Author: Tina

Light Chocolate Chip Muffins

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I love muffins, I love chocolate, and I love chocolate for breakfast.  If you’ve seen some of my recipes then this is not  a shocker.  A few weeks ago I challenged myself to try to make more healthy recipes, especially baked goodies.  My quest started with some awesome Light Chocolate Chip Cookies. A couple of weeks ago, someone left me a lovely comment about the High Domed Chocolate Chip Muffins that I made last year.  That got me in the mood to make them again, but instead I put my thinking cap on.  Wouldn’t it be great to continue on my personal quest by making a …

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Pasta With Kale Sauce

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Does green colored food get a bad rap?  Split pea soup, spinach pasta, green smoothies, guacamole, green colored cakes and cookies…  All are delightful foods, but they rarely look appetizing, especially in photos.  I will admit that I was finicky about the amount of green-ness going on when I created the Double Mint Cookie Bar, so maybe my problem is with green sweets?   It’s not easy being green.     😉  Whatever my hang up is, I apparently don’t have an issue with green savory dishes. There are tons of green colored savory foods that I love and this pasta coated …

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Cardamom Bread

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I’ve had so much fun sharing bread recipes with you, courtesy of my husband.  This cardamom bread absolutely had to make the list because it’s my all time favorite sweet bread!  Now, I leave you in good hands with my hubby… This bread is a college flashback for me.  If I recall the story correctly, my roommate had to make something to eat for a class of his.  He remembered this bread from his childhood and asked his mom for the recipe.  After a bit of grocery shopping and trying to find a dorm room with access to an oven, …

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Double Mint Cookie Bars

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As St. Patty’s Day approaches, I’m seeing more green colored food online (i.e. pinterest.com and all the various social media outlets).  I simply can’t go there.  Not for the lack of spirit, but because it looks unappealing to me.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind a little green color in my food, but I’ve never been one to want green eggs and ham.  I do, however, love mint and mint is notoriously green colored (even if not naturally so). In honor of the one day a year when everyone is Irish, I was inspired to create these bar cookies which are loaded with …

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Spicy Chorizo And Pasta

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There are days that I think I might become a vegetarian.  I’m not a fan of preparing meat because I don’t like to touch it raw and I have to be in the mood to eat it (as weird as the latter part might sound).  However, there are times when I crave meat.  Like a lot.  You know, because it’s delicious.  This time my craving led me to chorizo, a delightfully spicy sausage that is common in Spanish cuisine.  The result was this outrageous pasta dish that will keep you coming back for seconds and thirds. This pasta has a creamy pink …

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