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Pink Champagne Cake

January 14, 2013

> I made this delicious and festive pink champagne cake for our family’s New Year Day feast. Since I can’t drink any champagne right now, why not eat it? Good reason, I think. This cake was very simple to prepare, as it calls for a white cake mix, and the icing just makes this cake over [...]

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Pumpkin Sheet Cake

October 2, 2012

Ok, I promise this is my last pumpkin recipe for awhile. oh, who am I kidding, I am just getting started, baw-hahaha. This cake is just lovely, has a hint of pumpkin but not overwhelming at all. The moist cake and delicious cream cheese icing are a match made in heaven. Very simple cake to [...]

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Pumpkin Coconut Shrimp Curry

September 18, 2012

I have made this recipe from Wishful Chef, about 6 times now. I seriously love the flavor combinations so very much. I could eat it once a week for my whole life, it’s that kind of recipe. Every time I make it the boys say, curry again…. don’t get me wrong, they love it too, [...]

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Bacon Avocado Tomato Pasta

September 4, 2012

One of DT’s favorite sandwich is a BAT, you know, bacon, avocado, and tomatoes snug between two toasted slices of bread. So when I saw this Avocado Pasta recipe from Flourishing Foodie, ideas starting flowing. I can’t make a dinner meal with no meat, and expect my family to eat it. It just won’t do. [...]

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Roasted Cheesy Tomatoes

August 28, 2012

On our 5th wedding anniversary DT and I took a trip to Galveston and we ate at the famous Gaidos restaurant. Gaidos is a “fancy” seafood restaurant right on the beach of Galveston, the food is so delicious and so fresh! I ate the fresh tuna and DT had the fried platter and as a [...]

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Pumpkin Protein Cookies

August 21, 2012

While on my Advocare 10 day cleanse, I was having a major craving for something sweet, cookies in particular. As far as the cleanse goes, white flours and sugar are off limits! So, I had to get a little creative. I made these simple drop cookies and even incorporated the chocolate Advocare Meal Replacement shake [...]

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Flourless Squash Brownies

August 14, 2012

If you have followed my blog for any length of time, you might know I have a thing for brownies. I have no less than 5 recipes for brownies on my blog. And I am always searching for the next greatest recipe. Lately, eating healthier and wiser has been my choice, since I am trying to tighten [...]

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Greek Yogurt Cheesecake

August 7, 2012

I have completed my first Crazy Cooking Challenge, hosted by Tina at Mom’s crazy cooking. What is the crazy cooking challenge, you ask? Well, it is a large group of bloggers who are given a cooking assignment, this month’s assignment was cheesecake, then we have to find a recipe from another blogger we’d like to try, bake it, [...]

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Chip and Dip Patties

July 31, 2012

Need a quick easy dinner recipe idea, that your family will gobble up? I found this in the Rachael ray magazine and knew we would really enjoy it, plus I had all the ingredients already, I just love that about a recipe. This one only has 5 ingredients! It’s filling, healthy and a fun recipe [...]

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Red Velvet Cupcakes with Mascarpone Icing

July 17, 2012

*If you like recipes like these be sure to stop by my new E-cookbook E-licious and use code CAKES50 to get the book 50% off ,making it only $2.50 for over 45 recipes! This recipe is not new to my blog or me, in fact I posted in back in February of 2009. Yes, I’ve [...]

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Howdy, y’all! Welcome to my blog world. I am Sweet Pea, a 20-something Texas native and a newlywed…well, almost. We wed May 2006. Shortly after we were blessed with identical twins boys born November 2007.

My husband, whom I lovingly call Double Trouble (DT), owns and operates a trucking company, and we use our CB handles as our names here.

I however recently converted from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. I love the new challenges that it brings and enjoy sharing my triumphs, messes, and adventures with you. I hope you enjoy reading about our busy lives with babies, cooking, gardening, trucking, and bargain shopping.