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I’m Profound and 5 Awesome Cocktails

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I’ve been racking my brain for a while now trying to come up
with something profound to talk about since I turn 26 this month.

I’ve come up with a whole lot of nothing.

I could poetically wax on about all the lessons I’ve
learned, how far I’ve come as a person, or my future dreams, but that just doesn’t
feel right.

A lot happened in the last year, and a lot is going to happen this
year. I can feel it, I know it, and I’m ready for it.

And that pretty much sums up my profoundly poetic emotions right
now.

Anticlimactic I know.

Maybe these cocktail recipes will make up for it? Keep me in
mind tonight while you are stirring yours up, because that’s what I will be
doing. Happy Friday!

Dirty Martini Shooters

Blackberry Crush Cocktail

Blood Orange Sangria

Raspberry Lemonade Champagne Smash

Pomegranate Gin Cocktail

16 of my Best Clean & Healthy Meals from Last Year

By Jessica

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It’s a new year and the time when everyone starts their New Year’s
resolutions, and let’s be honest it’s all about making ourselves a better
person one way or the other.

I thought it might be fun, while everyone else is looking
ahead at everything they hope for this year, to take a look back at some of my
favorite clean meals from the past year. Maybe they can help you reach this year’s
goals!

1)
Late Summer Vegetable Beef Stew

2)
Sun Dried Tomato & Artichoke Chicken Panini

3)
Corn Chowder with Red Pepper and Crab Crostini

4)
Herb Roasted Tomatoes & Chicken

5)
Crock Pot Chicken Broth

6)
Steak & Soba Stir Fry

7)
Bruschetta Chicken & Alfredo

8)
Herb& Ricotta Pasta

9)
Tomato Sausage & Bean Stew

10)
Spring Vegetable Ravioli

11)
Spinach & Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken

12)
Sausage & Bean Stew

13)
Blue Cheese Stuffed Steak

14)
Asian Grilled Chicken Salad

15)
Minestrone Soup

16)
Clean BBQ baked beans & Chicken Sausage

Top 20 Reader Chosen Recipes

By Jessica

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This blog has grown a lot in the last year.

My vision for it has changed.

I like the direction that we are going.

I hope that you, my lovely readers feel the same way.

In the midst of looking back at my favorite recipes last
year I realized that it’s pretty obvious which are your favorite as well. There
are quite a few recipes that got close to 20 times the traffic of my average
posts. That’s saying a lot if you ask me, and surprisingly some of these big
hitters are not my favorites. I do like every single recipe I post, I wouldn’t put
it on here if I didn’t, but some of them go up here because of a request or Chuck really loved it, not because I personally loved it.

I want to make sure that you know dear reader that I do
appreciate you, and your presence here and so here are your favorite recipes
since the inception of this little space a year and a half ago.

1)
Scalloped Potatoes

2) Vegetarian Mushroom Stroganoff

3) Spinach & Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken

4)
Apple Pork Chops

5) Asian Marinated Grilled Scallops

6) Camp Breakfast Burritos & Fire Roasted Onions

7) Classic Venison Stew

8)
Asian Glazed Chicken Legs & Carrot Ginger Dressing

9)
Clean Bruchetta Chicken & Alfredo Sauce

10)
How to Prepare Chicken Paillards & a Recipe

11) Homemade Ravioli with Spinach & Tomato Cream Sauce

12)
Apple Spice Cake

13)

Clean Roasted Garlic & Tomato Soup

14)
Bangers & Mash

15) Cheaping out on Take Out

16)
Lemon Garlic Chicken & Pasta

17) Cream of Spinach & Asparagus Soup

18) Asian Grilled Chick Salad

19)
Beef & Broccoli Stew

20) Perfect Broiled Haddock

25 of my Favorite Recipes from This Year

By Jessica

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Christmas is over, and it was blissful.

Now I can’t help but think about the new year thats coming.

This is that time of year when we
all start to look back and evaluate our year.

It’s been a busy, hectic, life
changing year for me and this little blog alike, so I want to take a quick
minute and share some of my favorite recipes from this past year. These are the
ones that are dearest to my heart for so many reasons.

1) Linguini with Clam Sauce

2) Lemon Oregano Chicken & Green Beans

3) Classic Beef Roulade

4) Lean green Cream of Chicken & Rice Soup

5) Baked Chicken Risotto

6) Caramelized Onion & Apple Tart

7) Apple Spice Meatballs

8) Smoked Cheddar Mac & Cheese

9) Herb Roasted Tomatoes & Chicken

10) Shrimp& Parsley Ravioli with Red Pepper Scampi Sauce

11) CreamyPesto Dressing

12) BackCountry Orzo

13) ChickenCaesar Burgers

14) ScallopCarbonara

15) FrenchOnion Casserole

16) Orecchetti with Bacon, Clams and Kale

17) IrishRoasted Shallots

18) BreakGreen Hash

19) Roasted Vegetable Tossed Salad

20) IrishChicken & Dumplings

21) Creamof Spinach & Asparagus Soup

22) AppleSpice Cake

23) LemonPasta with Chicken Sausage & Broccoli Rabe

24) 8 Summer Cocktails

25) ButternutSquash & Spinach Lasagna

Top 12 Favorite Clean Recipes of 2012

By Jessica

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The end of December is always a good time to look back and reflect on the past year, as well as look forward and make goals for the New Year. I thought this would be a good time to list for you my top 12 favorite clean meals of 2012.