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Breakfast is a struggle for me. I want coffee followed by more coffee. Food is good but I want a huge glass of water, maybe a smoothie and yes, more coffee. I’ll often take a banana to go and I can always eat peanut butter (or almond butter, cashew butter, etc).
This recipe idea came to me when a (hot) cappuccino I'd been drinking was left alone and turned cold. I threw it into the blender with these other breakfast items and now I give you the Daybreak Smoothie. Coffee is included and encouraged, although not necessary! 
Daybreak Smoothie made with banana, yogurt, nut butter, espresso, soy milk, and cocoa nibs - YUM.
Cookies are my favorite sweet treat. I love them all, Girl Scout cookies, grocery store cookies, and freshly baked cookies alike. I do not, however, love to bake.
Over the years I've learned that I CAN bake, I just have to do a few things to prepare.
Honey-Roasted Peanut Butter Cookies from the Fearless Baker Cookbook
While summer is always and forever my favorite season I've recently been forcing myself to embrace fall. Spending more time indoors, enjoying warm and comforting foods, drinking hot coffee and tea, snuggling up with soft blankets, and Halloween are my favorite parts of this season. Yesterday I threw a baby shower at my house and, rather than grilling and relaxing in the backyard as we did all summer, the party remained indoors while hot dishes and crock pots were scattered around the kitchen and dining room.
I knew that Buffalo Chicken Dip would be a crowd favorite and I was right! Buffalo chicken dip is an old favorite of mine. It's one of the most popular recipes (and funniest stories) on my previous blog Aloha Yinz Mangia. While I haven't talked about it much I actually quit eating meat last summer. (To clarify: I don't eat meat or poultry while I do eat seafood, dairy, and eggs. This classifies me as a Pescatarian.) Overall the transition from being a meat eater into the world without it has been so much easier than I expected. Every so often a favorite meal or recipe will come along and really stump me. How would I recreate buffalo chicken dip without chicken? To make the recipe with out chicken would leave hot sauce, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and blue cheese dressing which seems a bit too rich for my liking. Replacing the chicken with shrimp also didn't seem right. I got creative with a buffalo hummus with blue cheese crumbles that was delicious and totally different! The two buffalo dips were served simultaneously with dipping options including rainbow carrots, celery, crackers, and little baguette toasts. 
Tried It posts recap my journey with a food or product I've never used before.
I test it out and share the results with you.
About two months ago I finally bought Trader Joe's Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend. Several of my food-loving friends had recommended it to me in recent months. As an everything bagel lover I'm not sure why I hesitated to try this, but I did. The short story is that it's a great blend of flavors that tastes great on just about everything.
Below I'll tell you all about this treasure, what I tried it with, answer some questions, and share my favorite way to use it {recipe} Everything but the Bagel Fried Eggs. 
Day 1 with Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend
Maybe you're feeling emotional or overjoyed because you've just sent your kids back to school. Maybe you can't wait to do so next week. Maybe you want to celebrate Thirsty Thursday (today!) or Labor Day Weekend. Maybe you have a watermelon that you don't know what to do with, like I did. Maybe you're reading this and have just decided for no reason at all that you can't live without a watermelon cocktail for another minute!
No matter the reason you will surely enjoy this cool beverage. It feels so adult-ish to make a cocktail with real fruit, doesn't it? 
While I love, love, love this Cool Watermelon and Cucumber Salad I've had it too much lately. There was one watermelon remaining from a Costco two-pack and I didn't know what to do with it. HELLO ANG, mix it with booze!
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Hello, I'm Angela.Figs and Flights is all about traveling near and far & eating great food both at home and away. 
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