Recipes for food, travel, and life
There’s really nothing clever I can say about summer salads that hasn’t already been said before. It’s a million degrees outside. Do yourself a favor and ignore the oven for a few more weeks. This beauty can be made with a bit of quick prep and a short trip to the grill.
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Raise your hand if your garden is chock-full of jalapenos this summer and you’re running out of ideas to use them. Now, raise your hand if you don’t keep a garden, but always have a jalapeno or two bouncing around the bottom of your crisper drawer just begging to be used. Thankfully, this recipe for Buttermilk Jalapeno Ranch Dressing should sort both groups out. It blends up in 5 minutes or less and is a delicious upgrade to the classic creamy salad staple.
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![He had never had any money for candy with the Dursleys, and now that he had pockets rattling with gold and silver he was ready to buy as many Mars Bars as he could carry — but the woman didn’t have Mars Bars. What she did have were Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life. […]
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“What are these?” Harry asked Ron, holding up a pack of Chocolate Frogs. “They’re not really frogs, are they?” He was starting to feel that nothing would surprise him. “No,” said Ron. “But see what the card is. I’m missing Agrippa.” “What?” “Oh, of course, you wouldn’t know — Chocolate Frogs have cards inside them, you know, to collect — famous witches and wizards. I’ve got about five hundred, but I haven’t got Agrippa or Ptolemy.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
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In celebration of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling's birthdays on July 31st (today!) I've been nerding out with Harry Potter content all month long!
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I'm finishing Harry Potter July this year with a favorite treat introduced in the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry and his new friend Ron Weasley bond while eating through the Chocolate Frogs and other wizarding candy on the Hogwarts Express while on their way to their first year at Hogwarts.
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It's one of my favorite moments from the series because you realize that Harry finally has the opportunity to forge the love and friendship that was lacking in his first 11 years with the Dursleys. It also happens to be a delicious reason to eat a little extra chocolate today!
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GET THE RECIPE:
https://whipandwander.com/chocolate-frogs/ (or in the clickable link in profile!)⬆️](http://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/cb568a4a5419cf3ee8c87d883a0da5e9/5DEFC0EB/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440/s640x640/67616614_342397769995750_7157107941536381149_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com "He had never had any money for candy with the Dursleys, and now that he had pockets rattling with gold and silver he was ready to buy as many Mars Bars as he could carry — but the woman didn’t have Mars Bars. What she did have were Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life. […]
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“What are these?” Harry asked Ron, holding up a pack of Chocolate Frogs. “They’re not really frogs, are they?” He was starting to feel that nothing would surprise him. “No,” said Ron. “But see what the card is. I’m missing Agrippa.” “What?” “Oh, of course, you wouldn’t know — Chocolate Frogs have cards inside them, you know, to collect — famous witches and wizards. I’ve got about five hundred, but I haven’t got Agrippa or Ptolemy.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
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In celebration of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling's birthdays on July 31st (today!) I've been nerding out with Harry Potter content all month long!
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I'm finishing Harry Potter July this year with a favorite treat introduced in the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry and his new friend Ron Weasley bond while eating through the Chocolate Frogs and other wizarding candy on the Hogwarts Express while on their way to their first year at Hogwarts.
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It's one of my favorite moments from the series because you realize that Harry finally has the opportunity to forge the love and friendship that was lacking in his first 11 years with the Dursleys. It also happens to be a delicious reason to eat a little extra chocolate today!
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GET THE RECIPE:
https://whipandwander.com/chocolate-frogs/ (or in the clickable link in profile!)⬆️")
![“It’s all right,” he said. “I haven’t done anything to them. It’s the custard creams you’ve got to watch–” Neville, who had just bitten into a custard cream, choked and spat it out. Fred laughed. “Just my little joke, Neville…” […] Just then, Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary. “Oh– sorry, Neville!” Fred shouted over all the laughter. “I forgot — it was the custard creams we hexed–” Within a minute, however, Neville had molted, and once his feathers had fallen off, he reappeared looking entirely normal.” He even joined in the laughing. “Canary Creams!” Fred shouted to the excitable crowd. “George and I invented them– seven Sickles each, a bargain!” – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Weasleys’ Canary Creams made their first appearance in Harry’s 4th year during the Tri-Wizard Tournament when Fred gave Neville a hexed custard cream that temporarily turned him into a large canary.
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Though no harm was done, Fred and George’s classmates began to think twice before accepting food from either of them because it was likely hexed in some way.
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Though these biscuits won't turn you into a large canary, I decided to really lean into that description when creating my version. My bird-shaped biscuits use a gluten-free, refined sugar-free lemon shortbread biscuit filled with a smooth and fluffy lemon cream cheese buttercream filling. They're the biscuit version of a really fancy buttercream cupcake with a little Harry Potter flair.
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In celebration of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling's birthdays on July 31st, I'm nerding out with Harry Potter content all month long!
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GET THE RECIPE:
https://whipandwander.com/weasleys-canary-creams/ (or in the clickable link above!) ⬆️](http://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/318c2a083a686dcf079cfbadd5d9d9d0/5E0CE6A5/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440/s640x640/66305705_432589734136026_4959525211808393761_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com "“It’s all right,” he said. “I haven’t done anything to them. It’s the custard creams you’ve got to watch–” Neville, who had just bitten into a custard cream, choked and spat it out. Fred laughed. “Just my little joke, Neville…” […] Just then, Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary. “Oh– sorry, Neville!” Fred shouted over all the laughter. “I forgot — it was the custard creams we hexed–” Within a minute, however, Neville had molted, and once his feathers had fallen off, he reappeared looking entirely normal.” He even joined in the laughing. “Canary Creams!” Fred shouted to the excitable crowd. “George and I invented them– seven Sickles each, a bargain!” – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Weasleys’ Canary Creams made their first appearance in Harry’s 4th year during the Tri-Wizard Tournament when Fred gave Neville a hexed custard cream that temporarily turned him into a large canary.
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Though no harm was done, Fred and George’s classmates began to think twice before accepting food from either of them because it was likely hexed in some way.
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Though these biscuits won't turn you into a large canary, I decided to really lean into that description when creating my version. My bird-shaped biscuits use a gluten-free, refined sugar-free lemon shortbread biscuit filled with a smooth and fluffy lemon cream cheese buttercream filling. They're the biscuit version of a really fancy buttercream cupcake with a little Harry Potter flair.
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In celebration of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling's birthdays on July 31st, I'm nerding out with Harry Potter content all month long!
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GET THE RECIPE:
https://whipandwander.com/weasleys-canary-creams/ (or in the clickable link above!) ⬆️")