Recipes – Page 12 – Tina's Chic Corner

Chocolate Dipped Fresh Figs

October 31st, 2014Tina16 Comments

What’s better than fresh and great tasting fruit? Fresh fruit dipped in chocolate! I had my first fresh fig several years ago right from a tree in Greece and it was a life changing event. Well, that may be a bit dramatic. It was when I realized that you don’t have to eat figs when they are dried so I guess you could say it was at least a revelation of sorts. Have you ever eaten a fresh fig? It’s kind of hard to explain. They are sweet, a sweetness that reminds me of honey. If you’ve ever had a Fig Newton then you can kind of get …

Pomegranate Mojito

October 29th, 2014Tina28 Comments

Pomegranates are a fun. Is it weird that I think a fruit is fun? I feel like I’m eating an exotic fruit. You know, because anything that’s not an apple or orange is pretty exotic to me. My husband and I saw a bin of pomegranates at the grocery store. I can’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve had one so my husband grabbed a couple of them. If you’ve never had one before, you eat the seeds, which are sweet and tart. I eat the pips seeds and all and I think most people actually do. You get a …

Skillet Pizza

October 27th, 2014Tina96 Comments

Last week I only had the desire to eat bagels and pizza. Does anyone else get into a “food mood”? These food anti-cravings I have are annoying. They cause me to be grossed out by basically everything that is even remotely good for me. Worse, this type of food is not good material for food blogging either. Even my husband, who doesn’t get sick of food easily, said while eating the fourth bagel of the week “we should probably have real food.” I blame stress at work, getting a flu shot and feeling like crap, and having a cavity filled last …

Brown Sugar Cookies

October 24th, 2014Tina18 Comments

I have a secret. I used to hate thin cookies. I thought that they were the worst thing in the baking world. Don’t judge me… I can hear the gasps all over the internet now! 😉 I’ve learned over time that there are two kinds of flat cookies in this world. There are ones that end up flat and gross due to a baking catastrophe (like not enough flour). Then there are ones that are meant to be thin and delicious, like these wonderful brown sugar beauties. Side bar. I get attached to my kitchen tools and when I need a replacement …

Spinach Pie Spaghetti Squash

October 22nd, 2014Tina36 Comments

Do you find it intimidating to work with squash? If yes, it’s not as scary as it seems. I promise. I used to be intimidated by squash. No, I didn’t think that it would beat me up. 😛 I simply had no idea how to cook with it, which meant it was foreign to me. Of course anything foreign seems difficult and intimidating (for example, the fact that only my husband bakes bread in this house). Having a food blog inspired me to try a few different kinds of squash last year and boy have I been missing out on some good …