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Jodi Gillespie
- Jul 3, 2018
- 4 min
One of the sweetest gifts.....
(Nannie's Ice Cream Cookies)
It's funny how a simple thing, such as a cookie, can bring a flood of wonderful memories back to us as adults. These amazing cookies always bring back fond memories from my childhood. Particularly harvest. Nannie (my dad's mother, Ina Jean) would always make these during wheat harvest to send in meals to the field. The recipe calls for lemon extract, but of course I use Lemon Vitality Essential Oil. You can add a little, or more if you want them to be more "lemony". It also c
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Jodi Gillespie
- May 30, 2018
- 2 min
The BEST Scratch Peppermint Brownies EVER!!
I LOVE chewy, gooey brownies....like the family size Pillsbury box ones......but I dislike having to make anything from a box. I always wonder just exactly WHAT is in that box??? Plus most things from a box are loaded with preservatives and sodium. So.....I make almost EVERYTHING from scratch. {{When I say almost everything, the only thing I haven’t found a scratch recipe for that I like, is Pillsbury white cake mix. This box makes THE BEST birthday cake....after I doctor it
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Jodi Gillespie
- May 26, 2018
- 3 min
So why is my hashtag A Pinch of Chaos????
My life is full of love, joy, laughter...and a pinch of chaos. Here's why...
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Jodi Gillespie
- Apr 23, 2018
- 5 min
Where do I even begin......
I have tossed ideas back and forth, time and time again over the past year, but I have yet to write my first blog. What do I say? How do I say it? How much information do I give out? Do I lay it all out? Do I only share a little? Do I really want to commit to this?????......so.......if I don’t just blurb out something, this super awesome blog from all these ideas in my head will never manifest into the fabulous bit of fun I think it will be!! Since falling in love with Young
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