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Sweet Potato Nachos

March 31, 2016 By Erica Acevedo Leave a Comment

Your eyes do not deceive you. Those are indeed Sweet Potato Nachos you’re seeing.

No. I’m not crazy. I know it’s not Thanksgiving, and you didn’t miss out on seven months of life, either.

I may or may not have bought a few too many sweet potatoes in preparation for Easter dinner last weekend, so…I present you with this brainchild! A sort of new take on a loaded sweet potato, but one you can enjoy even in the beginning of spring without feeling like autumn leaves and Christmas shopping are bearing down on you!

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Mini Cinnamon Apple Hand Pies

October 27, 2015 By Erica Acevedo Leave a Comment

It’s apple season!!! Yayyyy! McIntosh and Granny Smith and Honeycrisps, oh my!

One of the things on my bucket list is to visit an apple orchard and pick my own apples. My home state doesn’t have any, sadly (orange groves and strawberry patches for miles, though), but one of these days I’m gonna get to one, and then my only problems will be which apples to eat first, and how to get them all home!

Of course, whipping up a batch of these Mini Cinnamon Apple Hand Pies will be the first thing I do when I get them there! [Read more…]

Chunky Fruit Salsa

June 11, 2015 By Erica Acevedo 1 Comment

Happy summer, folks!!

Don’t argue, because it is soooooo summer right now.

I don’t even care if it’s actually still two weeks away, Florida got the memo early, as usual.

We even had an out-of-season tropical system brewing a few weeks ago! I mean, really.

Go home, Mother Nature, you’re drunk.

When I think of summer, I think of sun-hats, cold beer, lazy afternoons by the pool, and all-day picnics by the grill with lots of snacks to keep your tummy full until dinner is ready. I don’t know about you, but I can imagine a big bowl of this Chunky Fruit Salsa right in the middle of everything! [Read more…]

Pecan Pie Shortbread Cookies

November 22, 2014 By Erica Acevedo 1 Comment

Happy Saturday, everyone! Erica from The Crumby Cupcake, stopping by with a tasty treat! Here we are – Thanksgiving week! I can hardly believe how quickly the last month has gone by! I feel like I was just seeing Halloween candy displays everywhere, and suddenly it’s nothing but red & green. Luckily, I love the holidays, and I’ve been baking up a storm in preparation.

These delicious 3-ingredient shortbread cookies are a favorite cookbook classic of mine, and when I topped them with some leftover pecan pie filling, these magical Pecan Pie Shortbread Cookies were born! [Read more…]