Category: Cooking
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Strawberry Crinkle Cookies from a Box Mix
Crinkle cookies look adorable, and are so soft and chewy. :) I hadn’t had any before making this recipe, but I knew that I wanted to try them – and use box mix to help me along. I’m not against home made cookies, that would be silly! I like finding short cuts though, and if I wanted…
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Homemade Raspberry Chobani
Today is just quick post that I want to share because I always have leftovers – and I like to see myself as someone who isn’t wasteful. So here’s how I’ve used some of the extra raspberry from my raspberry filled cupcakes: as a Chobani mix-in! I wasn’t always a fan of Chobani, but I…
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Chocolate Apples
I’ve had a little extra ganache left over from a recent baking frenzy, and found there’s always something new I’ll eat chocolate on. This time, it’s chocolate apples! Ganache is very easy to make – in it’s simplest form, it is just chocolate chips, warm heavy cream, and a dash of salt. A standard batch…
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Lime Jello Pretzel Dessert for St. Patrick’s Day!
Goooood morning! I don’t mean to be a grinch here, but I’m no St. Patrick’s fan. A reason for people to pinch me because I’m forgetful?? Thanks, but no thanks. I actually have a green paperclip that I wear every year, but honestly, it’s just not cut out for the work. All those people who…
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Chocolate Raspberry Tarts
Ever since making those raspberry filled chocolate cupcakes, I’ve been dreaming about them – particularly that raspberry filling. Not too sweet, not too tart… I’m tempted to eat the stuff by the spoonfuls! I resist… partly because I suspect I’d get some very disapproving looks thrown my way, but also because I’m just sure I…
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Animal Crackers
I love animal crackers. Sure, you can say they’re bland and boring, but you won’t change my mind. They’re delicious in the mornings, and in the evenings, and particularly when I snack on them with various dips. Recently, I had some left over ganache in the fridge and paired that with a spoonful of Jif… the…
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Raspberry Pink Lemonade
Today’s 14 for the 14th is a variation on an old homemade lemonade recipe I had. It’s pink lemonade though! Which is my favorite, because it’s not done with any kind of dye, it’s naturally a bright, bold color because of the infused raspberries. And honestly I love it. I may be biased though, because…
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Cute Little Apple Pie Rose Bites
Have we started noticing my trend, that I think Valentine’s day is really just about me? I mean, Kristofer’s great and all. But holidays are just excuses for him to be sweet to me, and me to be sweeter to me. Right? Since I love apple pie, making a bite-sized apple pie rose seems like an obvious…
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Red Velvet Raspberry Filled Cupcakes
I am especially pleased with myself for today’s 14 for the 14th: delicious raspberry filled cupcakes given that extra love with a red velvet color. Yes, I slaved away over these in the kitchen. No, they aren’t actually all that hard. Especially when I give you the best time-saving instructions ever. My trial and error is…
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Recipe: Cheesy Risotto for Two
The first time I ever tried risotto was in Ireland, when I went to see Giant’s Causeway! Um, YUM. I ordered it again and again during my time abroad, even suffering through some really strong mushrooms in Paris. So here’s a date night suggestion: cheesy risotto for two. Ingredients 1 tbs olive oil 1 medium chopped…
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Santa Hat Christmas Cookies
Kristofer and I are keeping up with his advent calendar – so far we’ve made christmas crafts (wine bottles with lights), decorated our tree (it’s tiny), watched a movie together (he chose a horror movie…), and gone to see Christmas lights (which actually was a little bit of a lie – there were hardly any…
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Easy Teal Panda Cookies
First, I need to take just two minutes to share my story about these panda cookies. I found them on pinterest. They linked to one of those horrible sites where images are compiled, but not sourced. I ran a google search. And found this gem. Crazily enough, she mentions in her video she’ll post a link…