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(OOC: Update + Apology—Long Post)
So I've been pretty much non-existent for the past 4 months or so BUT I can explain!
Basically what happened is that I emigrated to not just a different country, but a different continent on literally the other side of the world from where I grew up. And I left behind all my friends and family at home, meaning I came here alone and I'm still alone and probably will be alone for as long as I remain in this new country. So for the past few months I've been dealing with moving and settling down and making plans to secure my future in this new country—heck, just making sure I can have a future in this new country. I'm more or less settled into my new life now (except for the planning for the future part) but before that I kind of forgot about Melody for a while 🫥
So anyway the guilt ate away at my subconscious and Melody's voice came to me in a dream and berated me for abandoning her, so I woke up and quickly came to check on my baby. And I realise, to my utter mortification and horror, that I never paused my Tumblr queue, so all the half-baked ideas, the rough drafts, the tentative-but-not-in-chronological-order character development, had been posting itself while I was away 🫠. So if during the past 5 months you saw my blog degenerate into a bigger and bigger mess and wondered "What the heck is going on"—it's not you, it's me. Right now I'm just trying to salvage what I can of my blog (and my dignity) and reorganise everything I originally planned for Melody (tbh I forgot half of it but I'm sure the memories are in here somewhere, I just have to clean out the dust and oil the gears first).
Honestly I have no idea how many people follow(ed) Melody's story, I might as well be posting into the void for all I know. But like so many of the other RPers on this blog I started because I was bored and had some ideas in my head that wouldn't leave me alone, and over time I became attached to my OC and her story (perhaps unhealthily so). That's part of the reason why I decided not to just delete my blog and make my absence permanent. Because working on this self-indulgent project used to make me happy, and because I still have some ideas I want to share with whoever might be lurking around. Another reason is because of the community that welcomed me and that I personally watched grow. Even when this blog was at its 'most active' I probably didn't interact with other RPers as much as I should/could have (again, it's not you, it's me) but what little interaction we did have I truly did enjoy as we built and connected our own stories and characters while also interpreting the DC ones. I don't think I've said this before, and I don't think I'll ever say it enough, but really, thank you all for being willing to indulge me and play with me. This has been a lovely space to be in, and you guys combined are like 80% of the reason ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@florence-wayne-official @kit-the-nonbinary-wayne @that-one-gotham-kid @amira-wayne-al-ghul @warren-wayne-kyle @teagrayson + anyone I missed, knowing the rate at which this community grows there's bound to be at least one person I didn't tag (it's not a snub—again, not you, it's me and my bad memory—please don't be offended 🥺)
((idk if tagging everyone is proper etiquette after my prolonged absence, I was just going to say 'you know who you are' at first and leave it at that but I'm not sure if you guys actually know who you are 😅 so if I'm breaking some kind of unspoken Tumblr code of etiquette I apologise again))
(((I didn't mean for that above note to sound as rude as it did)))
ANYWAYS if you've read past the wall of text above to make it down here congratulations and thank you, I'll be doing my best to clean up/revise my blog and my OC and her story in the coming weeks and hopefully get some sort of continuity back on track :) I'm also trying to figure out what happened in the rest of the RP community in my absence so if I reply to a three-month-old post now: once again, it's not you, it's me, and there's totally no obligation to engage with.
Can't wait to hang out with the Batfamily again ☺️ plus all my RP siblings, half-siblings, future siblings, stepsiblings, undead siblings etc XD
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Stella Errans
Modern day AU where Fal works for Cirque du Soleil as an orchestra member.
...He studies the hard sciences while on the road like his father wants him to, but instead of learning how to parse equations and such, he figures out how to use his music to just barely manipulate the laws of physics. Instead of doing anything useful, he teaches himself to control common components of stage effects; coaxing animal shapes out of smoke, teasing fabric to flow like water, weaving patterns with beams of colored light, etc.
(just kidding I can't even write a normal universe to base an alternate universe on hahaffff.)
#AUs#i told myself this was too stupid#and that no one follows this blog for my half-baked self-indulgent ideas#but then I remembered its my blog and I can do what I want#thank you for coming to my tedtalk#but really i love you if you're reading this
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A Midnight Prank
[Set during Chapter 5]
Ace figured that if you were sleeping so peacefully in your bed while he had to spend a good portion of the night on the floor, why shouldn’t he try to get his revenge? A small midnight prank would be a good way to teach you about leaving him laying on the floor like that~
Warnings: Lime. Very mild somnopholia and food play with Ace slowly starting to realize that he might have taken a prank a bit too far.
A/N: What better way to start this writing blog than to reveal myself as an Ace stan. I barely blinked when I first started with this game but the moment he popped up in Ghost Marriage I guess my eyes just suddenly saw the light because this boy has such yan possibilities as well as being a tease about everything. So enjoy this self indulgent drabble, I’ll see if I write more like these ò uó.
“Oh Great Sevens…my back.”
Ace stands up and stretches, looking down at his best friend’s and Grim’s position on the floor. Of all the things Vil could do, poisoning the food?
Well not really poisoning but cursing the food? Who the hell cursed food? Especially Trey’s baked goods?! It was a late-night snack, a team bonding exercise! To him, Ramshackle was the place he could get away with being himself without having to follow Riddle’s sometimes ridiculous rules! Yet he had just spent the good half of the night laying on the cold, hardwood floor with Deuce and Grim like some punished first year despite the fact that he was best friends with the prefect of this dorm!
And speaking of you.
He glares at the stairs, remembering the helpless look you had sent him as you went upstairs with Vil following short after. You, better than anybody, knew how the floors of Ramshackle were! If you had been laying on the floor paralyzed, Ace would have brought you at least a pillow!
Maybe!
A grin spreads on his face as his brain plans out a pretty simple prank. He goes over to the chocolate cake he had taken a bite out of and scoops up some of the whipped cream frosting the cake was lavishly decorated with , grinning as he grabs a napkin and makes his way upstairs.
“This is for betraying the First Year Loyalty Pact, [Y/N]. Get ready to get yelled at, dear manager~”
His steps are quiet on the stairs, knowing where each and every creak would be in the old, wooden stairs. It had been a while since he had pulled a prank on you, the both of you teaming up to pull pranks on others and quickly running away as soon as the plan was executed. A part of him always thought that you, the favourite of Riddle whenever you came over to Heartslabyul, would not be as on board with his pranks but seeing you come up with your own little plans as both of you hid away from your rose garden duties was unexpected and highly welcomed.
Your excited tone, the way you moved your hands. It would get Ace riled up and ready to execute absolutely anything under your orders.
Cater had described him as being 'whipped' but Ace didn't even know what that meant so jokes on the upperclassmen, he supposed.
He snickers as he gets to your door, praising the Queen of Hearts that it was only ajar instead of fully closed. Ace had gone over a few scenarios in his head, maybe covering your entire face with the frosting or putting the frosting on your hand while tickling your nose so that you would slap yourself. Nothing too big since he still wanted to keep his friend status with you.
Yet his best idea had popped up once he reached the side of your bed, looking down at you sleeping so peacefully.
"Not for long~"
If he took a peek at the clock he could see that it was three in the morning. He guessed that Vil's curse lasted around four hours. Practice started at eight so they would usually be awake around six thirty to eat a meager breakfast and start walking to Pomefiore--
Which meant that if you happened to take a bite out of this delicious frosting that he held in his finger, you would wake up unable to move and miss the entirety of breakfast altogether. He would also add the extra bonus of closing your door so you would have to scream for someone to come get you.
"Essentially two birds with one stone, right [Y/N]?" he sits down at the edge and leans over you, "Your screaming will piss Vil off so much, probably throw him off his whole morning routine. Heh, even in this scenario you are my partner in crime…"
Ace moves to trace the chocolate on your lips, a smile on his face as he wonders just what words you would be yelling out first thing in the morning. After this maybe he should go set up his camera to record Vil lecturing you while you were stuck in your bed.
Ah.
His fingers weren't moving. Why weren't his fingers moving?
"Haha...ha. O-Okay, I got this. [Y/N] say 'ahh'."
A warm hand cupped your face as he used the one not holding the sweet confectionary, pressing his thumb against your lips and swallowing down the rather huge lump in his throat as it slowly made its way past them. Ace pressed down lightly, your mouth parting slowly as his nail scraped against the top of your teeth which allowed him to press down and watch as your mouth parted open for him.
Shit. Shit. Shit.
He was sweating, why was he sweating? A normal prank would have him smiling as adrenaline rushed through his body but this wasn't the kind of rush he was expecting.
Ace was nervous.
Thumb pressing against your tongue, he stopped his exploring there and not daring to go another step. He remembers back in his dating days during middle school, his girlfriend always insisted on doing the 'cutesy' thing and feeding each other. Strawberries, cotton candy, anything that was just cheesy and picture perfect enough to make him sigh in annoyance. Back then it had all just been a bother.
But with you, why was it making him feel so--
"Augh!"
Ace pulls his finger away, your lips still parted slightly as he grabbed his hand as if it was burned.
Come on Trappola! What the hell is wrong with you!
You! You with your soft lips, warm tongue and inviting face that looked so so peaceful while sleeping. As if nothing would wake you! Just leaving the door open so anyone would come in and take advantage of the opportunity right before them.
The infamous prefect of Ramshackle...looking so defenseless.
"[Y/N]."
Ace leans over you once again, the finger covered in chocolate this time making its way past your lips with no shame as his eyes seem to glaze over with unprecedented confidence. This was all for the sake of a good prank. Hell, he should one up it and sleep next to you tonight. You would wake up to Ace looking over you, unable to move as he teases you for not noticing his presence sooner.
"You should really lock your door at night." he shivers when he feels your tongue lapping at his finger, "Otherwise next time I'll have to pull an even naughtier prank."
He presses down on the slimy muscle, eyes widening when he starts getting a reaction. His finger moves up and down, tracing your tongue as your body starts to slowly respond to the attention of something sweet teasing your tastebuds.
"Mmnnn."
The chocolate was all gone when Ace pulled his finger back, licking his lips as he saw a faint trail of drool connecting his finger to your lips. You should have the taste floating in your mouth as your body slowly took in the curse.
Ace barely notices himself panting until he takes a deep breath, fingers toying with the sheets covering your body as he leaned in ever closer. Maybe he should check? After all he wanted to prank you so good that you wouldn't forget about it. The thought making you squirm and open your mouth, begging him to put something inside--
"Ace?"
Blood nearly rushes all the way back up to Ace's head as he hears Grimm's voice, the little creature looking at him tiredly as it floated towards him.
"G--Grimm?! What--!"
"My tail and ears hurt! I can't believe [Y/N] just left us there. When they wake up I'm going to--"
Grimm yawns as he makes his way over to you, gently laying on your chest as the Heartslabyul student quickly stands up and makes his way through the door. He doesn't waste any words on saying good night as he steps out into the hall, gently shutting the door behind him and sliding down to the floor.
What the hell did I just do?
He looks at the finger that had done the act, staring at it as if it had a mind of its own. Your mouth had been so warm and now his entire body felt cold. Anf you weren't even aware that you had just left him feeling like this!
Ace sighs as he runs a finger through his hair, standing up and making his way downstairs to check if Deuce has woken up.
Not necessarily noticing how he bit at the top of the finger that had become so intimate with you.
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Omake
"Kalim? It's four in the morning why the hell are you awake?"
Ace blinks as he supports a sleeping Deuce, the other still snoring away as Kalim smiles and places a finger to his lips.
"I'm going to see if I can sneak in a cuddle with [Y/N]. Grimm mentioned how warm they were yesterday and I've been curious ever since!"
"Oh, cool. Have fun then."
The Heartslabyul student keeps walking as the Scarabia dorm leader opens the door to your room, whispering a goodnight. It was only when he heard the click of your door did he nearly drop his fellow student.
"WAIT WHAT?"
#twst x reader#twisted wonderland x reader#ace trappola x reader#ace trappola#twst#writings#can I label this as pre-yan?#cause I could see him slowly decendencing down the yan pathway in this one#available books
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Self-Insert Positivity Day!!
I think I’ll just...go through all these questions in order. I can’t really think of any way to really tweak it or improve on it.
What got you into self shipping/self insert content? Who or what inspired you?
Honestly, like a lot of the replies I’ve seen, I’ve been shipping myself with characters and inserting myself into their worlds since before I knew it was a common thing that people did. It seems like for as long as I can remember, with every movie or TV show I watched, or every game I played, I’d find some way to imagine myself right in the thick of things, making friends with the different characters, helping them with their fights...and eventually, in some cases, even dating some of them.
It wasn’t that I had a particularly troubled childhood--I had friends at school, a brother to play with at home, and things at home were pretty good for the most part. But I had--and still continue to have--a very active imagination. Being in the “real world” wasn’t good enough for me; I wanted more. I wanted adventure and action and fun, a chance to make a different somewhere, and self-inserting made that possible for me. I still kept in on the down-low, though. I’m...a little too used to the weird glances and questions people sometimes give, so for the most part it’s just between me and fellow self-shippers!
I didn’t actually get into the self-insert/self-ship community until around October of last year. I’m not even sure what really prompted it--I just remember noticing a lot of blogs at around the same time, openly posting and gushing and sharing content about things that I’d...always done, but had never realized that other people do this, too. It was a great moment for me to realize that I wasn’t alone, and that there was a whole online community who would understand my hobby!
What do you like to do when it comes to self ship/self insert? Are you a content creator, or do you enjoy taking part in things?
I’m largely a writer, and I’ve written all sorts of self-indulgent things for my various ships throughout the years. Most of them were pretty bad, not gonna lie, but I had fun writing them anyway. I kept most of them tucked away in notebooks--sadly, I don’t have much of my older pieces, but I remember filling three separate notebooks purely with a self-insert series set in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (and these were three separate “books”. I’m actually very proud of past me for cranking out that much work, and I envy that level of executive function).
I haven’t posted much recently, but it’s mostly because I have too many ideas of what to write, and not enough ideas of how to execute any of them. I’ve also tried to get back into drawing more self ship content, too--I’m not always confident in my art, but you can’t improve if you never practice!
I really like taking part in the events the self ship community has--takeovers and “to my S/I” are probably my two favorites, just because it’s a great chance to get to know each other and their various F/Os.
How long have you been self shipping or creating self inserts for?
Like I said above, it’s pretty much been going on for as long as I can remember. Most of my self inserts are just me, but tweaked in some way--stronger, or faster, or with some sort of skillset I only wish I had in real life. In my ff.net days, my self inserts were under the very thin disguise of being OCs (I named them after myself 95% of the time, and looking back I doubt this really fooled anyone. But I was 14 at the time, so I convinced myself that this was a Very Clever and Foolproof Thing).
Have you made any friends within the community?
Oh geez, yes! I’ve met so many wonderful and lovely people in the community, and I’m partially scared to list them all out in case I forget someone by accident ;-; But I’ll list of a bunch of notable people that come to mind, either because we’ve talked a lot, they’ve inspired me in some way, I admire them and their blog, or some combination of all three.
@mezzanottespazzatura (Discord friendo and always listens when I constantly bombard her with half-baked AUs xD)
@tayshipping (Fellow AC and Overwatch shipper!!! We don’t talk much but I’d love to change that sometime)
@catbov (We haven’t talked much but I see you in my notifications all the time and I love you)
@raspberrylimerickey (Fellow Grimm shipper, also your ship names are A+)
@justafictionalthing (You’re so nice to me I know we don’t talk much but I love you)
@sun-bea-m (You’ve also popped up in my notifications a lot lately--I see you and I love you)
@comic-books-and-snipers (We should definitely talk more, your blog [and also your old one at @xdigital-hearts] is part of what got me to make my own blog!)
@selfshippingsylveon (I remember you being one of the first blogs I followed and I’m so glad I did, I love seeing you on my dashboard!)
@felixschreave (I’m really glad you liked that Jhin letter, also you said nice things about me in the tags once and I still smile when I think about it aslhlhsdafh you’re awesome)
@shiroeswife (it’s so good to have you on my dash, your blog is 11/10 quality)
@husband-of-lucoa (Your ship[s] with Lucoa and Palutena are A+ and so are all of your adopted kiddos??? Such a good family omg 11/10)
@plucky-belmondo (A fellow friend of Kirby and the Gang(tm)! We haven’t talked all that much but I associate Richter solely with you now and that’s just how it’s gonna be on this earth)
@little-fairyfox-ships (You pop up in my notifications every now and then and it makes me smile because I’m still so flattered you follow me?? That could apply to everyone else who follows me too, though, I mean why are you all here I love you--)
@selfshippingnerd (Dude, you’re one of the first self-shipping blogs I found on this site!! You’re honestly art goals and I love seeing the works you make for your ships!)
@magi-roses-draws19 (Every now and then I have to stop myself from rapidly liking/reblogging everything you’ve posted because I just really like your blog, you’ve got excellent taste)
@thadeeliv-si (We haven’t talked all that much but I smile whenever you pop up in my notifications)
@come-along-here-and-spin-with-me (You’re just??? So nice??? We should talk more but tbh I get nervous to because I really admire your blog and I don’t know why you follow me ashlfdhasldfh)
@the-ruby-eyed-rat (I JUST remembered I have that Pokemon ask you sent me sitting in my drafts still ;-; Thank you for sending me asks even though I keep getting distracted by shiny things before I can finish them)
@theno-lifequeen (Thank you so much for sending me numerous Skitty pictures whenever I start getting sad on here, it honestly makes my day and I appreciate it so much <3) (Also I’m amassing an army and soon my Skitty forces will crush my depression into the ground)
And to all of you reading this, even if I haven’t tagged you: I want you guys to know that I appreciate all of you so much, all of your ships are canon, and your F/Os love you even more than I do! Have a great day, everyone!!
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Writeblr Re-Intro
I’ve seen quite a few people do this in the past couple weeks so i figure i probably should too considering how stinking long its been. so. hi there! I’m Elliot, and I use they/them pronouns! I’m a college kid majoring in creative writing and anthropology and regret doing both. I have a 9 year old emotional support cat, Van Gogh, who enjoys snoring, getting fur in my mouth, and chewing on my headphones. In addition to writing, I crochet amigurumis, play flight rising, bake like mad, obsess over dragons and stuffed animals, and spend way too much time thinking about superheroes.
I mostly write LGBT+ Young Adult/New Adult fiction, and recently published my first novel, “Sparks Fly.” You can see a tumblr summary of it here. “Sparks Fly” and the majority of my stories take place in the expansive Dark Heart Universe full of not so heroic Super Heroes and Super Villains with questionable but not necessarily bad morals. But I like to dabble all over and have WIPs including a horror duology, a scifi roadtrip story, and about 800 other WIPs that are going nowhere because I’m a pantser and that’s how i roll. Expect to see me name drop some characters or a story, tag it in one ask game, and then never mention it again rather frequently. I apologize in advance. The main stories you will actually see me mentioning a bunch are below the cut.
I technically have a website, and I technically have a twitter, but the former is a mess because I can’t program or remember to regularly blog and the latter i never use because social media scares me. Think there’s like 10 tweets on it and all of them are niche shitposts about my stories so... yea. I do have a Pinterest though, where you can find boards for most of my stories as well as a few of the name dropped once stories. so that’s fun. This intro is a mess.... Anyways, below the cut are some quick summaries of my main WIPs. If you want to learn more about the world that half of these are a part of (the DHU), look through this tag because my only summary series of it is way out of date.
Woodsmoke
A DHU novel. Woodsmoke is a Hero who 100% should not be going to the worst Villain in town, Stardust, for help, but fuck it he doesnt have any other option. In return for helping Woodsmoke save a whole bunch of school kids, Stardust demands Woodsmoke owes him a favor - he has to help Stardust and his gang get rid of the Director of the city’s Supers Association branch. The only probably is, the Director control everything, and Woodsmoke is utterly terrified of him. But, he owes a favor, and he’s even more afraid of what Stardust could do to civilians than he is of what the Director could do to him. When it all goes wrong, maybe its time for him to give up being a Hero and stop being Woodsmoke. Maybe it’s time to just be Vincent again, and finally heal from the damage the SA has done. This is on its fourth draft and still needs about 2 or so more (guessing here), but will hopefully be the next DHU book released (dont quote me on that im winging this)
Nightmare at the Lily Pad Inn
A DHU novel. Ben, who’s technically a Villain but really just can’t control their powers for shit and their powers are like, really scary so its bad, is on the run from their sociopathic asshole brother. They wind up at the Lily Pad Inn, a safe haven for Villains no matter what they’ve done, run by the cinnamon roll sweetheart Matty and their husband, Blue. While there, Ben meets Oliver, another not-technically-bad Super who can’t control his powers, and meets up with Morty, their best friend. Shit happens i guess idk i’ve not written a real summary for this one yet leave me alone. It’s on the first draft and its not even finished and i have no idea what the ending is because im a pantser go away.
Novella Collection
A DHU collection i guess. I’m not quite sure what else to call this because it’s made of three or so different novellas that I intend to fit together into a collection of novellas. The three novellas includes: the Empath, about Charlie who may just be the worlds most powerful empath and his partners who are very not happy with their area’s Director wanting Charlie to do something that could 100% kill him; Hell in High Heels, a historical DHU story about the Terra (Kitty), the Earth Elemental of the time, and Fer-De-Lance (Hattie), the Poison Elemental, and how they get married sorta unwillingly (thanks SA), break a shit ton of stereotypes, and help win World War 2.; and finally Wildfire, about the current day Fire Elemental and the Villain he really shouldn’t be so attracted to but 100% is and them chilling and being gay and idk this one needs a lot of work. All of these novellas have only had 1 draft and are still needing a lot of work.
And now for some not dhu stories...
The Other Beings / The Doll Maker
This is that horror duology I mentioned earlier. The Other Beings follow Nathan. He got sucked into the terrifying world of the Other Beings (well, 5 worlds actually), when he was 7 years old because of a brother he’s never quite forgiven for making him and his pseudo-sister Hazel hunt minor Beings for his whole childhood and fucking Nate up massively. He managed to leave the horror of the Other Beings for all of seven years before he was sucked back in by the Doll Maker, an Other Being with a penchant for turning pretty children and people into ball-jointed dolls. Turns out a horde of Other Beings is coming after him because of his dad which is a Bad and now he’s having to run as a human macguffin and trust me - he’s not happy about it. Only the Other Beings draft 1 has been written because it’s a dark story and with covid i have not have the mental energy to work on it more, but it’s super fun and i adore it. The Doll Maker, the second book, is solely about Doll Maker and his shit.
Paper Stars
Paper Stars is the scifi I mentioned, and just might be one of my favorite things I’ve ever written, even though its only had one draft because it’s hella depressing (literally, the mc River is seriously suicidal) and with all the shit in my life rn i haven’t had the strength to work on it more. but i adore the story. Basically, River’s life has gone to hell since his Grandpa died and the only thing making him hold on is really his alien best friend, Keio. When his depression gets even worse, he finally asks Keio to take him away from Earth and to space to escape his problems. This works, kinda, i mean he falls in love and shit (yes River falls in love with a seal furry alien, please go through the tag its great), but eventually he knows he has to face his problems and get help because this is a realistic story about depression and love doesnt cure all and you cant run from mental illness. It’s great.
That’s kinda all the main stories i mention a lot, all the others are little things i start and stop or that i write a self indulgent first draft but never intend to take it any further. all of these i fully intend to publish one day tho. So... yea. Welcome to my blog, its chaos but we have a good time.
#Intro#intro post#dhu#woodsmoke#nlpi#nightmare at the lily pad inn#wildfire#hell in high heels#paper stars#the doll maker#the empath#writelr#My writing#writeblr#amwriting
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Café Home: 19 Best Cookbooks That Will Help Make Your Home Your Favorite Place To Eat
Looking to become an impressive home cook?
We’re not talking impressive in the get your very own episode on Chef’s Table kind of way. We mean when you look at the finished plate of food you have prepared, or the loaf of bread, or the bowl of hummus and you take your first bite of it…an expletive escapes your lips and pats you on the back. It just.Tastes. Good. Like something you would definitely make again and again.
That’s an impressive home cook.
We put an extensive list together of what we feel are some of the best cookbooks worth owning if you’re interested in making self-impressing, expletive inducing food – from breakfast to desert and everything in between.
The Starter Cookbook
Super Easy Cookbook For Beginners by Lisa Grant
The best way to learn how to cook is to actually start cooking. When you’re ready to set foot in the kitchen, the Super Easy Cookbook for Beginners offers the easiest, 5-ingredient recipes to teach you how to cook―while cooking!
Beyond basic cooking skills, this beginner’s cookbook gets you started by serving up simple, home-style recipes that require only 5 main ingredients or less. Alongside step-by-step guidance for kitchen techniques―plus useful tips like how to hold a knife―the Super Easy Cookbook for Beginners is the easiest recipe to make anyone a good cook.
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The Have All End All Cookbook
Tasty Ultimate: How To Cook Basically Everything by Tasty
150 recipes to help you master the cooking basics, hack the pantry, and make everything from vegetarian go-tos to crowd-pleasing snacks to irresistible desserts.
Tasty Ultimate is THE must-have companion for home cooks of all skill levels–whether you’re a sometimes cook or a master meal prepper. With 150 recipes, clever hacks, and must-know techniques, this cookbook will teach you how to kill it in the kitchen.
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The Classic Cookbook
Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook by Better Homes & Gardens
Since 1930, the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book has been a trusted staple in kitchens across America. The 17th edition is fully updated and revised to reflect both the best of today’s food trends and time-tested classics. With more than 1,000 recipes and a photo for each one, the book covers both traditional dishes such as Brownies and new favorites like Cold Brew Coffee. This newest edition has a fresh organization to reflect how we cook today–recipes have flavor variations, options to swap out ingredients, and ways to make them healthier. Clear directions and how-to photos teach techniques; identification photos clarify the broad range of today’s ingredients; charts for meat and poultry give at-a-glance cooking times; and “cheat sheets” throughout present information in easy-to-access bites.
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The Breakfast and Brunch Cookbook
Posh Eggs by Quadrille Publishing
Over 70 Recipes for Wonderful Eggy Things
Eggs are a kitchen basic. Most people buy them, and use them as a stand-by: a quick omelet or scrambled eggs. Posh Eggs makes the humble egg the star of the show, with over 70 recipes that make a meal out of this easy ingredient. From hearty dishes like Mediterranean red pepper eggs with tahini yogurt, to healthy salads like Quail’s eggs, beet, and tarragon, you’ll never again be stuck for a quick and original idea at mealtimes. With a guide to the basics of cooking eggs, plus a photo for every single recipe, this is the ultimate gifty cookbook or self-purchase for egg addicts, expert chefs, and novices alike.
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Brunch Life by Matt Basile, Kyla Zanardi
For lazy days off or mid-week cravings, Brunch Life brings that bigger-than-brunch restaurant experience home with mouth-watering recipes that will ensure every day gets off to a great start.
Leisurely weekend brunches have become the most anticipated meal of the week, and no two people know that better than Matt Basile and Kyla Zanardi. With their token humour, Matt and Kyla share their passion for this midday spread and showcase indulgent and creative takes on their favourite dishes. Sometimes, brunch is a comforting routine, where simple ingredients are whipped into fuss-free OG Buttermilk Pancakes, a Mascarpone Soft Scramble, or Good ol’ Hash Browns. Then there are irresistible dishes taken to a whole new level, like Coconut Fried Chicken and Pineapple Waffles, S’mores Panc…
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The Healthy Home Café Cookbook
Posh Toast by Quadrille Publishing
This is the new hot (and buttered) food trend—simple toast recipes that everyone can make. Hungry food fans everywhere are toasting sourdough, spelt, and rye and loading them with luscious ingredients to make a simple, satisfying meal. Posh Toast features every toast recipe you could ever need, covering breakfast, lunch, snacks, and supper, plus a guide to the basics of toasting. Every recipe has a photo and easy-to-follow instructions, making it the ultimate gift or self-purchase for toast addicts, novices, and expert cooks alike. It’s everything good. On toast. It’s Posh Toast.
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The Best and Lightest
150 Healthy Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: A Cookbook by the Editors of Food Network Magazine
Healthy Recipes That Taste Anything But!
Using clever cooking techniques and ingredient swaps, Food Network Magazine’s test kitchen chefs have lightened up all the foods you crave. Each crowd-pleasing dish comes in under 500 calories with satisfying—not tiny—portions. With a visual table of contents—complete with icons that indicate vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes—you can quickly find meal ideas for any diet. Plus, each recipe appears with nutritional information and a beautiful photograph, making eating right surprisingly simple and totally fun.
Take a look at what’s inside: Polenta with Fontina and Eggs Spiced Burgers with Cucumber Yogurt Potato-Leek Soup with Bacon Shrimp and Kale Pitas Spicy Chicken Enchiladas Chile-Rubbed Steak with Creamed Corn Three-Cheese Macaroni Banana-Almond Pudding Strawberry Corn Cakes
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The Vegetarian Café Cookbook
Plant Based Diet For Beginners by Gabriel Miller
Free from animal products, full of flavor–plant based recipes for beginners
Choosing a plant based diet is good for your health, your wallet, and the environment. The Plant-Based Diet for Beginners has dozens of tasty whole-food recipes for people who want to switch from eating meat, dairy, and eggs, to eating vegetables, whole grains, and other plant based foods.
Whether your doctor encouraged you to eat a plant based diet or you’re exploring a new way of eating, this cookbook has everything you need to get started. You’ll find nutritional information for each recipe, a guide to eating a plant based diet even when you don’t want to cook, tips for stocking your kitchen, and more. When it comes to your health and your taste buds, now you’re cooking!
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Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give A F*ck by Thug Kitchen
#1 New York Times Bestseller, first in the bestselling series
Thug Kitchen started their wildly popular website to inspire people to eat some goddamn vegetables and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Beloved by Gwyneth Paltrow (‘This might be my favorite thing ever’) and with half a million Facebook fans and counting, Thug Kitchen wants to show everyone how to take charge of their plates and cook up some real f*cking food.
Yeah, plenty of blogs and cookbooks preach about how to eat more kale, why ginger fights inflammation, and how to cook with microgreens and nettles. But they are dull or pretentious as hell—and most people can’t afford the hype.
Thug Kitchen lives in the real world. In their first cookbook, they’re throwing down more than 100 recipes for their best-loved meals, snacks and sides for beginning cooks to home chefs.
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The Bakery Cookbook
Bread Baking For Beginners by Bonnie Ohara
Free from animal products, full of flavor–plant based recipes for beginners
Choosing a plant based diet is good for your health, your wallet, and the environment. The Plant-Based Diet for Beginners has dozens of tasty whole-food recipes for people who want to switch from eating meat, dairy, and eggs, to eating vegetables, whole grains, and other plant based foods.
Whether your doctor encouraged you to eat a plant based diet or you’re exploring a new way of eating, this cookbook has everything you need to get started. You’ll find nutritional information for each recipe, a guide to eating a plant based diet even when you don’t want to cook, tips for stocking your kitchen, and more. When it comes to your health and your taste buds, now you’re cooking!
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French Pastry 101 By Betty Hung
French Pastry is as Easy as Un, Deux, Trois
French baking is now more approachable than ever with Beaucoup Bakery co-owner and Yummy Workshop founder Betty Hung’s beginner-friendly, easy-to-follow recipes.
Start with basics like pastry cream and pâté sucrée, then work your way up to indulgent all-time favorites such as Lemon Madeleines, Crème Brûlée, Éclairs, Lady Fingers and Chocolate Torte. You’ll learn how to simplify recipes without sacrificing taste—like using ready-made puff pastry—or, if you prefer, how to whip up these sweet treats from scratch.
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Baking With Mary Berry – By Mary Berry
A sweet and savory collection of more than 100 foolproof recipes from the reigning “Queen of Baking” Mary Berry, who has made her way into American homes through ABC’s primetime series, The Great Holiday Baking Show, and the PBS series, The Great British Baking Show.
Baking with Mary Berry draws on Mary’s more than 60 years in the kitchen, with tips and step-by-step instructions for bakers just starting out and full-color photographs of finished dishes throughout. The recipes follow Mary’s prescription for dishes that are no fuss, practical, and foolproof–from breakfast goods to cookies, cakes, pastries, and pies, to special occasion desserts such as cheesecake and soufflés, to British favorites that will inspire.
Whether you’re tempted by Mary’s Heavenly Chocolate Cake and Best-Ever Brownies, intrigued by her Mincemeat and Almond Tart or Magic Lemon Pudding, or inspired by her Rich Fruit Christmas Cake and Ultimate Chocolate Roulade, the straightforward yet special recipes in Baking with Mary Berry will prove, as one reviewer has said of her recipes, “if you can read, you can cook.”
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The Easy Baked Donut Cookbook By Sara Mellas
The deliciously easy donut cookbook for heavenly homemade baked donuts
Who doesn’t love a good donut? From sugared or sprinkled to frosted or filled, donuts are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and sweeten your day. The best part is you don’t need to fuss with frying to whip up these fun, flavorful treats at home. The Easy Baked Donut Cookbook shows you how mouthwatering–and mess-free–donuts can be right from your oven or donut maker, providing plenty of tried-and-true tricks and tasty recipes for beautifully baked donuts, donut holes, mini donuts, and more.
From sweet staples, such as Old-Fashioned Cake Donuts to creative savory bakes like Jalapeno-Cheddar Cornbread Donuts, this donut cookbook serves you dozens of delightfully simple recipes to match every craving, along with perfectly paired frostings, glazes, and toppings.
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Vegetarian Desert Cookbook
Rawesome Baking by Emily Von Euw
Make Undeniably Delicious and Eye-Catching Raw, Vegan and Gluten-Free Treats
Emily Von Euw, creator of the popular blog This Rawsome Vegan Life, makes treats that are so phenomenal and so stunning they should be considered masterpieces. Oh yeah, and they’re raw, vegan AND gluten-free. So whether you’re a vegetarian, a raw vegan or even a meat-lover just looking for something healthy, new and delicious, this book has something for you.
Emily’s popular blog won the Vegan Woman’s 2013 Vegan Food Blog Award, was named one of the Top 50 Raw Food Blogs of 2012 and is nominated for “Favorite Blog” for the 2013 VegNews Veggie Awards. Every recipe is accompanied by a photograph so you can see each brilliant sweet before you eat. Emily’s beautiful and easy-to-make recipes, like her Peppermint Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes, S’mores Cupcakes and Go-Nuts Donuts with Frosting & Fruit Sprinkles, are so tasty that you won’t even realize they’re vegan. Quite simply, Rawsome Vegan Baking will wow your taste buds and impress your friends and family with new great tastes in dessert.
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Healthy Desert Cookbook
Clean Sweets – By Arman Liew
High-protein desserts that taste great, are easy to make, and serve one or two.
Giving up dessert is no fun, so health-savvy folks have long tried to find ways to satisfy a sweet tooth. But so many Paleo-style desserts are complicated, with long lists of hard-to-find ingredients. They also often make too much of a good thing, which is almost as bad as not having it at all. Arman Liew discovered a way to have his cake and eat it too–in decadent creations that indulge the appetite and pack in the nutrients. From breakfast reinvented to no-bake treats, recipes include: Protein Peanut Butter Cups Dark Chocolate and Salted Caramel Waffles Molten Lava Cake White Chocolate Raspberry Bars
There’s no tapioca flour, coconut nectar, or xanthan gum to be found here. Make something sweet the moment the craving hits, from foods that are already in the cabinet. Add in terrific photography and this is a book every health-conscious person should have on hand.
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College Student Cookbook (Easy Cooking)
5-Ingredient College Cookbook By Pamela Ellgen
Fast, easy and healthy eating at college and ever after.
College food has developed quite the culinary “reputation.” Most students don’t have the time, money, or space to make meals like mom used to, so words like fast, cheap, and microwavable have become synonymous with college eating. But there IS a better way!
Healthy cooking expert and cookbook author Pamela Ellgen brings you the latest in college cooking with The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook–the simplest college cookbook yet. By sticking to 5 easy-to-find main ingredients per recipe, The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook makes it easier than ever for students to cook tasty, high quality, healthy food for themselves.
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Easy Frugal Cookbook By Sarah Walker Caron
It’s easier than you think to make hearty meals that are tasty, budget-friendly, and nutritious. Discover an easy cookbook that shows you how, with 100 inexpensive family recipes that use basic ingredients, and can be made in just a few steps.
This easy cookbook will help you whip up satisfying dishes like Crispy Coconut Drumsticks or Open-Face Turkey Sandwiches for everyone in the house for just $5. All it takes is the right recipe, a few tricks, and a little planning to make the most of your food budget.
Discover how versatile and flavorful cheap eating can be with an easy cookbook that offers:
Budget tricks–Recipes are sorted by estimated cost of ingredients, from $5 to $15 dollars per batch, and include tips to lower the cost of ingredients even further.Shop smart–This easy cookbook includes tips about shopping efficiently and optimizing ingredients and leftovers.Menu plan–A sample meal plan and shopping list will help simplify meal prep and save you money and time.
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The Gifting Cookbook
Antoni in The Kitchen By Mindy Fox
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! *One of Food & Wine’s Essential New Cookbooks for Fall* *One of Eater’s Best Fall Cookbooks 2019* *One of Amazon’s Best Cookbooks for Fall 2020*
Antoni Porowski, the food and wine guru on Netflix’s sensation Queer Eye, meets people where they live–literally. With appealing vulnerability, he shows cooks of all levels how to become more confident and casual in the kitchen. The verve and naturalness of his approach earned raves from Food & Wine and Bon Appétit to GQ and the New York Times, which noted his dishes prove that “sometimes simple is anything but simplistic.”
Some of the recipes in this book are weeknight healthyish meals, while others are perfect for off-the-cuff entertaining. Visual stunners, they’re often composed of fewer than five ingredients. Whether Bastardized Easy Ramen; Malaysian Chili Shrimp; Roasted Carrots with Carrot-Top Pesto; or Salty Lemon Squares, all are visual stunners and can be carried off with panache, even by beginners.
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Friends The Official Cookbook By Amanda Yee
“The ultimate Friends fan needs this ‘Friends: The Official Cookbook‘ ” – POPSUGAR
Gather your friends and prepare to say “How you doin’?” to more than 100 recipes inspired by the beloved hit sitcom. Whether you’re a seasoned chef like Monica Geller, just starting a catering business like Phoebe Buffay, or a regular old food enthusiast like Joey Tribbiani, Friends: The Official Cookbook offers a variety of recipes for chefs of all levels. From appetizers to main courses and from drinks to desserts, each chapter includes iconic treats such as Monica’s Friendsgiving Feast, Rachel’s Trifle, Just for Joey Fries, Chandler’s “Milk You Can Chew,” Phoebe’s Grandmother’s Cookies, and of course, The Moist Maker. Complete with more than seventy recipes and beautiful full-color photography, this charming cookbook is both a helpful companion for home cooks and a fun homage to the show that’s always been there for you.
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Friends Cookbook Releases Sept 22, 2020
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200 Plus Blog Post Topics For Times When You Hit A Writer’s Block
As a blogger you have to come up with niche ideas to write blogs every few days. It’s well known that Google likes posts above 1500 words but to keep coming up with ideas every now and then is a task. I suggest creating a three-monthly blog plan and sticking to it. That way even if you don’t feel like writing one off day, you will never be short of content. The other issue a lot of bloggers face is ideas to write a post, so just to ease that out to you, here I am listing 200 blog post ideas. So go ahead, make your planner and get to work Amigos!!!
1. Parenting and Motherhood Blog Post Topics;
Healthy Diet for Breastfeeding Mothers
Breastfeeding guide for fathers
21 Activities to do with your toddler
35 Indoor activities to do with your kids during monsoons
50 Ideas for activities for summer vacations
25 most googled baby questions
5 DIY Christmas decoration to make with your kids
Funny Things That Kids Say
How to raise a gifted child?
How to inculcate joy of reading in kids?
Life hacks for moms
How to manage hair loss after having a baby?
How to get back to pre pregnancy weight?
8 things my mother told me that are not true
How to build a mom’s emergency kit?
How to raise happy kids?
What to do if your child gets in trouble in school?
Figuring out a preteens mind
Back to school organisation tips.
10 Chores To Teach Your Kids This Summer
2. Food Blog Post Topics
Quick and easy lunch box hacks
Is organic food good for your baby?
15 Top Recipes for an occasion like – Christmas, Easter, Diwali, Holi, Thanksgiving etc
A-Z of spices in the Indian Kitchen
Guilt free healthy snack ideas
How to practice mindful eating?
5 mocktail recipes for summer
Dining etiquettes to follow on a dinner table
10 vegan recipes for the yogi in you
Nutrition tips for fitness geeks
5 minute chocolate brownie
Quick 5 minute recipes, explained step by step
10 easy salad recipes
5 healthy smoothie recipes to kickstart your day
5 no bake recipes for kids
Explain a Cooking Recipe Step-by-Step
Share the history of a popular grandma recipe
Share about failed cooking experiment
Recipes to Make Your Family’s Snack Time Healthy
Foods That Stop Sugar Cravings
3. Spirituality Blog Post Topics
Why is it important to be kind?
Why to indulge in early morning meditation?
Pointers to Practice to keep yourself free from negative emotions
How to Find Spiritual Freedom
Unwriting Family Beliefs and Behavior Patterns
Healing Silent Wounds
10 Simple Truths to Live by
What Is a Spiritual Awakening?
5 Types of Spiritual Awakening Sleep Problems and Insomnia
10 Most Popular Spirituality Blogs of 2016
20 reasons why to meditate
Letting Go of Resistance
Benefits of morning meditation
50 Best Meditation Room Ideas that Will Improve Your Life
How meditation works on your insides
Best meditation music
Best inspirational/motivational post with famous quotes
Happiness Myths That Make Us Miserable
How to find refuge in stillness
Meditation – The ancient science to inner peace
4. Yoga And Fitness Blog Post Topics
Start a 30 day challenge for your audience and ask them to participate in it. Share 30 poses with one pose to be done everyday
At the end of 30-day yoga challenge share your learnings.
40 health and wellness gift ideas
15 top yoga retreats to head to for peace and calm
5 winter workouts to keep you fit
5 yoga poses to combat belly fat
My running/ exercise playlist
How to introduce principles of yoga to kids?
Yoga for runners– 5 asanas to help them
Top 10 marathons in the world that you need to experience
Top 21 most scenic half marathons in the world
Understanding Pros and Cons of famous fad diets
Let’s understand the 7 major chakras in our body
Why is sleep an important pillar of fitness?
Common fitness mistakes that you make
Early warning signs of breast cancer
Running tips for beginners
Simple home workouts
Yoga poses to tone and detox
How to lose fat to tone up
5. Personal And Relationships Blog Post Topics
10 things that you don’t know about me.
Creative date night ideas to spice up your marriage
20 of my must-watch list of movies
My favorite childhood memory.
The day that was not meant to be- my most embarrassing moment/story
Are marriages made in heaven or are they incidental?
How to deal with the loss of a close one?
Things I want to tell my twenty-year-old version of myself?
A day in my life.
10 things that make me happy.
If You Could Change One Thing About Your Life, What Would It Be?
What is self-love?
Most important lessons you’ve learned in your life.
A habit that improved my relationship with money
How I motivate myself when I’m feeling lazy
5 goals I have for this year
Why growing old is exciting for me
How to deal with personal loss
How to survive a break-up
How writing changed me as a person
6. Travel Blog Post Topics
What inside my travel bag?
What to pack when travelling with kids on a road trip?
What to pack when flying with kids?
10 active family holidays
Top 100 destinations to visit for Indians
Travel hacks and packing essentials for a back packer
Create a travel bucket list and share it with the world
How to keep your fitness regime even while travelling
First time guide to a city
Fun road trip games for kids
What and how to pack for a trekking trip
10 unique experiences in Las Vegas
Top Offbeat Getaways To Take With Your Girlfriends/Boyfriend(s)
Travelling locally in a city
Why are the kids who travel, smarter?
Be a traveller and not a tourist
Top 6 must-do Himalayan treks for every trekker
My favorite place to travel as a child
Why Travel is the best way to teach kids about the world and it’s culture
10 hacks that you should know about staying in a hotel room
7. Beauty Blog Post Topics
Benefits of Green tea for your hair
How to keep your skin looking fresh even in summers
How to do monsoon proof make up
Winter skin care
Quick and easy hairstyles for a party
Eye care routine to avoid dark circles
How to style short hair?
Top 5 makeup trends for the year
Post swimming skin care tips
How to make your own DIY Lip balm
Hair care for active women
How to make DIY natural wax at home?
DIY Night routine
DIY body cream for extremely dry skin
Monsoon skin care
Monsoon hair care
All you need to know about magnetic eyelashes
Night skin care routine for Top 5 female celebrities
How to fix cakey makeup?
What are the ten commandments of beauty?
8. Fashion Posts
Trendy and friendly monsoon fashion tips
5 minute makeup routine for busy moms
Top ten styling tips for a working woman
Ten must-haves for the season
How to coordinate your jewellery with your wedding outfit
15 ways to wear a scarf
How to care for your jewellery
What’s in my bag?
How to pick the right footwear for your outfit
10 looks for summer time
Top beach looks
What are the weirdest fashion trends of all times
Top 10 styling apps
10 wardrobe essentials
How to create a capsule wardrobe.
My favourite online stores to shop from
How to organise your wardrobe
Body types and silhouettes that suit them.
Photography accessory every fashion blogger must invest in
Best tips to shop on a budget
9. Blogging Tips Blog Post Topics
How to start a blog?
How to start earning revenue on a blog?
200 plus blog post ideas
The best apps to edit your picture
Where to get free resources for pictures for your blog?
Create Infographics For Some Of Your Top-Performing Posts and Share Them
Share a blog planner for the year
Share social media calendar for the year
Create A List Of Online Tools which are useful for the blog
Talk about how Do You Develop Your Blogging Ideas?
What Top Things Do You Wish You’d Known When You First Started Blogging?
Top plugins that can drive traffic to your blog
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Blog Posts That Rank in Google’s Top 10
How to Get Traffic From Quora?
How often should you blog?
Busting some blogging myths
How to increase blog traffic?
10 best resources to refer to for royalty free images
Different social media tools to use effectively to get more visibility to your blog
20 Types of Blog Posts to Drive More Traffic to Your Blog
10. Lifestyle
Ultimate Guide to Blogging/Parenting/Travel
Struggling with your work at home setup? These tips may help.
Stretch Marks: A Mom’s Battle Scars
5 Creative Date Night Ideas To Spice Up Every Marriage
This Summer, Protect Your Family from Dehydration
List Of Streaming Shows To BingeWatch This Summer
Out-Of-The-Box Wedding themes 2017
10 Useful Tips For a Spic-n-Span Home
Why We Should Not Avoid Preventive Health Check Up
Unique Ideas To Gift To Your Brothers This Rakhi!
How to Explain Climate Change to Children
How To Create A Life bucket list
The Unsung Heroes Of Our Lives
Tips to get the most from your memory
Raising kids technology free
The dying art of letter writing!
What To Do If You Lose Your Mobile
Internet Safety For Your Kid
Easy Fixes To Make Your House Eco-Friendly
Early Warning Signs of Breast Cancer
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Win a Sweet & Healthy NuNaturals Giveaway Package!
Want to win a super sweet healthy treat? Learn more about NuNaturals stevia and enter for your chance to win a NuNaturals giveaway package valued at $70.00!
WIN NuNaturals Stevia!
If you have been following the blog for a while now, you know I am a huge fan of using NuNaturals stevia in my oatmeal, smoothies, and tea. But I’m often asked, what the heck IS stevia and…. is it even good for you? Here’s the inside scoop on stevia and a chance for you to try some for yourself.
What Is Stevia?
Stevia is a plant native to South America. It is part of the sunflower family and its leaves are naturally sweet. In fact, the indigenous people used to chew them for their sweet taste and use them to naturally sweeten beverages. Stevia is unique among food ingredients because has 0 calories and it is 100-300 times sweeter than sugar in the same concentration. It comes in powder or liquid form and can be found in supermarkets or health-food stores.
Is Stevia Good For You?
Actually YES. Stevia is natural, unlike other sugar substitutes. It is NOT an artificial sweetener. It is a real food sweetener! The FDA approved the purified form of stevia as safe to use. Several studies have shown that stevia in its pure form (not processed products like Truvia or PureVia) may actually offer many types of health benefits. It’s been shown to be safe without containing toxins or producing side effects in those who consume it. And because it’s zero calorie and doesn’t spike blood glucose, it’s a great sweetener for diabetics or others with blood sugar issues. Recent research suggests it may help to stabilize insulin levels as well, and some studies even show that it can regulate blood pressure. A Japanese study (where stevia is immensely popular) found that stevia can help to prevent plaque buildup on teeth. In addition, stevia (like all plants) contains antioxidants, known to help fight free radicals that can lead to chronic conditions and cancer.
What is the best kind of Stevia to Buy?
I’ve tested at least half a dozen stevia products and found NuNaturals stevia to have the best flavor and price. NuNaturals NuStevia is Non-Bitter tasting, has ZERO calories, and does not effect blood sugar levels. NuNaturals products DO NOT contain aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, high-fructose corn syrup, sugar, soy, yeast, what, milk, synthetics, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. They are GMO Free, from sustainable agriculture assisting in making a healthy Earth. NuNaturals products are a safe choice for diabetics, people who follow specific diets (paleo, keto, candida, low carb), and a hit with figure conscious fitness fanatics.
NuNaturals has an extensive line of Stevia products that are 100% natural. I like to use NuNaturals collagen in my oatmeal and enjoy using their pure liquid stevia to sweeten my protein smoothies. I’ve sweetened tea with their peppermint liquid stevia and added fiber to dishes with their Oat Fiber. I’ve also tried their Dutch processed Cocoa powder for sugar free brownies and their Organic Green Banana flour for gluten free baking. The options to use their healthy products are ENDLESS,there’s even an all-star world wide recipe collection that NuNaturals has created online through partnering with healthy living bloggers.
Here are some of my Favorite Healthy NuNaturals Stevia Recipes:
Collagen Overnight Protein Oatmeal (with over 40 grams of protein!).
Paleo Protein Fudge
Easy Vanilla Protein Smoothie
Simple apple protein smoothie
Pre bedtime Smoothie with Vega® Clean Protein Chocolate Milkshake.
Vega Pumpkin Pie Smoothie.
Rainbow Protein Smoothie
I have so many great recipes to share, but I’m curious to hear what you want to cook up with NuNaturals Stevia! Want to enter this NuNaturals Giveaway and sweeten your life a little?! Here are the details:
NuNaturals Stevia Giveaway Details:
Who: Four winners from anywhere in the world (THANK YOU, NuNaturals!!)
What: Each winner will receive:
one bottle of the NuStevia Liquid
a bag of the NEW COLLAGEN
a package of the NEW COCOA POWDER
a 50 pkt. box of our NuStevia NO-CARBS Stevia Packets.
In addition, each of the 4 winners will also receive a FREE BONUS item. The total retail value of each package is $ 70.00!!
NuNaturals Stevia Products
Does this Stevia make me look sexy? LOL!! I have no idea why I chose to go “Victoria Secret” pose with NuNaturals, but it’s too funny not to share.
That’s a super sweet deal! Here’s how to enter:
Follow @carolinejordanfitness and @nunaturals on INSTAGRAM
I will post the NuNaturals giveaway photo on 7/20.
Double tap and like the giveaway post on INSTAGRAM
Tag a friend in the photo comments on the INSTAGRAM giveaway post
Thats it! 4 lucky winners will be randomly selected to WIN this incredibly generous giveaway to try NuNaturals stevia products. This giveaway will run July 20-26th. Giveaway winners will be announced on July 27th at 8am. Don’t wait – follow on instagram to double tap and tag a friend! This giveaway package is too sweet to miss out on! I can’t wait to share a little bit of healthy indulgence with you my friends.
Oh and BONUS! NuNaturals has generously extended SPECIAL DISCOUNTS on all orders placed on the NuNaturals website: www.nunaturals.com for all of my blog readers. Use the DISCOUNT CODE of: BLG1217 to receive a -15% DISCOUNT on your entire order. This discount remains EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2017. Online ordering customers may also receive FREE SHIPPING to the CONTINENTAL U.S. on all orders exceeding $ 35.00 after discounts.
I’m so grateful to have partners that take such good care of me and my people. Thank you NuNaturals for the opportunity to share the sweetness online and off. I use NuNaturals stevia daily and stay sweet the healthy way. Looking forward to hearing what you think of my favorite way to sweeten up each day.
Love and smoothies,
Caroline
Disclaimer: Although I received free products from hosting this giveaway, I was not compensated by the company in anyway to write this review. All opinions are my own and based on my general satisfaction with the products.
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Café Home: The Best Cookbooks For All Of Your Cooking & Baking Needs
Looking to become an impressive home cook?
We’re not talking impressive in the get your very own episode on Chef’s Table kind of way. We mean when you look at the finished plate of food you have prepared, or the loaf of bread, or the bowl of hummus and you take your first bite of it…an expletive escapes your lips and pats you on the back. It just.Tastes. Good. Like something you would definitely make again and again.
That’s an impressive home cook.
We put an extensive list together of what we feel are some of the best cookbooks worth owning if you’re interested in making self-impressing, expletive inducing food – from breakfast to desert and everything in between.
The Starter Cookbook
Super Easy Cookbook For Beginners by Lisa Grant
The best way to learn how to cook is to actually start cooking. When you’re ready to set foot in the kitchen, the Super Easy Cookbook for Beginners offers the easiest, 5-ingredient recipes to teach you how to cook―while cooking!
Beyond basic cooking skills, this beginner’s cookbook gets you started by serving up simple, home-style recipes that require only 5 main ingredients or less. Alongside step-by-step guidance for kitchen techniques―plus useful tips like how to hold a knife―the Super Easy Cookbook for Beginners is the easiest recipe to make anyone a good cook.
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The Have All End All Cookbook
Tasty Ultimate: How To Cook Basically Everything by Tasty
150 recipes to help you master the cooking basics, hack the pantry, and make everything from vegetarian go-tos to crowd-pleasing snacks to irresistible desserts.
Tasty Ultimate is THE must-have companion for home cooks of all skill levels–whether you’re a sometimes cook or a master meal prepper. With 150 recipes, clever hacks, and must-know techniques, this cookbook will teach you how to kill it in the kitchen.
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The Classic Cookbook
Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook by Better Homes & Gardens
Since 1930, the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book has been a trusted staple in kitchens across America. The 17th edition is fully updated and revised to reflect both the best of today’s food trends and time-tested classics. With more than 1,000 recipes and a photo for each one, the book covers both traditional dishes such as Brownies and new favorites like Cold Brew Coffee. This newest edition has a fresh organization to reflect how we cook today–recipes have flavor variations, options to swap out ingredients, and ways to make them healthier. Clear directions and how-to photos teach techniques; identification photos clarify the broad range of today’s ingredients; charts for meat and poultry give at-a-glance cooking times; and “cheat sheets” throughout present information in easy-to-access bites.
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The Breakfast and Brunch Cookbook
Posh Eggs by Quadrille Publishing
Over 70 Recipes for Wonderful Eggy Things
Eggs are a kitchen basic. Most people buy them, and use them as a stand-by: a quick omelet or scrambled eggs. Posh Eggs makes the humble egg the star of the show, with over 70 recipes that make a meal out of this easy ingredient. From hearty dishes like Mediterranean red pepper eggs with tahini yogurt, to healthy salads like Quail’s eggs, beet, and tarragon, you’ll never again be stuck for a quick and original idea at mealtimes. With a guide to the basics of cooking eggs, plus a photo for every single recipe, this is the ultimate gifty cookbook or self-purchase for egg addicts, expert chefs, and novices alike.
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Brunch Life by Matt Basile, Kyla Zanardi
For lazy days off or mid-week cravings, Brunch Life brings that bigger-than-brunch restaurant experience home with mouth-watering recipes that will ensure every day gets off to a great start.
Leisurely weekend brunches have become the most anticipated meal of the week, and no two people know that better than Matt Basile and Kyla Zanardi. With their token humour, Matt and Kyla share their passion for this midday spread and showcase indulgent and creative takes on their favourite dishes. Sometimes, brunch is a comforting routine, where simple ingredients are whipped into fuss-free OG Buttermilk Pancakes, a Mascarpone Soft Scramble, or Good ol’ Hash Browns. Then there are irresistible dishes taken to a whole new level, like Coconut Fried Chicken and Pineapple Waffles, S’mores Panc…
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The Healthy Home Café Cookbook
Posh Toast by Quadrille Publishing
This is the new hot (and buttered) food trend—simple toast recipes that everyone can make. Hungry food fans everywhere are toasting sourdough, spelt, and rye and loading them with luscious ingredients to make a simple, satisfying meal. Posh Toast features every toast recipe you could ever need, covering breakfast, lunch, snacks, and supper, plus a guide to the basics of toasting. Every recipe has a photo and easy-to-follow instructions, making it the ultimate gift or self-purchase for toast addicts, novices, and expert cooks alike. It’s everything good. On toast. It’s Posh Toast.
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The Best and Lightest
150 Healthy Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: A Cookbook by the Editors of Food Network Magazine
Healthy Recipes That Taste Anything But!
Using clever cooking techniques and ingredient swaps, Food Network Magazine’s test kitchen chefs have lightened up all the foods you crave. Each crowd-pleasing dish comes in under 500 calories with satisfying—not tiny—portions. With a visual table of contents—complete with icons that indicate vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes—you can quickly find meal ideas for any diet. Plus, each recipe appears with nutritional information and a beautiful photograph, making eating right surprisingly simple and totally fun.
Take a look at what’s inside: Polenta with Fontina and Eggs Spiced Burgers with Cucumber Yogurt Potato-Leek Soup with Bacon Shrimp and Kale Pitas Spicy Chicken Enchiladas Chile-Rubbed Steak with Creamed Corn Three-Cheese Macaroni Banana-Almond Pudding Strawberry Corn Cakes
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The Vegetarian Café Cookbook
Plant Based Diet For Beginners by Gabriel Miller
Free from animal products, full of flavor–plant based recipes for beginners
Choosing a plant based diet is good for your health, your wallet, and the environment. The Plant-Based Diet for Beginners has dozens of tasty whole-food recipes for people who want to switch from eating meat, dairy, and eggs, to eating vegetables, whole grains, and other plant based foods.
Whether your doctor encouraged you to eat a plant based diet or you’re exploring a new way of eating, this cookbook has everything you need to get started. You’ll find nutritional information for each recipe, a guide to eating a plant based diet even when you don’t want to cook, tips for stocking your kitchen, and more. When it comes to your health and your taste buds, now you’re cooking!
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Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give A F*ck by Thug Kitchen
#1 New York Times Bestseller, first in the bestselling series
Thug Kitchen started their wildly popular website to inspire people to eat some goddamn vegetables and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Beloved by Gwyneth Paltrow (‘This might be my favorite thing ever’) and with half a million Facebook fans and counting, Thug Kitchen wants to show everyone how to take charge of their plates and cook up some real f*cking food.
Yeah, plenty of blogs and cookbooks preach about how to eat more kale, why ginger fights inflammation, and how to cook with microgreens and nettles. But they are dull or pretentious as hell—and most people can’t afford the hype.
Thug Kitchen lives in the real world. In their first cookbook, they’re throwing down more than 100 recipes for their best-loved meals, snacks and sides for beginning cooks to home chefs.
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The Bakery Cookbook
Bread Baking For Beginners by Bonnie Ohara
Free from animal products, full of flavor–plant based recipes for beginners
Choosing a plant based diet is good for your health, your wallet, and the environment. The Plant-Based Diet for Beginners has dozens of tasty whole-food recipes for people who want to switch from eating meat, dairy, and eggs, to eating vegetables, whole grains, and other plant based foods.
Whether your doctor encouraged you to eat a plant based diet or you’re exploring a new way of eating, this cookbook has everything you need to get started. You’ll find nutritional information for each recipe, a guide to eating a plant based diet even when you don’t want to cook, tips for stocking your kitchen, and more. When it comes to your health and your taste buds, now you’re cooking!
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French Pastry 101 By Betty Hung
French Pastry is as Easy as Un, Deux, Trois
French baking is now more approachable than ever with Beaucoup Bakery co-owner and Yummy Workshop founder Betty Hung’s beginner-friendly, easy-to-follow recipes.
Start with basics like pastry cream and pâté sucrée, then work your way up to indulgent all-time favorites such as Lemon Madeleines, Crème Brûlée, Éclairs, Lady Fingers and Chocolate Torte. You’ll learn how to simplify recipes without sacrificing taste—like using ready-made puff pastry—or, if you prefer, how to whip up these sweet treats from scratch.
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Baking With Mary Berry – By Mary Berry
A sweet and savory collection of more than 100 foolproof recipes from the reigning “Queen of Baking” Mary Berry, who has made her way into American homes through ABC’s primetime series, The Great Holiday Baking Show, and the PBS series, The Great British Baking Show.
Baking with Mary Berry draws on Mary’s more than 60 years in the kitchen, with tips and step-by-step instructions for bakers just starting out and full-color photographs of finished dishes throughout. The recipes follow Mary’s prescription for dishes that are no fuss, practical, and foolproof–from breakfast goods to cookies, cakes, pastries, and pies, to special occasion desserts such as cheesecake and soufflés, to British favorites that will inspire.
Whether you’re tempted by Mary’s Heavenly Chocolate Cake and Best-Ever Brownies, intrigued by her Mincemeat and Almond Tart or Magic Lemon Pudding, or inspired by her Rich Fruit Christmas Cake and Ultimate Chocolate Roulade, the straightforward yet special recipes in Baking with Mary Berry will prove, as one reviewer has said of her recipes, “if you can read, you can cook.”
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The Easy Baked Donut Cookbook By Sara Mellas
The deliciously easy donut cookbook for heavenly homemade baked donuts
Who doesn’t love a good donut? From sugared or sprinkled to frosted or filled, donuts are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and sweeten your day. The best part is you don’t need to fuss with frying to whip up these fun, flavorful treats at home. The Easy Baked Donut Cookbook shows you how mouthwatering–and mess-free–donuts can be right from your oven or donut maker, providing plenty of tried-and-true tricks and tasty recipes for beautifully baked donuts, donut holes, mini donuts, and more.
From sweet staples, such as Old-Fashioned Cake Donuts to creative savory bakes like Jalapeno-Cheddar Cornbread Donuts, this donut cookbook serves you dozens of delightfully simple recipes to match every craving, along with perfectly paired frostings, glazes, and toppings.
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Vegetarian Desert Cookbook
Rawesome Baking by Emily Von Euw
Make Undeniably Delicious and Eye-Catching Raw, Vegan and Gluten-Free Treats
Emily Von Euw, creator of the popular blog This Rawsome Vegan Life, makes treats that are so phenomenal and so stunning they should be considered masterpieces. Oh yeah, and they’re raw, vegan AND gluten-free. So whether you’re a vegetarian, a raw vegan or even a meat-lover just looking for something healthy, new and delicious, this book has something for you.
Emily’s popular blog won the Vegan Woman’s 2013 Vegan Food Blog Award, was named one of the Top 50 Raw Food Blogs of 2012 and is nominated for “Favorite Blog” for the 2013 VegNews Veggie Awards. Every recipe is accompanied by a photograph so you can see each brilliant sweet before you eat. Emily’s beautiful and easy-to-make recipes, like her Peppermint Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes, S’mores Cupcakes and Go-Nuts Donuts with Frosting & Fruit Sprinkles, are so tasty that you won’t even realize they’re vegan. Quite simply, Rawsome Vegan Baking will wow your taste buds and impress your friends and family with new great tastes in dessert.
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Healthy Desert Cookbook
Clean Sweets – By Arman Liew
High-protein desserts that taste great, are easy to make, and serve one or two.
Giving up dessert is no fun, so health-savvy folks have long tried to find ways to satisfy a sweet tooth. But so many Paleo-style desserts are complicated, with long lists of hard-to-find ingredients. They also often make too much of a good thing, which is almost as bad as not having it at all. Arman Liew discovered a way to have his cake and eat it too–in decadent creations that indulge the appetite and pack in the nutrients. From breakfast reinvented to no-bake treats, recipes include: Protein Peanut Butter Cups Dark Chocolate and Salted Caramel Waffles Molten Lava Cake White Chocolate Raspberry Bars
There’s no tapioca flour, coconut nectar, or xanthan gum to be found here. Make something sweet the moment the craving hits, from foods that are already in the cabinet. Add in terrific photography and this is a book every health-conscious person should have on hand.
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College Student Cookbook (Easy Cooking)
5-Ingredient College Cookbook By Pamela Ellgen
Fast, easy and healthy eating at college and ever after.
College food has developed quite the culinary “reputation.” Most students don’t have the time, money, or space to make meals like mom used to, so words like fast, cheap, and microwavable have become synonymous with college eating. But there IS a better way!
Healthy cooking expert and cookbook author Pamela Ellgen brings you the latest in college cooking with The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook–the simplest college cookbook yet. By sticking to 5 easy-to-find main ingredients per recipe, The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook makes it easier than ever for students to cook tasty, high quality, healthy food for themselves.
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Easy Frugal Cookbook By Sarah Walker Caron
It’s easier than you think to make hearty meals that are tasty, budget-friendly, and nutritious. Discover an easy cookbook that shows you how, with 100 inexpensive family recipes that use basic ingredients, and can be made in just a few steps.
This easy cookbook will help you whip up satisfying dishes like Crispy Coconut Drumsticks or Open-Face Turkey Sandwiches for everyone in the house for just $5. All it takes is the right recipe, a few tricks, and a little planning to make the most of your food budget.
Discover how versatile and flavorful cheap eating can be with an easy cookbook that offers:
Budget tricks–Recipes are sorted by estimated cost of ingredients, from $5 to $15 dollars per batch, and include tips to lower the cost of ingredients even further.Shop smart–This easy cookbook includes tips about shopping efficiently and optimizing ingredients and leftovers.Menu plan–A sample meal plan and shopping list will help simplify meal prep and save you money and time.
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The Gifting Cookbook
Antoni in The Kitchen By Mindy Fox
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! *One of Food & Wine’s Essential New Cookbooks for Fall* *One of Eater’s Best Fall Cookbooks 2019* *One of Amazon’s Best Cookbooks for Fall 2020*
Antoni Porowski, the food and wine guru on Netflix’s sensation Queer Eye, meets people where they live–literally. With appealing vulnerability, he shows cooks of all levels how to become more confident and casual in the kitchen. The verve and naturalness of his approach earned raves from Food & Wine and Bon Appétit to GQ and the New York Times, which noted his dishes prove that “sometimes simple is anything but simplistic.”
Some of the recipes in this book are weeknight healthyish meals, while others are perfect for off-the-cuff entertaining. Visual stunners, they’re often composed of fewer than five ingredients. Whether Bastardized Easy Ramen; Malaysian Chili Shrimp; Roasted Carrots with Carrot-Top Pesto; or Salty Lemon Squares, all are visual stunners and can be carried off with panache, even by beginners.
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Friends The Official Cookbook By Amanda Yee
“The ultimate Friends fan needs this ‘Friends: The Official Cookbook‘ ” – POPSUGAR
Gather your friends and prepare to say “How you doin’?” to more than 100 recipes inspired by the beloved hit sitcom. Whether you’re a seasoned chef like Monica Geller, just starting a catering business like Phoebe Buffay, or a regular old food enthusiast like Joey Tribbiani, Friends: The Official Cookbook offers a variety of recipes for chefs of all levels. From appetizers to main courses and from drinks to desserts, each chapter includes iconic treats such as Monica’s Friendsgiving Feast, Rachel’s Trifle, Just for Joey Fries, Chandler’s “Milk You Can Chew,” Phoebe’s Grandmother’s Cookies, and of course, The Moist Maker. Complete with more than seventy recipes and beautiful full-color photography, this charming cookbook is both a helpful companion for home cooks and a fun homage to the show that’s always been there for you.
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Friends Cookbook Releases Sept 22, 2020
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