GG on That Beat

12.27.2017

Raise your hand if you have shamelessly splurged this holiday season… Me TOO !! And there is no reason you shouldn’t treat yourself to a ~THICC slice of Portillos chocolate cake or a red velvet Bundtini with your family and friends. Because, ya know, is it really a Chicago Christmas is you don’t have a Portillos …

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Peppermint Mocha

12.06.2017

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Starting December 22nd when I step foot out of my Food Sci 301 final and into the winter break FREEDOM!! After December 22nd, I will “finally” – hah – have time to watch Christmas movies and get in the spirit. Only issue? I have about two days to …

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Spaghetti Squash Mac’n’Cheese

11.08.2017

Call me “Carb-ie Barbie”… IDC. BUT, I can’t stop making butternut squash recipes. Well, I was Barbie for Halloween so I guess I can’t argue… Who need a Ken when you can have carbs??! How it took me this long to figure out how delish &, nutrish ( hah ) butternut squash spaghetti is, is a …

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PUMP-ed for Overnight Oats !!

09.20.2017

P S A. ( or should i say L ? ) FALL IS IN JUST A FEW DAYS!! This means that it’s socially acceptable for my roommates and me to decorate our apartment with plastic pumpkins and ghosts. I’m not, not saying that we have been looking forward to the first day of fall since we …

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Hemp Without the High

08.21.2017

NOPE, we aren’t talking drugs!! We will talk about hemp, but probably not the kind of hemp you’re thinking of 😉 Hemp seeds are the seeds from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Marijuana does come from the same plant, but the hemp seeds only contain traces of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. You won’t get …

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