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Appy Hour: Goat Cheese and Date Pinwheels for #warmtraditions
December 15, 2015 By Isabelle Boucher | Filed Under: 5 ingredients or less, appetizer, sponsored, vegetarian
If there’s one thing I am particularly excellent at, it’s procrastination.
I tend to get to the bus stop just a minute or two before my bus does (and occasionally miss it altogether), I often don’t start planning dinner until I’m already at the grocery store, and I usually wrap up my holiday shopping just days before Christmas. I may or may not have wrapped gifts in the car on my way to a party a couple of times in my life.
It’s a habit that often bites me in the butt when I’ve invited a bunch of guests over and realize there’s no way I’ll have…
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