Tag: Recipes

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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Blackberry Coconut Smoothie

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I’m obsessed with making smoothies.  I’m actually starting to wear out my blender so I’ve been researching its replacement.  Does anyone have any recommendations? The more that I make smoothies the more that I realize I’m very picky with them.  I don’t like it so thick that I can’t suck it through a straw, but I also don’t like it when it’s too thin so I feel like I’m just drinking flavored milk.  I also don’t like to use ingredients that can turn into mush, like graham crackers or cookies, or ingredients that don’t break down easily like certain berry …

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Chocolate Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

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I think people fall into one of two categories with their feelings about birthdays.  Either they want the whole world to know about it (generally reserved for kids I think) or they want to avoid them like the plague and make sure no one knows when they are or how many times they’ve happened (almost everyone else I think).  Which category do you fall in?  I’m solidly in the birthday avoidance and silence group.  I recently had to bump that obnoxious age number again and as retaliation against the flow of time I am using that as an excuse to eat …

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