what jen does

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Month: February 2015

  • banana bread scones (+ nutella)
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    banana bread scones (+ nutella)

    A couple months ago, I was regularly crushing chocolate shakes every day. It was a pretty good routine. I would make them in the morning before work, toss them in the fridge, then savor them in the afternoon instead of a bag of Goldfish. Because of this, I started buying bananas… which I really don’t…

  • Vegetarian Shepherds Pie
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    Vegetarian Shepherds Pie

    I never ever aspire to be a vegetarian. I don’t even think I could date a vegetarian. But, sometimes there are some really winning recipes out there specifically crafted to be just that… meatless. This is one of them. Vegetarian Shepherd Pie. I first made Shepherds Pie back in 2013. I was shocked at how…

  • coconut oil honey almond granola
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    coconut oil honey almond granola

     Homemade granola is something to file under: “way too easy” and “never buy store version again”. I can almost guarantee that I won’t stick to that promise… but homemade granola is beyond easy. It is also super quick. I’m not sure why, but I had it in my head that making granola would be slightly…

  • raising the scone bar
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    raising the scone bar

    It’s been about a lifetime since I wrote something up. While it’s been a busy couple of weeks, I honestly think part of the reason is that my computer is dying. Ugh. It’s hard to want to write things when sentences take twice as long to write… and not because I’m distracted. Either way, I’ll…