Pumpkin pie and Apple Muffin
Prep time: 10 mins Bake time: 20 mins Makes 12 muffins Perfect for breakfast this fall season! Ingredients: For Muffin: 1 3/4 cup...
Anwuli Anyah
Sep 10, 20221 min read
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Soft, Sweet, & Buttery Dinner Rolls
Yields 12 - 16 rolls Time: 3.5 hours Hands down the best dinner roll recipe. They taste just like Hawaiian rolls. This is a very easy...
Anwuli Anyah
Nov 23, 20212 min read
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Apple Pie Macarons
Yield - 24 assembled 1.5 inch macarons My favorite recipe of the season. The shells are full of flavor. They are made with apple pie...
Anwuli Anyah
Nov 14, 20214 min read
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Halloween Macarons - with Pumpkin Frosting and Strawberry Jam
Yield - 24 assembled 1.5 inch macarons This macaron recipe is delicious, authentically halloween, and so fun to make. I used my home-made...
Anwuli Anyah
Oct 17, 20214 min read
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Peach Tart
Prep Time: 15 minutes Bake Time: 30 minutes Serves 8 I am so excited to share my version of a peach tart. The nice arrangement of fruit...
Anwuli Anyah
Aug 8, 20201 min read
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Apple Cinnamon Crumble Muffin
Prep time: 10 mins Bake time: 20 mins Makes 12 muffins Notes: This cinnamon apple muffin recipe makes a muffin that is very moist inside,...
Anwuli Anyah
Sep 26, 20192 min read
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Wedding Day - Celebrating Our Love Story
How do I begin describing the best day of my life? Not sure, so I'll just jump right in. I was too excited to sleep the night before. I...
Anwuli Anyah
Jul 25, 201910 min read
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Wedding Planning - It's All in the Details
The little things matter. In planning our wedding, I wanted the every detail attended to. I knew that the most important part of the...
Anwuli Anyah
Jun 24, 201914 min read
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Strawberry Chocolate Swirl Bundt Cake with Lemon & Liqueur drizzle
Prep time: 20 mins Bake time: 40 mins Makes 12-18 servings Notes: This is a fun eye catching cake that is light and delicious. It is a...
Anwuli Anyah
May 16, 20192 min read
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Easy Pesto Garlic Wreath Bread
Yields 12 servings Time: 2.5 hours Easy lunch loaf during the holidays with some extra left over to accompany dinner. We ate with some...
Anwuli Anyah
Dec 23, 20232 min read
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Double Chocolate Macarons
Makes 16-20 assembled 1.5-inch macarons These chocolate macarons are made with the french meringue method. I started making macarons in...
Anwuli Anyah
Sep 23, 20223 min read
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Donuts
Prep Time: 2 hours Cook Time: 30 mins Yield: 24 Doughnuts Ingredients: For donuts: 1 cup whole milk, warm 2 1/4 tap active dry yeast 1/3...
Anwuli Anyah
Sep 21, 20221 min read
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Bat Oreo Cookies
Makes 28 sandwich cookies Prep time 10 mins Bake Time 8 -10 mins This is essentially my Easy Homemade Oreos recipe but I changed the...
Anwuli Anyah
Sep 11, 20222 min read
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Obituary - Richard Ugochukwu Anyah
October 7, 1991 - June 5, 2022 Richard Ugochukwu Anyah passed away unexpectedly but peacefully in his sleep on the 5th of June, 2022 at...
Anwuli Anyah
Jul 2, 20222 min read
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Real Pumpkin Pie
Yield 8 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Bake Time: 60-70 minutes I make this with homemade pumpkin puree. This year, I even used pumpkins...
Anwuli Anyah
Nov 23, 20211 min read
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Route 66: Cross-country Travel with a Newborn and Toddler
It seems fitting to start this blog post with our 'halfway' picture. We were relieved to be at the halfway point, unscathed and sane, and...
Anwuli Anyah
Oct 7, 20218 min read
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Homemade Oreos
Makes 18 sandwich cookies Prep time 10 mins Bake Time 8 -10 mins Ingredients For the Cookies: 1 stick of soft butter 1 1/4 cup sugar 1...
Anwuli Anyah
Apr 25, 20212 min read
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Fudgy Cocoa Powder Brownies
Makes 16 servings Prep time: 10 minutes Bake time: 15-20 minutes I am obsessed with this brownie recipe. It is the perfect amount of...
Anwuli Anyah
Jan 10, 20211 min read
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Apple Pumpkin Rose Tart
This is a unique recipe. It was fun to develop. It is great if you really like pumpkin or if you like to experiment with flavors. I used...
Anwuli Anyah
Nov 15, 20202 min read
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A Second Birth Story
I write this with so much love in my heart. I sit here on the couch, looking through my phone, blogging for the first time in over three...
Anwuli Anyah
Oct 7, 20207 min read
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5 Years Later - a Completed Surgical Residency, 2 Kids, and a Marriage.
I picked up my diploma today. I am so happy. It wasn't an easy road but I am officially done with residency. It has been a wonderful but...
Anwuli Anyah
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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Sourdough Bread
Makes 1 loaf Prep Time - 6 hours, optional overnight step Bake Time - 50 minutes Making sourdough bread can be easy. Once you have a...
Anwuli Anyah
Jun 17, 20204 min read
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Raspberry Macarons
Yield - 24 assembled 1.5 inch macarons Freeze dried raspberries infuse so much flavor and a pretty color into these macarons. These...
Anwuli Anyah
May 26, 20204 min read
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Living and Thriving in Small Spaces
When I bought my 918 SF downtown Grand Rapids apartment/loft in 2015, it was intended to be my bachelorette pad. It was industrial chic...
Anwuli Anyah
May 22, 20205 min read
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Cinnamon Rolls (Cinnabon-like)
Makes 15 Rolls Bake Time - 20 minutes Prep Time - Variable, 1.5 hours Homemade cinnamon rolls and the store bought ready-to-bake versions...
Anwuli Anyah
Apr 16, 20205 min read
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Matcha Macarons
Yield - 24 assembled 1.5 inch macarons These are currently my favorite flavor of macarons. The clean fresh flavor in the matcha macaron...
Anwuli Anyah
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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Pumpkin Cupcakes
Prep time - 10 mins Bake time - 20 mins Yields 1 dozen cupcakes These delicious pumpkin cupcakes taste like pumpkin pie! The frosting is...
Anwuli Anyah
Oct 17, 20192 min read
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On Mothering and Residency
Once I had my son, the most important thing in my life became doing well at my new role of being a mother. But very high up there, on my...
Anwuli Anyah
Oct 14, 20197 min read
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Choux Pastry (Pâte à Choux) Puffs
Prep Time: 20 - 30 mins Bake Time: 20 - 30 mins Yields 24 Puffs Choux patry is versatile. You can get very creative on how you shape and...
Anwuli Anyah
Oct 3, 20193 min read
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French Strawberry Tart
Prep Time: 20 minutes Chill Time: At least 2 hours Serves 8 -10 Ingredients: 1 tart crust, baked till nicely browned 2 1/4 cup creme...
Anwuli Anyah
Sep 12, 20191 min read
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Breastfeeding Successfully in Residency/The Workplace
The law of demand and supply. It is the guiding principle that echoes in the minds of breastfeeding moms. When time came to go back to...
Anwuli Anyah
Sep 2, 20194 min read
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Nantucket - A Beautiful and Relaxing Honeymoon in Wauwinet
Choosing to honeymoon in Nantucket was so easy. our trio was in the summer of 2018) so we wanted to take advantage of the beautiful...
Anwuli Anyah
Aug 1, 20195 min read
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Getting Ready on Wedding Day.
I loved being able to get ready for the wedding at home. If you have this option, I highly recommend it. I also recommend having your...
Anwuli Anyah
Jul 15, 20195 min read
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Brother, It's Been Seven Years.
This past Monday, I saw my brother Richard for the first time in 7 years. Last time I saw him, he was more of a boy. Now, he is a man. It...
Anwuli Anyah
Jul 1, 20193 min read
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Celebrating an Engagement
What better way to document a beautiful moment in our lives than with an engagement photo shoot. Our photographer Kelly sweet did an...
Anwuli Anyah
Jun 10, 20194 min read
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Crisp Crust Creamy Cheesecake with Blueberry Drizzle
Bake Time: 60 minutes Prep Time: 30 minutes, then 6-12 hours cooling time Makes 12 servings As usual, after researching lots of online...
Anwuli Anyah
May 2, 20193 min read
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A First Birth Story
This is part 2 of 4 of my stories about becoming a mom during my first year of surgical residency. I'm posting this to document. I'm...
Anwuli Anyah
Apr 22, 20197 min read
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Mint Chocolate Macarons
Makes 25-30 assembled 1.5 inch macarons. This is a simple modification to my French Macaron Recipe. It is great color and flavor for St....
Anwuli Anyah
Mar 14, 20193 min read
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Green Cherries, Pistachios, and Lime Bundt Cake
Makes 12-16 servings Prep time: 20 - 30 minutes Bake time: 35 - 40 minutes I am so excited to share this recipe with you. I created this...
Anwuli Anyah
Mar 7, 20192 min read
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I Can Talk About ‘Mom Things’ and Still Be a Kick-ass Surgeon.
In a male dominated field of medicine, I often find myself wondering if I’m constantly being evaluated and graded, on being good enough,...
Anwuli Anyah
Feb 22, 20193 min read
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Stylish Mama's Tropical Vacation Packing List
I am looking forward to our upcoming trip to the US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Grand Turk, but...
Anwuli Anyah
Jan 27, 20192 min read
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A Proposal in Hawaii
For my first personal blog post, I decided to write about how my husband and I got engaged during our trip to Oahu in January of 2016. I...
Anwuli Anyah
Jan 12, 20197 min read
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