Three Years of Deliciousness mark the end of 2011!

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Wow, it’s been three years for ‘la bella vita’ as of this past October, and here we are once again at the end of another year!  Time truly does pass by quickly, doesn’t it?  I know that all of us in the blogging world enjoy looking back at our original blog posts and seeing how our {Read More}

Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix ~ ~ Secret Recipe Club!

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What would Christmas and winter be without a hot, frothy mug of hot chocolate to warm us up inside!  I just cannot imagine it!  Growing up in the cold Midwest, we always enjoyed hot chocolate after being outside sledding, building snowmen, or snow forts to protect us in snow ball fights!  As a child, that {Read More}

Cooking Gifts for Aspiring Cooks in My Family!

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I‘ve just found some time for Christmas gift-making and shopping!  My life has just been a whirlwind of over-busyness and I’m focusing on a holiday season filled with as little stress as possible!  One great way for me to decrease the normal levels of stress experienced at this time is to keep our gift-giving expenses {Read More}