Nutella Frosting

Ever since I tried the bella nutella cupcake at Cupcake A La Mode I’ve had a hankering for nutella frosting.   Some googling brought me to this recipe, a nutella buttercream frosting.  Perfect for a neighborhood cookout like the one we are going to tonight!  I didn’t spring for the ferrero rocher candies but did [...]

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Mediterranean (un)Stuffed Chicken

So on my last trip to Costco I was in a bit of a rush and grabbed the first bag of chicken breasts I found.  Turns out they were the wrong brand (I prefer the ones that are individually sealed, make less of a mess when you thaw them out) and they are filets.  So [...]

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Key-Lime Raspberry Bars

Mercy, these were SO GOOD!  I’ve never used freshed squeezed key lime juice before (the store bought stuff is a decent shortcut) but I’m glad I did for this recipe.  While my fingers got a bit sore from the squeezing, it tasted so incredibly fresh, mmm.  I only discovered that I liked key lime a [...]

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Eggplant, Zucchini, and Tomato Tian

This recipe caught my eye in the recent issue of Cooking Light.  However I forgot how much I dislike eggplant, so next time I will leave it out.  It upsets my stomach and the texture just weirds me out.  This was a great dish though.  I can’t wait to make it again later this summer [...]

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Snap Peas

One of the best things in the produce department this time of year is the abundance of fresh and crisp snap peas.  I intended to grow these myself but didn’t get our garden set up in time this year.  I could eat these every day!  This isn’t really a recipe, I just sauteed them for [...]

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Buttery Jam Cookies

Or the cookies that weren’t…cookies.  I should have read the description better instead of skipping the intro and jumping straight to the recipe details!  These were like…fluffy biscuits, with the ginger flavor overpowering the last of my beloved raspberry-lemon jam.  I honestly thought these were gross, but fortunately Tyler likes them, so they are not [...]

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Pink Lemonade Cupcakes

I think this recipe has been on my “to try” list for about 3 years now.  I meant to make them for my end of grad school party last week but ran out of time and just served chocolate raspberry brownies.  Then I considered making them for mother’s day brunch but made lemon poppyseed muffins [...]

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