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Easy Yogurt Fruit Dip

This easy Greek yogurt fruit dip recipe is made with just 3 ingredients and makes eating fruit dip with apples, strawberries and more seem like a party.Healthy Fruit Dip Recipe After school or on weekend playdates, my daughter and her friends were always on the lookout for ... continue reading... about Easy Yogurt Fruit Dip

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This chocolate chip banana bread is made sans oil and instead uses Greek yogurt to add moisture. This is easily the best banana bread recipe I've ever made!When she speaks, I listen. And when her friends speak, I listen louder.Yes, I meant to say that. Louder. Because ... continue reading... about Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies truly are the best I've tried! They're soft in the middle and chewy around the edges. Absolutely addicting!The Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Growing up there was pretty much just a handful of cookies that we (as in the royal ... continue reading... about Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vanilla and Chocolate Marbled Bundt Cake

Flipping through the glossy pages of Irvin Lin's baking book, Marbled, Swirled, and Layered: 150 Recipes and Variations for Artful Bars, Cookies, Pies, Cakes, and More, puts those famous images of Wonka's spectacular chocolate factory to shame. And as the creator of the blog Eat ... continue reading... about Vanilla and Chocolate Marbled Bundt Cake

Swirled Mascarpone Brownies with Hazelnuts

Me and my mom. The love of chocolate runs in our DNA.Maybe she passed her love of the cacao to me through her umbilical cord. Or maybe she transferred her chocolate loving cravings to me with each chocolate shake we’d get at Arctic Circle with a side of burgers and ... continue reading... about Swirled Mascarpone Brownies with Hazelnuts

Crushing on Ashley McLaughlin of Edible Perspective and Boston Cream Doughnuts Plus a Giveaway

Ashley McLaughlin started her blog Edible Perspective in 2009, out of sheer boredom. She knew nothing about photography and not much more about cooking. Now she's a food blogging cookbook author and knows a thing or two about these gluten-free Boston Cream Doughnuts. Why? Because ... continue reading... about Crushing on Ashley McLaughlin of Edible Perspective and Boston Cream Doughnuts Plus a Giveaway

Chocolate Pancakes and Friday Faves

During the week we’re the quick breakfast kind of family. Usually eggs or oatmeal and toast. Smudge always has toast because she’s a dunker. I don’t get it, the girl dunks her toast in everything from cereal to orange juice. Ew.But when we have time, mostly on the ... continue reading... about Chocolate Pancakes and Friday Faves

Bloody Caramel Apples

This week I had the best of intentions to stick to my diet, but I knew in my heart it was going to be four days of eating and drinking that were out of my control. I mean coooommme on! Who can go to Wisconsin on a cheese and spirits tour and stick to the plan? Not me. So I ... continue reading... about Bloody Caramel Apples

Banana and Chocolate Chip Baked French Toast

It hasn't stopped rocking and rolling around here.School just got out, schedules are in transistion, my husband is in full rehearsal mode with the band getting back together (oh Lord, did I just admit that is really happening?) and I just got back to town after an amazingly ... continue reading... about Banana and Chocolate Chip Baked French Toast

Magazine Submissions plus Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream and a $100 Visa Gift Card Giveaway

It snuck up on me and I'll take that as a good sign.Unlike the date of a one of my weight loss weigh-ins or a dreaded college exam, it wasn't an occasion where I've been ticking off the days. And that's good. That means I enjoy what I'm doing, creating a space on the web to ... continue reading... about Magazine Submissions plus Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream and a $100 Visa Gift Card Giveaway

Puff Pastry with Sabayon Custard and Strawberries

I just couldn’t let Valentine’s Day creep by without one more last-minute contender in my favorite heart recipe category. I got all inspired to create this today when I had some left over puff pastry I was using for an upcoming post that is polar opposite of this one. But I ... continue reading... about Puff Pastry with Sabayon Custard and Strawberries

Red Velvet Cupcakes Plus 10 Red Velvet Recipes With a Twist

And another one bites the dust. As in years. As in last week was my birthday.It was a whirlwind week, filled with workin’ the day job, my once-a-week teaching gig and hitting SLC’s Grand America hotel for my second foray attending the Altitude Design Summit, or more ... continue reading... about Red Velvet Cupcakes Plus 10 Red Velvet Recipes With a Twist

Homemade Irish Cream

The day called for a strong cup of coffee with a little something extra. I should have been cooking the recipe for stufffed mushrooms that I had bought all of the ingredients for and had now been sitting in the refrigerator for the past week and a half. I should have been sifting ... continue reading... about Homemade Irish Cream

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  • This 5-ingredient, 30-minute homemade marinara sauce is a recipe that’s easy to turn to when cooking inspiration has all but been abandoned, and returned to again and again when comfort and ease is what’s needed most. Use it to dress up gnocchi, pasta, pizza and so much more. Of course you can pick up a jar from the store and be perfectly satisfied, but just like most things, marinara sauce made from scratch is simply the best. Tap the link in my profile and search marinara sauce or scroll down on the home page for the recipe. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  • Combine those yearnings for the good-old-days and all the feels of summer-is-here and it's salad days all week long. Crunchy with crisp apples, celery and toasted nuts, this retro Waldorf salad is my grandma's classic recipe that brings back the memories and is 100% ready to make new ones. Tap the link in my profile and search waldorf salad for the recipe. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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  • When your fresh veggies begin the slide to the other side, don’t toss ‘em, roast ‘em! Nothing adds more natural flavor to fresh veg than heat to create that caramelized sweetness. Add to salads, pastas, casseroles, rice bowls and snack on them with reckless abandon. To cook, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper, then pop in a 425 degree oven and roast for the suggested times on foodiecrush.com when you search for roasted vegetables. Eat healthy, stay healthy friends. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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