amount of sun here in Michigan the past day or two. I actually saw the sunset out our front window yesterday evening for the first time in weeks! I like the “natural bookends” to the day that the sunrises/sunsets give, rather than the usual grey and cloudy skies all day long.

We enjoyed the weekend celebrating my dad’s birthday, (me) spending time with my best friend from college, and our usual church activities on Sunday… also sadly witnessing the Lions fail to make the playoffs and continuing to block out Michigan’s horrifying football loss from memory!! (Will not even go there. Lol).

I made this cake for my dad’s bday and it was rather tasty if you are ever in need of a good chocolate cake recipe! (And who isn’t??). Much more moist than other recipes I have tried in the past as far as chocolate cake goes. Topped with a chocolate cream cheese frosting for the win.

Before we get into today’s tasty eats recap, I wanted to briefly mention that I have space for several new clients as we kick off 2023! I know the holidays tend to bring up a lot as far as food + exercise + body image go. January is a great time to reach out if you are looking to work on healing your relationship with food and your overall health this year. If you have been thinking of reaching out, I would love to work with you!

On to some delish eats from the recent weeks!

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Hello, everyone! Only a few days until Christmas! How are you feeling about the holidays? I know they can bring up a mix of different emotions.

I am feeling grateful that this year I get to look forward to having some more downtime in the coming week. I will be taking Friday – New Years’ off of work and am definitely excited to have more time to relax, spend time with friends + family, and enjoy the Christmas season. Some of my plans for the remainder of this week include embarking on some Christmas baking projects (peppermint bark cheesecake and cranberry orange scones will be in the works…) and spending Christmas with my family in Grosse Pointe. Alec and I will also be celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary tomorrow! (See the end of this post for a couple of flashback photos…). Giving The Highlands in Detroit a try which I am pumped for!

I have a fun + different post scheduled for next week, but other than that I will report back in 2023!

On to our last tasty eats recap of 2022!

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Happy Wednesday! How is your start to December going so far?

Alec and I went to the Big Ten Championship Game in Indy this past weekend with my Dad and brother Jack which was a lot of fun!

Definitely happy about the Michigan win and looking forward to seeing what happens on NYE with the college football playoffs!

On to some tasty eats from the past couple of weeks!

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Hello everyone! How is your week going so far? I am feeling a bit worn out this week with two recent weekends away. Both very enjoyable and worth it, but being away from home always tends to wear me out. It seems like this fall really crept up on me with a lot of weekend plans!

The first weekend was up north to Charlevoix/Petoskey area for camping with Alec.

I was thinking a few weeks out that we should cancel the trip and book a hotel or Air BnB instead because I was worried it was going to be really cold and/or rainy for camping in mid-October in northern Michigan. Would not be fun! BUT we ended up having amazing weather (60s/70s and sunny!) and perfect timing for peak fall colors!

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Hello everyone! How is your week going? The fall colors have been amazing and I am sad we are at/past peak fall in that regard. We didn’t have the best spring/summer here in Michigan weather-wise which is making it hard to feel ready for the colder months ahead!!  *Sigh.*

What have you been enjoying in the kitchen lately?? I have been making a lot of simple egg dishes, eating plenty of honeycrisp apples (why we bother we other apple varieties I am not sure when HC are clearly superior…), and starting to get into some warmer and cozier meals.

More details on what has been happening in the kitchen!

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Hello everyone! How is your week going so far? I have been loving the fall colors starting to pop and the recent stretches of sunny days we have had. If only things could continue this way!!

Some recent fall eats! (Loving all the apples and pears lately…)

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Hello everyone! I hope you are having a fabulous week so far. How is it already the end of summer?? I feel like this summer flew by even faster than usual. So far, my August has been filled with the busyness of transitions, work, and business logistics, as well as time outside soaking up the sun and a couple of weekends out of town.

We had the BEST long weekend up north in the Petoskey/Walloon Lake area for my oldest-known friend Ellen’s wedding! It was great spending time with old friends and enjoying the scenery up north.

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Hi friends! How is the week going so far?? It has been hot and humid in Michigan lately although I can’t say I really mind! Gotta enjoy the warmer weather and sunshine while it lasts.

How is it already almost August? We have been enjoying the past few weekends in AA before we will be heading out of town the first couple weekends in August. One weekend for my grandma’s 90th bday and another weekend up north for my friend’s wedding! Should be a couple of wonderfully summery weekends.

Delicious eats from the past couple weeks!

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