Last night, I was watching my favorite show, Master Chef, and one of the guys on there royally screwed up biscotti. A biscotti is a twice baked cookie, and the poor contestant only baked it once. I haven’t made biscotti for a while, and I was inspired to make some. I found a great recipe… Continue reading Cinnamon Rum-Raisin Biscotti
You all know about my love affair with banana bread, but did you know that I also have one with zucchini bread? Therefore, when I saw a recipe for Zucchini Banana Bread, you know I was going to try it. Oh. My. God. I’m going to go out on a limb and say this was… Continue reading Zucchini Banana Bread
I can never resist the urge to try a new chocolate chip cookie recipe! Any recipe that claims to be the best will always get at least an attempt out of me. Another thing that always gets an attempt out of me is other blogger’s photos where they are pulling apart a hot cookie… Continue reading The Best Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love to come up with new pasta salad recipes during the summer, and this one is definitely a new favorite for me. It comes together in about 15 minutes, and it is so tasty and delicious. It combines salted orzo pasta with Greek ingredients like cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, and feta, some chicken,… Continue reading Greek Orzo Pasta Salad
“May 1st” has been a big thing at my house lately. Something uttered daily, in fact. You see, my sister is getting married in Hawaii in September. I am maid-of-honor and there will be hundreds of photos taken of me, and I refuse to be fat. That said, I don’t like to torture myself by… Continue reading Healthy Apple Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
This is me every time somebody (namely, my husband) says they don’t like coconut: I was really desperate for some coconut macaroons tonight. I’m not sure why. Sometimes the mood just strikes. I keep the two essential ingredients for macaroons (coconut and eggs) on hand at all times for just this reason. I decided to… Continue reading Chocolate and Coconut Macaroon Bars
I am a big banana bread person. I love it. I don’t get depressed when I see the bananas I bought earlier in the week slowly browning and rotting away. I get excited, because it means I’ll get to make some banana bread or banana muffins or something. I have a whole category on this… Continue reading Pumpkin Banana Bread
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