Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

The rules for following a gluten-free diet are easy to understand, right?  Simply don’t eat anything with gluten (i.e. wheat, barley, and rye).  As it turns out, what seems like simple rules are actually a total pain in the butt.  Almost everything seems to have one or more of those ingredients in it.  Better still, sometimes they are hidden in things like “natural ingredients” and you just get blind-sided by them.  If you are choosing to avoid gluten because you want to, then usually that’s okay, but if you have celiac disease that can result in a very uncomfortable couple of …

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Peanut Butter Muddy Buddies

Is it normal to always have two jars of peanut butter in the house at all times?  I feel like I’m running low when I’m down to one unopened jar.  I guess it means that I love peanut butter… a lot, or I’m just being ridiculous.  (My husband suspects both may be true.)     😉 My latest adventure with peanut butter is this awesome sweet and savory snack.  It’s a combination of peanut butter and chocolate covered Chex with pretzels, and peanut butter M&Ms. Peanut Butter Muddy Buddies Recipe (makes about 5 cups) Ingredients: 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2 …

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Homemade Calzone

Is a calzone the same thing as a pizza but just in a different form?  I know, it’s a deep philosophical question.     😉  I want to say yes because the components of each are identical, bread, cheese, sauce, and toppings.  However, if I have a craving for pizza, a calzone won’t do the job, and if I have a craving for a calzone, pizza isn’t going to solve it either.  Perhaps that means they actually are somehow different.  How does that make sense?  It doesn’t.  Regardless, I still love me a tasty calzone, especially a homemade one. Homemade …

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Crispy Baked Onion Rings With Chipotle Ranch Dip

My youngest sister came over for a visit on Saturday and as always we had a blast.  We started off our day chatting while we sipped our favorite iced coffee beverage, a Cafe Frappe.  Then we got down to business, snack time.     😉  She was in the mood for comfort food and I was in the mood for something healthy.  There just had to be a way we could both win on this one, so I thought “how about we combine both and make baked onion rings?!” These onion rings are the tastiest and crispiest baked onion rings that …

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Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

I like to watch the food network channel.  Sometimes I can find good recipes and at the very least I almost always get inspiration for creating new ones.  One day we were flipping channels and ended up on Kelsey’s Essentials.  The recipe of the day just happened to be banana cookies with a combo of ingredients I’d never seen before.  That caught my attention for a little while, but I wasn’t feeling inspired to make them.  My husband said, “We need to make those.”  You got it, dude!  He was my inspiration for whipping up these cookies.     🙂 These cookies are the perfect combination …

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