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I am SUPER excited to talk about a product that has changed my life over the last couple of months.  Living on my own is not always cupcakes and sunshines.  What am I speaking of in particular??  ..... breakfast .....  Don't get me wrongI love eating it, in fact, I look forward to it every morning. It's my favorite meal :)  But what I hate most about it is making it myself.... I'm LAZY...I know.... But what I am about to introduce to you has definitely made my morning routine a whole lot easier.

Honey. Chocolate. Oatmeal. Raisin.

Everyday morning at work, I search through my red tea bowl ( it was a gorgeous Valentine's Day flower arrangement from my boyfriend but over time all the flowers wilted and died.... ]: ) of "assorted" green tea bags for my early morning caffeine fix.  I say its assorted but there are really only like two choices of tea: Numi Jasmine Green Tea and Mighty Leaf Tropical Green Tea.... I tend gravitate the jasmine green tea as it's the least bitter of two and it gives a delicate flowery after taste which I really enjoy.  But, today, I noticed a new tea bag towards the bottom of the bowl.  Excited, I give it a try.  My first sip and all I can think is: BITTER. SUPER BITTER. Its the one taste I can not handle. Its the sole reason why I can't drink coffee without A TON of sugar.  Luckily, I was find a small bottle of honey in the break room.  I squeezed just a little for taste and then a little bit more because I forgot how absolutely delicious honey.  I remember I used to eat it by itself by the spoonful with I was an itty bitty.  

Chocolate meet vanilla.

I guess it was just one of them days...... :D

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE with VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

My first time frosting with a piping bag.  If you tilt your head 15 degrees to the left...and maybe squint your right eye just a tad, you will see that they all kind of look the same.....

Lemon. Lemon. And more lemon...with just a hint of vanilla.

Last week, I was gifted with a lemons.  Hand picked the night before.  :)  What's a girl to do with a whole bag of lemons straight off the tree? BAKE OF COURSE.  Let me introduce to you....

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my VANILLA CUPCAKE with a LEMON CURD FILLING and LEMON BUTTERCREAM FROSTING. 

I initially planned to make a simple vanilla cupcake with a lemon buttercream frosting.  But when I took them out of the oven, I thought they looked a little bit plain.  And then lemon curd was born.  

Vanilla cupcake with lemon curd? Or eggs...sunny side up....

M&M Blondies. Looks like a cookie but tastes like a brownie.

I was cleaning out my pantry and hidden ALLLLL the way in the back, behind my boxes of cereal was a GIANT box full of M&Ms.  Okay, well, not THAT giant, just a Costco sized box of individually packaged M&Ms.  Although I do LOVE M&Ms eating them straight out of the bags seemed a bit overwhelming (talk about M&M overload...), I decided to take a few packs and make some M&M Blondies.  M&Ms? Yumm.  Blonde brownies? YUMM. Blonde brownies with M&Ms? That is heaven.....

All the ingredients mixed together. Doesn't the batter remind you of a rainbow?? :)