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Rocky Road Brownie Pudding Pie
This Rocky Road Brownie Pudding Pie is one of those recipes that separates the serious rich chocolate dessert fans from the rest. To take it on, you have to be willing to bake a pan of brownies ahead...
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Maple-Pecan Crusted Chicken
Just hearing the words “maple-pecan crusted” I’m already interested. I’m thinking about something a little sweet, a little nutty, definitely crunchy – a foray into a satisfying bite. Even though I’m...
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Chicken, Caramelized Onion and Mango Quesadillas
Yesterday, for me, was one of those “and this too shall pass” kind of days. You know the ones where every last thing seems to go wrong – spills, leaks, costly repairs, overcharges, email snafus, you...
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Cuban Dinner Party
The mambo music was turned up, the mojitos were muddled – we were all set for a festive evening when our dear friends Karin and Tony and their two little kids arrived for our Cuban-themed dinner party...
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Bacon-Topped Deviled Eggs + Land O Lakes Giveaway!
When I can bring my serving plate home empty, I take it as a sure sign that my potluck dish was a hit. And if my fellow guests even want to abscond with the serving plate itself (because it’s that...
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Key Lime Greek Yogurt Pie
The Means: I own a pie plate and my fridge is perpetually stocked with Greek yogurt. The Motive: I’ve been wanting to post a Key Lime Pie recipe on this blog forever and finally found a terrific...
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
I got a great text from one of my best friends over the weekend: Hahaha…xoxo! Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches have got to be one of my top 3 all-time favorite summer treats. For better or for worse, they...
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Pear Crisp…and One Busy Summer
Whew! Where has this summer gone? This has to have been the busiest summer ever on record for me. Here it is, the middle of August, and I’m just now starting to slow things down and relax a little....
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Angostura and Soda…Happy 100th Birthday, Julia Child!
As I type I’ve got my feet up on my backyard patio ottoman and am imbibing in what I’m told was Julia Child’s favorite cocktail, the Angosoda – a simple, sophisticated, scarcely-alcholic and...
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Lima Bean Couscous Salad
“Do you ever come across on-the-package recipes that don’t work?” People ask me this all the time. And I respond, “Yes, more often than you think!”. For the most part on-the-package recipes are...
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Caramelized Banana Waffles
Between these Caramelized Banana Waffles I’m sharing here today and the Waffle Sandwich recipe I’ve got over on my other blog, Panini Happy (along with a Weelicious cookbook giveaway – head on over to...
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Top 10 On-the-Side Cookie Recipes
Maybe it’s because I happen to love cookies, but I have found more terrific cookie recipes printed on the side of food packages than any other type of recipe. My very first post on this blog featured...
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Mint Chip Cookies…and Blogging for Happiness
I know we’re just coming off of a major cookie blitz with the last post and, yes, there are a million and one things on my to-do list that I probably need to take care of before posting another cookie...
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Glazed Brussels Sprouts
Believe it or not, I was a kid who actually liked Brussels sprouts. I really didn’t mind the leafy green mini-cabbage-looking-things at all. They were kind of neat and different. These days, I kind of...
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Gingered Orange Cranberry Sauce…plus more Thanksgiving (On-The-)Sides
I tend to be a purist when it comes to Thanksgiving side dishes – I need to have all the standards like stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and green bean casserole and nothing too newfangled...
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Panettone Bread Pudding
I’m not sure what made me believe this Panettone Bread Pudding qualified as breakfast this past weekend, as I fired up the oven to bake it at 7:45 AM. Maybe it was that it used slices of bread (well,...
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Holiday Spritz Cookies
I have clear memories of my mom baking Spritz Cookies when my sisters and I were little. We’d help with the sprinkles, which I always thought was the best part of the process until I finally tried my...
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There Is Still Good in This World
Broken pieces. I didn’t realize it until I just looked at these photos now, but the images are kind of fitting for how many of us feel right now. I don’t want this to be a sad or depressing post –...
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Gingerbread House — Part 1
Nearly 6 pounds of sticky, spicy, molasses-laden dough…it seemed like an awful lot when I first embarked on my Gingerbread House project last week. It still seemed like an awful lot 4 days later when...
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Gingerbread House — Part 2
So here it is…the Gingerbread House I was working on in my last post. These things are truly a labor of love! While I don’t expect Martha Stewart’s people will be calling me anytime soon to build any...
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