4 New Releases in Romance to Close Out 2019

New Titles From Kate Clayborn, Tracey Livesay, Roni Loren, and Joanna Shupe Hit Shelves This Week This is the last release week before we can slam the door on 2019. And with what romance authors have been going through this last week? It's the understatement of the year to say it's been rough. Authors with…

December 30, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Hold the Corn Appetizers

Getting ready for New Year's Eve? Trader Joe's has several new frozen appetizers perfect for parties, including Hold the Corn cones. Inspired by the mini cones in the ice cream section, these savory appetizers are filled with corn, water chestnuts, coconut, wood ear mushrooms and green onions and flavored with chile peppers and lemongrass. …

December 26, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

Get an Early Look at Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison

Read an Excerpt from J.T. Ellison's New Novel Dropping December 30 GOOD GIRLS LIE, J.T. Ellison's next novel, takes place in Virginia, at an elite prep school for the daughters of the rich and influential. The Goode School, or Silent Ivy, as it's known, prepares the privileged for their undeniably bright futures. In the…

December 23, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

Blitzed by Alexa Martin | Spot Review

ARC provided by the publisher for review BLITZED by Alexa Martin was one of my most anticipated 2019 reads. As we got to know Brynn Sterling over the course of INTERCEPTED (review) and FUMBLED (review), it was pretty clear she'd eventually get her book. Her woman-focused bar, HERS, became the de facto gathering…

December 16, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

Meet Me On Love Lane by Nina Bocci

ARC provided by the publisher for review via NetGalley In MEET ME ON LOVE LANE, Charlotte is headed back to Hope Lake, Pennsylvania after two decades away. After her parents ugly divorce, her mother whisked her out of Hope Lake as fast as possible and never looked back. But with her life in NYC in…

December 10, 20190Comments

Recipes

We Tried Trader Joe’s Porchetta

Looking for an alternative to that Christmas ham or prime rib? It might not be your nonna's recipe, but Trader Joe's makes it super simple to put a reasonably sized porchetta on your holiday table. An Italian Christmas tradition, porchetta is typically made with pork loin and/or pork belly with the rind on to…

December 9, 20190Comments

Recipes

We Tried Trader Joe’s Green Goddess Dip

I'm at Trader Joe's two or three times a week as part of my regular grocery shopping, and it's impossible to keep up with all the new stuff that's hitting shelves right now. Not just the holiday treats, (yes, the Hot Cocoa Snowman is in), but also the regular dips and appetizers and frozen…

December 6, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Almond Breeze Mexican Hot Chocolate

Right about now, we’re all turning to hot apple cider, boozy egg nog, and giant mugs of tea, coffee, or cocoa to keep us warm. Blue Diamond is making sure no one is left out in the cold with Almond Breeze Mexican Hot Chocolate.

December 2, 20190Comments

Recipes

Almost Vegetarian Red Bean Jambalaya

I reworked my Smoked Sausage Jambalaya into a Red Bean Jambalaya with extra spices to compensate for the lack of sausage. Here's why... A couple weeks ago, we started eating less meat. Then over the weekend we watched Game Changers on Netflix, a documentary that makes a case for a whole food, plant-based diet. It…

November 27, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Chocolate Peppermint Loaf

Trader Joe’s Chocolate Peppermint Loaf and Baking Mix ($2.99 per box) is as good as you’re hoping it is. I baked it up in three mini loaves over the weekend and topped it with some candy cane shards from the bottom of the Peppermint Bark bag.

November 25, 20190Comments

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4 New Releases in Romance to Close Out 2019

We Tried Trader Joe’s Hold the Corn Appetizers

Get an Early Look at Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison

Blitzed by Alexa Martin | Spot Review

Meet Me On Love Lane by Nina Bocci

We Tried Trader Joe’s Porchetta

We Tried Trader Joe’s Green Goddess Dip

We Tried Almond Breeze Mexican Hot Chocolate

Almost Vegetarian Red Bean Jambalaya

We Tried Trader Joe’s Chocolate Peppermint Loaf

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