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Easy Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

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First, let’s talk about this giraffe plate. It’s amazing, from anthro, and I only asked for the single plate for Christmas because the rest of the set could not keep up with this one so it is all by its lonesome in my cabinets.

Secondly, my nonna, the best cook I know, learned to cook when she got married and moved out. Every night she would call her mother and tell her what she had in the fridge and her mother would tell her how to cook it. I am not married but I have moved out and so I call my nonna for recipes or my mom. This recipe comes from my mom. Neither of us know where it comes from but it’s easy and delicious. Both of us love walnuts in our desserts–our cookies and our brownies–but feel free to leave them out.
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Slow Cooker Butter Pot Roast

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I saw this recipe on facebook that a friend posted in her timeline. She said it was so good that you might cry when it is gone. I am always looking for easy recipes that I can whip up. I am also on a low-carb diet, so this worked out perfectly for my diet.

My husband is super picky, but with the ingredients, I thought he would be on board, and we both loved it. This really is a buttery, flavorful pot roast like I have never tasted before.

It is fab because you just need to throw everything into a crock pot and let it cook. There is not much preparation at all. Especially if you can find a chuck roast that is already cut into cubes. Throw all the ingredients in your slow cooker and dinner is served. You don’t need to add anything else. I thought I would need liquid, but it created its own liquid with the butter, the juice from the meat and liquid from the mushrooms and onions. My husband hates onions, but they disintegrated and gave great flavor but not that onion taste.

Easy, fast and delicious.

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Raspberry Crostini with Ricotta, Honey & Walnut

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Hi all, Cat from The Rustic Willow here again! I hope everyone is having a delightful spring. If your weather has been anything like Colorado’s then you’re probably experiencing sunny, 70-degree weather one day, and snow the next. My body, my lawn, and my car are so confused! Once we all start adjusting to the warmer weather, the snow swoops in and ruins our hopes and dreams.

Although I have mixed feelings about the weather of Colorado, I definitely don’t have mixed feelings about this recipe I whipped up to show you all. I’m always looking for simple breakfast ideas that stray away from the normal bacon & eggs breakfast. And this breakfast blew my socks off.

There’s nothing I love more than bread. Seriously–I think bread in everything is just phenomenal. So, having this lightly toasted bread was good enough for me. And then I topped it with creamy ricotta cheese, fresh raspberries and crushed walnuts. To finish it off I drizzled honey over everything.

The creaminess of the ricotta mixed with the sweetness of the raspberries, the crunch of the walnuts, and the deliciousness of the honey was so refreshing and scrumptious.

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Pistachio Orange Asparagus

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Orange Pistachio Asparagus

I’ve been on an orange and pistachio kick lately – two of my favorite flavors.

I firmly believe the old adage that we eat with our eyes first so I always pay special attention to presentation.  I don’t like to serve anything that isn’t appealing to the eye.

Asparagus is a beautiful spring vegetable and one of the easiest side dishes to prepare. Pistachio Orange Asparagus takes my favorite roasted veggie to a whole new level.  The orange juice and grated peel adds a refreshing citrus note and the intense flavor of the toasted pistachios combines wonderfully with the tangy citrus flavor of the orange.

When prepping asparagus, always snap off the woody ends and discard.  If you’re in doubt of how far up the stalk to go, bend the asparagus spear and it always breaks at the correct place.  To save time, I grab a few spears at a time, stems in one hand and the woody end in the other and just snap away.  It doesn’t take long at all.

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