Recent Eats and Yummy Treats

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As soon as it snows it is officially pancake season! Yay!
Oh wait.... It is ALWAYS pancake season!

Triple yay!

Just looking at pictures of pancakes makes me want some!
Look:

Topped with some melty peanut butter and Tastefully Simple blueberry burgundy jam. Oh the benefits of living with a consultant! Whoever thought it was a good idea to combine blueberries and burgundy wine is a complete genius! Get. It.
I ate half this jar for research purposes only!

*cough*

moving on....


Whole Foods dinner.....

What is it with shopping for food that makes me too tired to cook? So I didn't even try to fight. Stuffed faux turkey with olive oil mashed potato and faro stuffing. Oh that farro stuffing is so creamy and delicious.


steamy

That fabulous Italian store Merante Brothers Market in Washington county  still sells the sundried tomato risotto. And my family was nice enough to bring me some when they went there. What sweeties! I made some for lunch today with spinach. It needed something "fresh" to health it up.



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