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Pumpkin Spice Chex Mix

October 21, 2015

My aunt Linda makes some of the best chex mix around. I always look forward to Christmastime when a box arrives at my parents’ house with her homemade chex mix inside. We attempted our own crock pot chex mix last year. However, I will never go back to that. From now on, we are making this pumpkin spice chex mix whenever we can. But yes, there will always be room…

October 21, 2015 By Brian

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Apple Pie Muddy Buddies

October 19, 2015

The first time I had muddy buddies (some may call this puppy chow), was back in college during one of our summers working as orientation leaders. On one of our training days, we had an assignment where we had to deliver step-by-step instructions to the rest of the group on anything. I talked about cleaning sneakers and the effects of oxidation. One of the other orientation leaders made muddy buddies. To spice…

October 19, 2015 By Brian

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Mini Candy Apple Fail

October 12, 2015

Oh Pinterest, you pain me sometimes. While we don’t have many cooking fails, when we do, they are complete utter failures. It took us a few tries, but we finally got these chocolate chip cookies to be thick and chewy. When putting together our fall food preview party, we wanted to try to make mini candy apples. We saw a lot of failures, but also other food blogs who seemingly made it work. While…

October 12, 2015 By Brian

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Apple Cider Donuts

October 7, 2015

Fall has arrived! Time to eat everything with pumpkin and apple spice. Brian is working hard with MBA classes so we decided to make most of our fall blogging over the course of one weekend. To get rid of all the food we made, we enlisted some of our closest friends to come over and eat our Apple Cider Donuts. I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of food…

October 7, 2015 By Fatima

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Pumpkin Coffee Cake Donuts

October 5, 2015

What’s better than a warm, fresh donut with your coffee? That donut being pumpkin flavored. But what’s better than that? Pumpkin coffee cake donuts! Call us #basic, but we love pumpkin. I look forward to fall every year just for Dunkin Donuts’ pumpkin glazed donuts. When thinking about what to make this season, we stumbled upon Delightful E Made’s pumpkin coffee cake donuts. Don’t they look delicious!? Whip them up yourself,…

October 5, 2015 By Brian

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DIY Pumpkin Wreath

September 30, 2015

When it comes to fall and Halloween, my two favorite things to decorate with are ghosts and pumpkins. As a kid I would make little tissue ghosts. They’d be everywhere. I think I made millions of them throughout my entire childhood. Now, Fatima limits my ghost decor to one… Pumpkins, on the the other hand, are sprinkled throughout our apartment. This year, we wanted to get a wreath for fall.…

September 30, 2015 By Brian

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Fried Buffalo Chicken Pizza

September 28, 2015

Fatima makes the best fried chicken. Paired with some buffalo sauce, we stepped up our buffalo chicken game and made a delicious fried buffalo chicken pizza. We love our pizzas. 1. Because they’re easy, 2. It’s a meal we can make and personalize together, and 3. They’re delicious. While the dough can be the hardest part of the pizza, there are many options of dough to appease all skill levels…

September 28, 2015 By Brian

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Garden Thyme: Fall Flower Inspiration

September 25, 2015

Fall is a beautiful time of the year, and so are the fall flowers that bloom! After the grocery store the other day, I stopped at the flower shop to pick up some loose flowers to create some bouquets around are apartment. Paired with some sunflowers, these came out pretty good looking! Here are some flower picks to inspire your fall bouquets: For more flower inspiration, check out our fall wedding flower…

September 25, 2015 By Fatima

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Fall Scented Medley

September 23, 2015

Fall is in the air! The best way to embrace fall now, besides sipping on that grande pumpkin spice latte in 80 degree heat, is to cook this fall scented medley up tonight. It’s guaranteed to sweep you off your feet and into a big, crunchy pile of leaves. Over the weekend, we had some friends over for a Flavors of Fall party. We cooked up a bunch of fall-inspired food…

September 23, 2015 By Brian

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Crunchy Fried Chicken

January 23, 2015

Frying things in our apartment came to a screeching halt after the fire of summer 2012. But in the spirit of the Super Bowl I decided to lift the ban on frying and make fried chicken. Nothing is better than eating messy chicken with a beer (or in our case wine) and watching the big game. We also got to make Ashley’s BBQ sauce and it went amazingly with this…

January 23, 2015 By Fatima

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The Bourbon Blizzard

December 31, 2014

When the weather outside gets frightful and the temperature inside is delightful, since there’s no place to go, let us drink, let us drink, let us drink. The Bourbon Blizzard is yummy concoction full of cranberry and minty flavors. This is a great cocktail to serve at any party you’re hosting. For the original recipe head here. To make it easy to measure, we put everything in terms of “shot…

December 31, 2014 By Brian

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Honey Glazed Salmon

November 24, 2014

Magnifique! Fatima made honey glazed salmon and garlic-lime brussel sprouts the other night, and it was delicious. The salmon melted in my mouth. And the brussel sprouts, they were awesome. I’ve never been a huge fan of brussel sprouts, however at last year’s Sidesmas, someone made a delicious spread of brussel sprouts. Since then, we’ve been trying to find the right mix of flavors. We love to make salmon dishes. Our salmon…

November 24, 2014 By Brian

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Halloween Photo Booth

October 27, 2014

Of course we had a photo booth. It’s been the one activity that our guests love participating in. They may not agree on the games, dancing or other entertainment, but everyone flocks to the photo booth. Fall-i-fy your picture-taking space with cornstalks, haystacks, and bats. We had some leftover Polaroid film from the wedding, so we made good use of it. Colleen took apart an old frame, painted it black,…

October 27, 2014 By Brian

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Spiked Apple Cider

October 27, 2014

Dear Martha Stewart, we loved your Spiked Apple Cider Recipe. However, it was not strong enough. We doubled the rum. xoxo 1 Gallon Apple Cider 1 can frozen lemonade concentrate 2 cups spiced rum Decorative Eye balls optional…

October 27, 2014 By Brian

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Pumpkin Loaf Pan

September 23, 2014

In the words (or letters) of the Lego Movie, “O-M-G-O-S-H!” This Botanical Pumpkin Loaf Pan from William-Sonoma will change your life this fall. BTW – HAPPY FALL!…

September 23, 2014 By Brian

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Garden Thyme: Wedding Cleaning

September 10, 2014

Ahhh, what a summer! Although the heat wasn’t as bad, this rainless summer was not good for my plants. While I had an abundance of almost everything I planted, I had a small window to harvest my crops before they began to wither. This summer was so dry, but I was surprised by how juicy my tomatoes were this season. Usually I’d wait until October to start cleaning up my space, but there…

September 10, 2014 By Colleen

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