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Happy Spring! 🌷🌸🌼💐

Taken at the @woodenshoefarm Tulip Fest in Woodburn, Oregon a few years ago. This year’s Tulip Fest starts in 5 days, and the hot air balloon rides are back!

I’m so excited for spring and looking forward to
☀️ More sunshine
💐 Spring flowers
🥕 Cooking & baking with all the delicious spring fruits & veggies
👩🏻‍🌾 Working more on my garden
⛰️ Spring hiking & other outdoor adventures

What about you?

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#spring #springtulips #tulipfestival #tulips #springtime #springflowers #traveloregon #beautifuloregon #oregonexplored #pnwonderland #oregon

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Weekend Baking: CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE 🍫☕️🍰

Three words that are yummy on their own but then amazing all together in one recipe!

Two layers of rich chocolate cake and a decadent coffee buttercream frosting make this cake perfect for chocaholics and coffee lovers.

RECIPE: tap the link in bio or Google “Urban Bliss Life Chocolate Coffee Cake” and it will be the first result.

Happy baking!

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https://urbanblisslife.com/chocolate-coffee-cake/

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⁠Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️ ⁠
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I'm looking forward to a return trip to Ireland later this Spring! In the meantime, I’ve got a lot of fun and festive recipes on the blog to help you celebrate! ⁠
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☘️ Instant Pot Irish Lamb Stew⁠
☘️ Guinness Brown Bread ⁠
⁠☘️ Instant Pot Cabbage ⁠
⁠☘️ Irish Coffee Cake⁠
⁠☘️ Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes⁠
⁠☘️ Dutch Oven Shepherd's Pie⁠
☘️ Lucky Charms Cookies ⁠
☘️ Shamrock Shake⁠
☘️ Lucky Charms Cereal Bars ⁠
☘️ Mint Oreo Truffles ⁠
⁠☘️ Green Velvet Cake ⁠
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🍺 PAIR WITH: a @Guinness of course! ⁠Sláinte!
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RECIPES ➡️ tap the link in bio, or head straight to --> https://urbanblisslife.com/category/recipes/holiday-food/st-patricks-day/⁠
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And a very Happy Friday to all!! 🎉⁠
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Happy Spring! 🌷⁠
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Longer days and warmer temperatures mean more gatherings with friends and family. I can’t wait! ⁠
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And to kick off any gathering, I’ve got a new Caprese Crostini recipe that is super easy and delicious.⁠
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• Tomatoes⁠
• Olive oil⁠
• Garlic⁠
• Mozzarella cheese⁠
• Basil⁠
• Diamond Crystal Salt Co. sea salt⁠
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🧂The sea salt makes a big difference in flavor! I use @DiamondCrystalSalt products, whether I’m baking or cooking, For this recipe, I use the new refillable Sea Salt grinders, which have California sea salt harvested from the San Francisco Bay. You can find Diamond Crystal Salt Co. products at your local Whole Foods Market, Safeway, Albertsons, on Amazon, and many more grocery stores nationwide.⁠
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👉🏼 Tap the link in bio for the full recipe. Or Google “Urban Bliss Life Caprese Crostini” and it will be the first result!⁠
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https://urbanblisslife.com/caprese-crostini/⁠
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#ad #diamondcrystalsaltco #caprese #capresecrostini #crostini #appetizers #appetizerideas #cookingathome #seasalt #appetizerrecipes #urbanblisslife #feedfeed #todayfood #pbsfood #tohfoodie ⁠

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Calling all wine-loving friends! 🍷⁠
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Did you know there's delicious Malbec wine being produced in Oregon? Have you ever had a white Malbec or sparkling Malbec?⁠
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I'm so excited to be working with the @MalbecintheCity team for a celebration of Oregon Malbec at the first event of its kind in the US!⁠ Taste Oregon Malbec from 20+ wineries, enjoy light bites, live music, and tango dancing.⁠
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🍷 Malbec in the City⁠
Sunday April 30, 2023⁠
12-1 VIP hour⁠
1-5 General admission⁠
@castawayportland
Get your VIP tickets or early bird tickets now (GA price goes up April 1): https://www.malbecinthecity.com/⁠
Proceeds benefit @OurLegacyHarvested.⁠
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Hope to see all you Oregon wine lovers at this awesome event!!⁠
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#malbecinthecitypartner #malbecinthecity #malbec #oregonmalbec #valcancellars #oregonwine #orwine #redwine #sparklingwine #whitemalbec #oregonwinecountry #pdxwine #pdxevents #inpdx #portlandoregon #portlandwine #malbecwine #lovemalbec #winewednesday #wineblog #wineblogger #winewriter #winebottles #winephotography

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AD: When you need a delicious appetizer that’s a true crowd pleaser, make this Taco Dip with Ground Beef! It’s super creamy, flavorful, and oh so satisfying. For this easy one-pan recipe you’ll need:

🥩 Ground beef

🧄 Garlic

🧅 Onions

🍅 Tomatoes

🌶 Taco seasoning

🧀 Shredded cheese + cream cheese

🌱 Cilantro

The result is a chunky, rich dip that’s absolutely irresistible! I recently stocked up on some #OpenNature 100% grass fed ground beef from my local @Safeway . I love how Open Nature® beef is raised in the USA and is always free from antibiotics and added hormones. All Open Nature products are high quality and from more than 100 unnecessary additives, such as artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives. Makes whipping up better-for-you quick snacks, apps, sides, and main dishes super easy!

🍷 PAIR WITH: a Grenache or Tempranillo. Just like with ground beef tacos, you’ll want to pair this ground beef taco dip with a medium- to full-bodied red wine with high tannins and refreshing acidity.

🌮 SERVE WITH: tortilla chips, or make a Taco Bowl by spooning the dip over fluffy rice and adding your fave veggies. You can also use it as burrito filling or top a pile of chips to make nachos!

RECIPE → the full recipe is on the blog. Google “Urban Bliss Life Taco Dip” and it will be the first result!

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Weekend Baking: Green Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting ⁠
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☘️ This vibrant, soft, velvety Green Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is perfect for so many occasions! Bake this for a St. Patrick's Day cake, Easter cake, or any-day-of-the-week cake!⁠
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Tap the link in my bio for the recipe with step-by-step photos and baking tips. ⁠
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https://urbanblisslife.com/best-cream-cheese-frosting

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Brrrr! ☃️❄️☔️⁠
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This week has been SO dang cold in the Pacific NW. I'm one of those people who is always freezing. I can never get warm enough. In my world, it's always soup season (anyone else??). ⁠
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Between the cold and it being the week of St. Patrick's Day, it's a fine time to make this Instant Pot Beef Stew. The good ol' electric pressure cooker helps fast track dinner so it's on the table in about 40 minutes. ⁠
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We all know how expensive food (and everything!!) has gotten these days, and one of the things I love about this recipe is that it contains a lot of food you can buy in bulk. ⁠
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@Costco and bulk stores like Costco are a grocery-buying-girl's best friend these days, and for this recipe, you can find most of what you need in bulk:⁠
🥩beef⁠
🥔 potatoes ⁠
🥕 carrots⁠
💚 frozen peas ⁠
🫙 beef broth ⁠
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🍷 PAIR WITH: a big, full-bodied, brooding red wine like a Cabernet Sauvignon.⁠
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🥗 SERVE WITH: crusty bread, a side salad, a side of Air Fryer Broccoli, and since it's a Saturday night, maybe a little more wine in your glass while you're cooking.⁠
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👉🏼 RECIPE: Tap the link in bio or head straight to --> https://www.urbanblisslife.com/instant-pot-beef-stew/

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If you grew up eating Lucky Charms for breakfast and then again after you let yourself into your house after school with your own key because both of your parents were working and back then only rich people had nannies or your 13-year-old babysitter wasn't out yet from middle school, you might just be a Gen X kid (we rule!).⁠
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Now we're adult-ish, drinking green smoothies for breakfast and apples with almond butter for snacks, but then when we want fun, festive, cheat day sort of holiday treats we go ALL IN on the sugar bombs of yesteryear. ⁠
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Like these awesome Lucky Charms Cereal Bars. When my kids were little, I used to make treats like these with the kids because "it's for the kids!" but I'm pretty sure my husband and I still ate most of them. Because otherwise, when would we ever eat Lucky Charms cereal these days? Never, that's when. ⁠
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So make these easy peasy cereal bars for the weekend or St Patrick's Day. It's for the kids, dude. And if you don't have kids, say they're for someone else's kids and then just eat them all on your own. Adults can do that.⁠
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Tap the link in my bio, then tap this photo on that page for the recipe. Or Google "UrbanBlissLife Lucky Charms Bars" and it will be the first result.⁠
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Happy Friday, IG friends!! 🎉⁠
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https://urbanblisslife.com/lucky-charms-cereal-bars/

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I have a friend who loves potatoes. I mean, LOVES them. So very much. Every time I make potatoes, or create a new potato recipe, I think of her. ⁠
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Maybe she's reading this and wondering, "is she writing about me?" ⁠
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Yes, I am, Heather. ⁠
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So I would call these Potatoes I Would Make For Heather, but because that's not a very SEO-friendly title (fellow bloggers, ya feel my pain on this, right?), I've instead titled them: Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes.⁠
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Do not be turned off by the boring title: these potatoes are NOT boring! They are super duper creamy and buttery and so delicious. Heather, you would love them, but so would all of you who are not Heather. And there are more of you than her, so I guess that's another logical reason to give them this title. ⁠
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St. Patrick's Day is coming up and we're all going to be wanting to make potatoes. Just sayin'. If you like creamy mashed potatoes, this is the recipe for you!⁠
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Tap the link in bio, then tap this photo on that page to get to the recipe. Or Google "Urban Bliss Life Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes" and it will be the first result!⁠
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https://urbanblisslife.com/instant-pot-garlic-mashed-potatoes/

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One of my Whys is in this photo. ⁠
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This beautiful little girl who is no longer so little and who stands firmly on her own two amazingly capable feet now. But I will always be her mom, lifting her up whenever she needs me, helping her see her strengths when she cannot see them for herself.⁠
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Another why: because being a girl was the one and only reason I was told I wasn’t allowed to skip a grade even though I was four grades ahead in some subjects…⁠
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And because of the teacher who told me my writing was good, but it would never be as recognized as a man’s… ⁠
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And because of the man who told me it didn't matter how hard I worked, because I would eventually just need to stay home with my babies, so I should enjoy my "little job" and not work so hard...⁠
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And because of the women who told me they never grew up thinking they were capable of doing more. Because they were girls. The ones who cried with me during the most amazing highs and the most challenging lows that we shared as mom entrepreneurs, together, juggling it all. Many, on their own. ⁠
But they were never alone. And I was never alone. We will always have each other. ⁠
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Strong women lift each other up, not tear each other down. ⁠
Strong women cheer each other on and celebrate the highs, from the mundane to the holy shit, I did that! moments. We show up for each other every. damn. day. regardless.⁠
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Let's be clear: ALL women are strong women. And it’s our job to help each other find that strength, to nurture it with constant support and encouragement.⁠
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We never stop, because the world we live in is not yet in a place where encouragement and support is the norm. Because there are women who do not believe they can, who have been told over and over that they cannot. ⁠
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On this International Women’s Day, let’s continue to do the work, show up for each other, and help all women see that they are strong women, that yes they absofuckinglutely can, and cheer them on every step of the way. ⁠
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📷 by the ever amazingly talented @AmyMcMullen ❤️⁠
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