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My kids love s'mores and are always asking to have a fire pit. The weather has not cooperated, it's rained, rained and rained most of the summer. Needless to say, there have been no s'mores making at our house. I wanted to make something that would give the feeling of eating s'mores but without the… Continue reading S’mores Bread Pudding
I had recently made a batch of quinoa for another recipe and had a lot of left over. I didn't want to throw it away, so I went on a search for recipes that use leftover cooked quinoa and came across a recipe for a chocolate cake. Hmm...that might be interesting! I've used cooked quinoa… Continue reading Chocolate Quinoa Cake
I was looking for an alternate to traditional waffles and came across this recipe for chocolate waffles using almond flour. I was really intrigued by them and like that they are high in protein and healthy fat...plus dairy free! I made a batch for my kids to sample and they both loved them. I was… Continue reading Chocolate Almond Flour Waffles
I bought two avocados last week and hoped they would have been ripe to eat before I started a 3-day juice cleanse, but of course they weren't ready. I was looking for recipes to use them up since I knew no one else in my family would eat them. I found this recipe for brownies… Continue reading Fudgy Avocado Brownies
I hosted dinner for my family on the Saturday before Christmas and I was looking for an easy and quick dessert to make. This dessert was perfect! It had all the flavors of the holidays - chocolate and peppermint! I was able to make it the night before and it was ready for dessert. It's… Continue reading Peppermint Chocolate Delight
Bite-sized desserts are just too cute! Last weekend was my company's holiday party and we have a dessert bar made by all of our employees. I always try to make something new and this year I was craving something with peanut butter and chocolate. I found this recipe for bite-sized peanut butter pies with a… Continue reading Bite-Sized Peanut Butter Pies
Babka has always been one of those recipes that I want to try, but it looked so difficult. I got over my "fear" of making homemade breads a couple of years ago, so I decided it was time to make babka for #choctoberfest! This Eastern European yeast-risen cake has lots of steps and takes all… Continue reading Chocolate Babka
Today is one of my favorite days of the year, because it is the official start of #Choctoberfest. This is the third annual food blogger celebration of all things chocolate, made possible thanks to our gold sponsor Imperial Sugar and the other sponsors listed below. Over 70 bloggers are participating in #Choctoberfest 2017 and will… Continue reading #Choctoberfest 2017
Last week was my kid's end of camp celebration and Madeline asked to me to make brownies. I've not had much luck making brownies from scratch in the past, but wanted to give it another shot. I found this recipe for brownies and it looked pretty easy and it was! Even better, they came out… Continue reading Lunch Lady Brownies
As usual, I had a couple of over-ripe bananas and needed to find something to make to use them up. I don't know why we always end up with 2 or 3 bananas that never get eaten?!? I was thinking about making one of my muffin recipes, but then decided on this recipe for a… Continue reading Double Chocolate Banana Cake
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