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Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸 🎉 🥂

Chocolate and Orange Bundt Cake with Orange Icing 🍊🍫 Chocolate and Orange is a combination I didn’t find synonymous with Christmas until my first holiday season spent with my now husband, Mr. Herbs. His mother had a tradition of putting them in theirs stockings. That first year I was shocked to not only receive a stocking, but also a chocolate orange! I had no idea what it was or how to even open it. Baking this lovely bundt brought back all those memories as the house was flooded with that distinctly rich smell of citrus and cocoa. Swipe for recipe! The recipe for the pinecones is a few posts back! 🥰

I dehydrated my and now I’ve got to take the next step to string it for garland. I’ve never done this garland before, so I’m excited and nervous. I will (hopefully) have it hanging on the mantle. If I have extra, I’ll have to find a creative place to use it. If you have any insider tips on stringing the fruit, please feel free to share them with me. I love all of the citrus garland you all are doing! I hope you are having a beautiful week!

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Watermelon and feta. If you’ve never tried it...it’s time.

The first time I had this combo, I was living in Turkey, I thought it was a weird combination, BUT IT IS AMAZING!!! A few limes and fresh mint...you’re ready to rock and roll people!!

Don’t make this salad and store it for a long time; the watermelon will get soggy. Make it and serve immediately.


5 cups watermelon (the small seedless watermelon)
1 (8oz) block of feta cheese
Chopped mint (about 10-15 leaves)
2 limes
Pinch of coarse salt

Chill the whole watermelon for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator. Then, chop the watermelon and place it into a large mixing bowl. Chop feta cheese into small squares, and add to watermelon. Add mint and lime, and slightly mix. Serve cold and top with coarse salt.
Enjoy!!



📷 reposted from . Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe, perfect for this upcoming holiday ❤️💯🎉

The simple combination of pineapples, mangos, and clementines with some Greek yogurt and a scoop of your favorite vanilla protein powder creates a fabulous tropical smoothie full of vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants. It’s a healthy, delicious way to start your day!

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Strawberry grapefruit mini cheesecakes using 🍰

It's grapefruit season yall! and I just knew I had to use them in a dessert. I decided on cute mini cheesecakes 🍰 If you want to make some no-bake mini cheesecakes of your own, follow this recipe below👇🏼

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pans with cupcake liners.

2. Put two 8-ounce packs of Philadelphia cream cheese in a bowl and mix until smooth with an electric mixer.

3. Add 1/2 cup of sugar to the bowl and 1/2 tbsp. of vanilla extract and mix. Then add one egg at a time and mix until well combined.

4. Divide the mixture into the cupcake pans and leave in the oven for ~15 minutes.

5. Chill the cheesecakes in the refrigerator for 3–4 hours, or until stiff. Add strawberries and grapefruits, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and remove cupcake linings (if you want) before serving.

That’s it!

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Thinking about buying Meyer Lemon Tree? Read the latest review by Robert R.

★★★★★ Great Trees Robert R.: I ordered a Meyer lemon tree and a lime tree. Both arrived in perfect condition and have been thriving ever since. The lemon has blossoms and new growth. Great trees.

It’s Thanksgiving time which means it’s insane travel time. For the past decade +, we have traveled back to Cleveland to be with family. Previously, traveling from Michigan to Ohio was no big deal. A three-hour car ride on the I-80 turnpike or a leisurely drive on Route 2 for more scenery (minus the nuclear power plant we have to drive past). Now, our journey takes an entire day to get from SoCal to Cleveland. Get up early, deal with airport insanity, pray our flight is not delayed out of LAX or we will miss our connection, and then shoehorn into a plane for seven hours. Oh, and then there is the hour-long commute from Hopkins to the East Side to finally reach our destination. Oy! Don’t get me wrong. I love my family and look forward to seeing them so the rigmarole is worth it. I just sometimes wish we were all heading somewhere tropical for Thanksgiving. Turkey in Turks and Caicos, anyone? No? Ah well…to the Midwest I go! Cheers!

Tropical Thanksgiving Cocktail

1oz Tiki Lovers Dark Rum
1oz Tiki Lovers White Rum
3/4oz Chinola Passion Fruit Liqueur
1/2oz BG Reynolds Honey Mix
1/4oz Falernum
3 Dashes Bittermens Elemakule Tiki Bitters
1/2oz Lime Juice
US Citrus Kaffir Lime Leaves
Mint

Add lime and mint to a cocktail shaker with lime juice. Middle to express oils and aromatics. Add the rest of the ingredients to the shaker with ice. Shake for 15-20 seconds. Fine strain into goblet over pebble ice. Garnish with kaffir lime leaves.

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TLDR: would you judge a date over their Uber rating?
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Okay, now on to today's story. When I’ve interviewed people about the messages they send on the apps, about half said they always try to reference something from the person’s profile to start a conversation. I take the same approach, which means that I usually don’t swipe right on uninspired profiles.
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One of the first Hinge messages I sent years ago asked the guy what his Uber rating was, because his profile responded to the profile prompt “I flip out over..” with “My Uber rating. Seriously, what is it even based on?!” I also shared what mine was - a paltry 4.78 at the time. (I swear I’m a delightful passenger! I just checked and it’s gone up to 4.88, thankfully.)
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His rating was a 4.82, so it turned out I gave him a little boost 😅 we had great text banter that translated to a great couple of dates. Anyway, just like our Uber ratings weren’t as high as we thought they should be, this drink didn’t showcase the beautiful purple color of the Ume liquor the way I intended. But the flavor was still 5/5.
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"Umer Rating"
1.5 oz tequila blanco - I used tequilapartida
1 oz plum liqueur - drinkume
0.75 oz lime-strength grapefruit juice - grapefruit from & recipe from vinepair
2 TBS aquafaba
Do a dry shake with all ingredients for 30 seconds. Add ice and shake for about a minute, or longer if you want to get more foamy action. Strain into a chilled glass with a salt strip, and garnish with dehydrated grapefruit slices - these are from thecocktailgarnish
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If you’re on the apps, do you usually try to comment on something the person wrote in their profile? Do you also get angry over the seeming subjective injustice of Uber ratings? Tell me below 👇🏻
The tequila, liqueur, and juice were all kindly provided by the brands.

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I prefer my cocktails a little on the sweeter side, so I softened the Autumn Wind with a little splash of Orgeat, and YUMMM! Cheers, friends!

Happy Thanksgiving to all, wherever you’re celebrating. And if you’re not, remember some reasons you’re thankful and raise a glass. Same thing. 😏 Cheers!

Gentle Autumn Wind:
• 1/2 oz. White
Tequila
• 1/2 oz. Falernum
• 1/2 oz. Fresh lime
• 1/2 oz. Orgeat
•1 1/2 oz Black Rum

Shake the first 4 with ice.

Strain over chipped or pebble ice in a fun tiki glass 🐲.
Top with the black rum float, rim the glass with lime and garnish with a slice of lime , sip and enjoy!



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Is it just me or do you do this too!? Whenever I put furniture together, the first thing I do is throw away the instructions—because that’s what my uncles did when I was growing up in Pakistan. 🤣 It’s the fun part until I am like ‘oh my god this is a piece of s**t furniture isn’t built right!’ Then I’m like ‘maybe 🤔 I should have followed directions.’ I look for the instructions—two or three drinks later. Then of course my husband laugh at me. Yeah imagine now putting furniture together, intoxicated, and no instructions with this unbending ego: I know what I’m doing is right! And then having to undo everything… 😵‍💫

Mexican Mule


Lime juice
Ginger beer




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🍊 Adult Orange Creamsicle 🍊

2oz Shadow Ridge Light Rum
1 peeled US Citrus Clementine
1/2oz Cointreau
1/2oz Liquor 43 Honey Liqueur
1/4oz RG Reynolds Falernum
I Bar Spoon Loyal Oils Orange Creamsicle Tincture
Splash of Half & Half or Cream
1/2 Slice US Citrus Clementine for garnish
Cocktail Vision Vanilla Rim Lick and Honey Powder for rim of glass

Prep glass rim by dipping in rim lick to coat then sprinkling with honey powers. Set glass in fridge to set.

In a mixing glass, add peeled and sectioned clementine with honey liqueur. Muddle until clementine sections are broken down. Add all ingredients to Beast Blender small vessel or use whatever blender you have. Add ice. Blend until creamy. Pour into prepped glass. Garnish.

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Happy Tuesday

Here's a delicious Lemon Cream Cheese Bundt Cake recipe for you to try perfect for this coming Thanksgiving 😍

Ingredients:
For the Cake:
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons lemon zest (from about 2 lemons)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
For the Cream Cheese Filling:
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon lemon zest
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
For the Lemon Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 325°F (163°C) and grease and flour a 10-12 cup Bundt cake pan.

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, which should take about 2-3 minutes.

Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternating with the sour cream. Begin and end with the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
Stir in the lemon zest and lemon juice.

In another bowl, prepare the cream cheese filling. Beat the softened cream cheese, granulated sugar, egg, lemon zest, and lemon juice until smooth.

Pour half of the lemon cake batter into the prepared Bundt pan.

Spoon the cream cheese filling over the cake batter, keeping it away from the edges.

Carefully add the remaining cake batter over the cream cheese filling.

Use a butter knife or a skewer to gently swirl the cream cheese filling and cake batter together for a marbled effect. Be careful not to overmix.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.

Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 15-20 minutes, then invert it onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Once the cake is completely cooled, make the lemon glaze. Whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice until you achieve your desired consistency. Drizzle the glaze over the cake.

Slice and serve your delicious Lemon Cream Cheese Bundt Cake. Enjoy!

This cake is perfect for special occasions or a delightful treat any time of the year