My hubby has been asking for some of my banana chip muffins for breakfast lately. So, I dug out some of the ripe bananas that I have stashed (or should I say stockpiled) in the freezer with full intentions of making some muffins. When I got started, though, I realized that I wasn’t really in [...]
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Does your RSS reader ever get out of control? Blog posts pile up for days until there are thousands of unread posts taunting you… That unread items number in Google Reader can be intimidating! Especially when it crosses the four digit threshold.
I just spent the last 4 hours going through all of the unread items [...]
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My husband and I were supposed to head to Boston for a long weekend, but the weather has nixed our plans… With all of the snowing and blowing outside my window, it’s hard to believe that bake sale season is just around the corner. In fact, as many of you know, planning for the first [...]
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Tags: #SOSFood, bake sale, bars, biscotti, brownies, chocolate, cookies, Food Bloggers Bake Sale, granola, Great American Bake Sale, peanut butter, Share Our Strength
Another week has come and gone, and it’s time for my Friday Favorites! Let’s just get right to it, shall we?
If you have wanted to make croissants but held back because you thought they would be difficult, think again! These homemade Croissants from Tracey’s Culinary Adventures are some of the best I’ve seen. Tracey gives [...]
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Tags: brownies, butternut squash, cheese, chocolate, croissants, Favorites, Great American Bake Sale, macaroni, mushroom, parmesan, pasta, peanut butter, pie, Share Our Strength, Valentine's Day
The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca.
When I first saw this month’s Daring Bakers challenge, I was really excited! I knew that making [...]
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You may remember that I was lucky enough to be selected as one of fifteen Foodbuzz featured publishers headed to NYC for an event to raise awareness for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, sponsored by Electrolux. The event (which is now less than two weeks away!) is a cake decorating event, and we will be [...]
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It’s Friday again… Can you believe it? I can’t, but that’s because it’s not *actually* Friday yet. It’s Thursday night… for another 57 minutes, at least.
This has been a busy week for me. Earlier in the week, I found out that I am headed to NYC in a few weeks. I was also busy with [...]
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Tags: bean, biscotti, chicken, chocolate, dip, enchiladas, healthy, pasta, ricotta, spinach, tomato, zinfandel
As I’ve mentioned before, two of my favorite things about the holidays are making homemade gifts and the peppermint mocha (in the red cups) from Starbucks. So, this year, when it came time to make some homemade candy for gifts, I used my favorite seasonal hot beverage as inspiration.
These peppermint mocha truffles are pretty quick [...]
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Do you have a favorite cookie recipe for the holidays? I have a few classics that I love to bake – sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies are two of my favorites. However, I always have a difficult time picking my “favorite” cookie… There are so many to choose from!
One of the things I really love [...]
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Tags: 12 Days of Sharing, caramel, chocolate, Christmas, cookies, hazelnut, holiday baking, holidays, Milk Duds, nutella, Share Our Strength
I can’t believe it’s Friday already again. Even scarier is the fact that Christmas is now only three short weeks away! This fall has gone by in a flash… It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already over and the Christmas season is now in full swing!
So, if you’re still scrambling to catch up and [...]
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Tags: almond, bacon, biscotti, cherry, chocolate, Christmas, cocoa, doughnuts, gifts, holidays, jalapeno, marshmallow, mushrooms, nutella