Directions Archives - Nicole VanPutten

Tissue Paper Flowers

Nicole Directions, Everyday, Me April 23, 2014

Now that Easter is over and I am either forced to individually remove the 49 plastic eggs from the verbena tree in front of our house or face the silent ridicule of our neighbors I decided to go the responsible route and start a ...Read More

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Gluten Free and Vegan Banana Bread

Nicole Directions, Eating, Everyday April 16, 2014

We love bananas here at Fairfield, but it never fails that there are always one or two extra bananas sitting in the glass bowl at the end of the week staring at me. No matter what I do to alleviate the banana overages, the ...Read More

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A Better Marinara

Nicole Directions, Eating, Everyday April 14, 2014

There are ten grams of sugar in a 1/2 cup of Prego pasta sauce. Prego also adds canola oil, citric acid, and natural flavors along with 480 mg of salt to their tomato paste, tomato puree and water mixture. I honestly have no idea ...Read More

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Baking Soda vs The Bottle

Nicole Directions, Eating, Products April 11, 2014

Mr. MVP has a stainless steel water bottle that will keep his water cold for up to eight hours, even in a sweltering hot car. This water bottle is fantastic because it does not sweat on the outside and does not take on odors ...Read More

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Vegan and Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nicole Directions, Eating, Everyday, Me April 4, 2014

Usually when I hear the words vegan and gluten free next to the words chocolate chip cookie I’m either prepared to pay five times more or taste something truly horrible. Sometimes I simply prepare myself for both outcomes because eating soy, dairy, and gluten ...Read More

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Paper Hearts

Nicole Directions, Everyday, Me January 30, 2014

#Paper #snowflake #Professional. #ballerina A photo posted by Nicole (@nvanputt) on Dec 17, 2013 at 8:12am PST Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and our big picture window has been dressed up for winter since the beginning of December, so I decided to ...Read More

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