Easy Homemade Dutch Oven Bread Recipe

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN TASTY HOMEMADE BREAD, EASILY AND CHEAPLY

While making your own bread is easy, over time I’ve found that many people are simply intimidated by the seemingly complex and work-intensive process of making bread. I was soooo intimidated!!!! But this couldn’t be further from the truth. The reality is, bread is quite easy to make at home, and you only need a few staple ingredients to make a gorgeous dutch loaf! Here’s exactly how to make a delicious loaf at home from scratch!!! I did not invent the recipe. I use Jordan Kenna’s recipe from, Tasty Team! I do cut a lot of the salt out that her recipe calls for though.

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The Best GPS Dog Tracker To Keep Your Pup Safe And Active In 2020

I've been interested in getting GPS collars for Melvin + Henry for quite some time now. Yes, they are almost always leashed, but I still worry about what would happen if boys somehow got away from me while we were walking. They both have a bit of Houdini tendencies! While hugely improved after the extensive training they had in Colorado…they still do not have a reliable recall. And of course with me being overly anxious about them I often think about every horrible scenario that could happen. What if we had a car wreck and they got scared and ran from the scene? What if I fall on a walk and twist my ankle and they both get away from me? What if someone steals them from my car? What if aliens come down and abduct them while we are sleeping?! LOL! But seriously!! I worry about these kinds of things constantly.

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The Art of Staying In With Slowdown Studio

I discovered Slowdown Studio while Christmas shopping for Lin and ohhhh man, it’s absolute love at first sight!!!!!! Like crazy love..the kind of love that knocks you off of your feet!!!!

Slowdown Studio is the brainchild of Los Angeles-based designer Marc Hendrick. Discovering emerging and established artists from across the globe, collaboration is at the heart of Slowdown Studio. The modern lifestyle brand celebrates individuality and artistry, and the result is a collection of living, breathing works of art that are both functional and beautiful. Slowdown Studio invites you to embrace the slower moments in life.

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Cozy With Alora Ambiance

So people have different love languages!!! And the five established love languages are: Words of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts of Service, Quality Time, and Physical Touch. Well, the other day, a friend of mine was joking around, saying that my personal love language is coziness. Being cozy. Feeling cozy. Having someone engage in cozy activities with me. Not having someone ask me to get outside of my cozy comfort zone.

Yes, it is sooooooo true. These are all things that make me feel safe and loved!!!! Total introverted extrovert!!!

I’d rather be cocooned in a blanket on the couch with my puppies than out drinking cocktails with people-even my friends!!!

Part of this curation of coziness, for me, relies heavily on the use of candles and diffusers. Fragrance really…it’s everything!!!

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Galette des Rois: A Sweet French Tradition

You thought the French food fest was over now that Christmas and New Year’s Eve was behind us? Think again. With the arrival of January comes a national obsession with the galette des rois – the “king cake.”

If you’re in France, you’ve probably noticed this scrumptious-looking cake, usually topped with a golden paper crown, in your local boulangerie (bakery), pâtisserie (pastry shop), or supermarché (supermarket) since mid-December. It’s flaky, sweet and best served when warm, straight out of the oven.

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Meet The Maker: Nordic Holiday With Nordstjerne

We wish we could keep our Christmas tree and holiday decor up year-round. No room will ever feel cozier than when it’s filled with glitter, twinkling lights and of course, a decorated tree with beautiful ornaments. There’s something about having twinkly lights on in the evenings that makes us extraordinarily reluctant to leave this one piece of Christmas behind. But I went ahead and packed up holiday 2019! It takes a few days as we do quite a bit but yesterday Lin put the very last box of ornaments in our storage basement. They are just soooo beautiful! And who knows..I might even do something fun with some of them for Valentine’s Day! Our ornaments came from Nordstjerne this year and will now forever be apart of every Ruble-Bacon holiday!!!

Nordstjerne designs home accessories which combines functionality with a hint of dekadence. They are greatly inspired by the rawness of the Scandinavian and Nordic landscapes and They wish to bring that unique feeling indoor with Nordstjerne’s simple yet elegant items that can fit any interior.

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Hello New Year + New Decade //Costa Mesa-Laguna Travel Diary Featuring McGee & Co.

Happy 2020 everyone!!!

My friend Katie and I have a little mantra for the new year and it’s to make everything pretty! And I plan to stick to it making everything pretty around me…starting with my condo entryway.

Today’s feature is all about McGee & Co. who makes everything look pretty too so it is very fitting to introduce you to them today!

Studio McGee was created in a spare bedroom with lots of big ideas and no room for fabric samples. After many late nights of brainstorming and collaboration, husband and wife team, Syd and Shea McGee decided to take what was a small business for a stay-at-home mom and turn it into something much more. After graduating with a degree in Public Relations, Shea realized that what she really wanted to do was design. A few semesters into design school, her bright and clean aesthetic had attracted a waiting list of clients and no idea how to handle the workload.

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Simple Rustic Pear Galette Recipe

This time of year, people tend to be more excited about sweet treats and less strict about their healthy eating habits. Since my new love language is baking, obviously I’ll be baking for the people I love. It is the tastiest time of the year after all! Lin’s sister sent us the incredible Harry + David pears so I made a delish easy rustic pear galette. Weighing in at around a full pound apiece, the Royal Riviera® Cream of the Crop Pears are the king-sized version of our famous pears. Expertly grown and handpicked, these premium pears have a soft, buttery flesh that's so sweet, you might want to save them for dessert which is exactly what I did! These juicy giants are also perfect for entertaining, whether divided up in a pear and blue cheese salad to share or set out as an impressive display in your fruit bowl. I used 4 of the 6 I received in my galette and I am actually using the other 2 in a Christmas sangria!!!

This recipe is so simple!!! I promise. This Rustic Pear Galette recipe is my new fave. The buttery and flaky homemade galette crust is to-die-for. And I am so stoked that I did not have to use gluten free flour. I used Ukrainian flour after seeing a post from @lizzyloveshealth. With a few basic pantry ingredients, you can create an amazing dessert everyone will love. Sweet pears, chopped almonds, and brown sugar top this rustic pastry.  No fussy lattice, no crimped edges…just authentic flavor!!!!

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NEW YEAR-NEW SCENTS WITH SKYLAR'S SCENT CLUB

We are all almost to the finish line. We are getting ready to make it through Christmas, and New Year's is on the horizon. However, are you ready for the festivities of New Year's Eve?! New Year’s usually comes with much more champagne in our home and the needed ability to stay up past midnight-which I must admit is very hard for me in my old age! LOL!

With 2019 well underway, the time for change is ever present. Not only is this a new year, but it’s the start of a brand new decade! And I don’t know about you but I am feeling the shift. I am feeling the need to make some changes even with my vanity. My makeup bags are stuffed with six similar red lipsticks and four mascara’s..two of which are most likely about to expire. I am going a little nuts with it all and am just ready to simplify and purge, purge, purge!!!! I even started going through some of my fragrances and then that really made me reflect on my relationship with one of my very favorite brands-Skylar. They are such a special part of my daily life as I wear perfume everyday. And when I wear Skylar fragrances I cannot help nut put a smile on my face, even when the world around me seems to be falling apart. There is something about a good fragrance that makes me feel confident, positive, and beautiful. Yet there is also something about a good fragrance that makes me feel relaxed and/or recharged. A burst of fragrance just refreshes my body and mind.

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Classic Staples With Elizabeth Suzann

Happy almost Christmas everyone!! It’s the end of the week and I am winding down so that I can enjoy the holiday with my love and dogs next week. I am very much looking forward to unplugging. But before I do that..I have an amazing “Meet The Maker Feature” to share with you today. Slow fashion is something that I took a break from writing about but as we begin a new year-it’s something that is heavily on my mind. How can we buy less? How can we waste less? It’s a conversation that encompasses a number of concerns, from our planet, to our wallets, to our state of mind when searching through our wardrobe for something to wear each morning.

The best way that I can describe my commitment to slow fashion is that I am trying to make it work. I primarily buy classics and I want to keep my clothes and accessories alive for a long time. It’s something I’m constantly pushing myself to improve upon with every piece that I add into my closet.

I had these sentiments in mind when choosing the brand that I wanted to highlight for this story today. The timeless aesthetic initially drew me to them, a quality that both aligns with my own personal style and makes shopping for classic staples so easy!

Meet Elizabeth Suzann’s Signature Collection

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Creating Meals With Vermicular Part 2// Perfect Rice

I shared in early November that I had been cooking up a storm with the most beautiful Musui from Vermicular. I am 100 percent in love with this Japanese cookware. And the two recipes I have made so far with their recipe book have been spot on!! They were so easy to create and so so delicious!!! You can find all the details of all three of those posts here.

And I still have been cooking up a storm with my Musui and have just loved it so much that I now have added the Vermicular Kamado into the mix. It has been so fun to cook again and provide delicious nutritional recipes for my sweet Lin. The Kamado delivers three-dimensional heating and precision heat control at the touch of a button. High performance induction coils with a surrounding heater provides even heat distribution, simulating the engulfing flames of traditional Japanese kamado stoves.

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For The Francophile: Perfect Gift Item For The Lover Of All Things French

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FRENCH LUXURY SUBSCRIPTION BOX

Every other month, OuiPlease delivers, in the United States and Canada, the best-in-class French brands in beauty, jewelry, apparel, accessories, home decor, and epicure to your doorstep. Unlike other subscription services, OuiPlease boxes feature full-sized products that are curated by a team of French influencers. They arrange your unique selection with a meticulous eye for quality, aesthetics, and innovation.

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Choose a membership option: Bi-Monthly, Annual, or Single Box.

Create your profile and enter in customization details.

Et Voila, you’ll receive your box during the next shipment cycle.

Memberships are auto-renewing. Cancel at any time.

Enjoy free shipping in the US, and a low flat rate fee in Canada.

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Getting SpecTACOlar with CAULIPOWER Cauliflower Tortillas--(Veggie Fajitas Recipe)

I cannot remember a time in my life when I was not extremely big on Mexican food. I could truly eat it every day. I grew up in El Paso Texas in a hispanic family and let’s just say tacos were a weekly staple!!!!

If you have been following me for a while, you will know that Lin has been having lots of complications with his stomach is on a gluten free protocol. He is also trying to cut dairy and animal protein all together because they can be hard on the digestive system. He has been craving fajitas though so I started going down the Pinterest rabbit-hole a few weeks ago searching for cauliflower tortilla recipes. Well all of them called for baking and just looked so time consuming and complicated. I mean…who has time or energy to actually squeeze all of the water out of cauliflower? I just cannot make that kind of time sacrifice.

And then like magic I received an email with the opportunity to partner with CAULIPOWER to experience and share their CAULIPOWER Cauliflower Tortillas! I love their pizzas so this was a no brainer for me!

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Make Every Day a Good Hair Day With Christophe Robin

When it comes to hair, it seems that we often want what we don’t have. Straight-haired girls pump up their locks with dry shampoo, while those with natural curls are always looking for ways to fight the frizz. The one constant is that our hair is undoubtedly a reflection of our identity, and a bad hair day can equal an overall bad day. It’s seriously true. Since the foundational step (washing) is actually key to achieving our best hair ever and today I am sharing a shampoo and conditioner that never lets me down. Sharing a few styling products too!!! Christophe Robin might be a hair god!!!! His products even helped me with my never ending dandruff.

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