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{Gluten Free} Churro Waffles with Chocolate, Strawberry & Caramel Dipping Sauces

June 29, 2016 1 Comment

For my 30th birthday two months ago, my mother-in-law gave me my first ever waffle iron. It’s a gorgeous black/chrome, double-decker machine that lets me make two belgium waffles at a time. Twice the deliciousness in half the time! I’m afraid she’s created a bit of a monster, because having this thing in our kitchen makes us want to…read more »

Filed Under: Breakfast, Chocolate, Dessert, Gluten-free, Sponsored Post Tagged With: breakfast food, churros, waffles

Oxtail Osso Buco with Parmesan Polenta & Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Mini Trifles…and a GIVEAWAY!

November 3, 2015 10 Comments

Happy November, everyone! Can you believe it’s November already? Fall is well and truly upon us. Soon enough, it’ll be Thanksgiving, and then Christmas will be here in a flash, which means it’s definitely time to break out the stretchy pants ASAP.  Especially since, holidays aside, the colder weather makes everyone want to bust out their favorite soups, stews, roasts, and…read more »

Filed Under: Beef, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Dinner, Giveaway, Holiday, Lunch Tagged With: beef, braised, cake, chocolate treat, trifle

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes

February 11, 2015 20 Comments

Hey, remember when I tried to make these cupcakes last year, but they failed so hard that I had to turn them into cake balls instead? ‘Cuz the strawberry cream cheese frosting I made was too runny (damnit, strawberry puree), and the chocolate ganache I decided to pour on top of the runny frosting made things 100%…read more »

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cupcake, Dessert, Fruit Tagged With: berries, chocolate treat, cupcakes, fruit, party, Valentine's Day

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Mug Cakes

February 9, 2015 12 Comments

Today’s post was originally supposed to be a full-on cake, but by the time we got home from eating a ginormous lunch with my parents at one of our favorite Chinese restaurants, I was in way too deep of a food coma to do any sort of heavy duty baking. Too many servings of rice, salt & pepper pork, fried fish,…read more »

Filed Under: Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Fruit, Snack Tagged With: berries, cake, chocolate treat, fruit, mug cake, Valentine's Day

Snacktastic Sundays: Easy Chocolate Fruit Dip

January 18, 2015 12 Comments

Happy Sunday, everyone! Otherwise known as “OH MY GOD IT’S FINALLY TIME FOR FOOTBALL” day here in our house. In case you’re wondering, that’s all Dan. He’s been bellowing “TINA! Why isn’t it Sunday yet?!?! I want to watch footballllll!!!!” (basically verbatim) since Monday. Monday. As you can imagine, it’s been a fun week for me. Football season is great….read more »

Filed Under: Chocolate, Dessert, Fruit, Game Day Snacks, Healthy, Kid-Friendly, Snack Tagged With: berries, chocolate treat, fruit, game day snacks

Easy Candied Walnut Fudge

December 23, 2014 4 Comments

Remember when I made all those candied walnuts and told you I put them in a super yummy fudge? And I promised I’d share the recipe with you before the holidays? Well…here it is! You’re welcome. Although…I guess if you’re trying to watch your girlish figure, then I should probably be saying “sorry for tempting you.” ‘Cuz…read more »

Filed Under: Candy, Chocolate, Dessert, Holiday Tagged With: candy, chocolate treat, Christmas

Graveyard Pie

October 31, 2014 4 Comments

Happy Halloween, everyone! What are y’all doing for the spookiest holiday of the year? Trick-or-treating with the kids? Egging the neighbors’ houses? Going to fabulous costume parties? All of the above? Sounds like fun! Our plans this weekend not so Halloween-y. Instead of throwing on costumes and heading out to the bars, waiting around at home…read more »

Filed Under: Chocolate, Dessert, Holiday, Kid-Friendly, Pies Tagged With: chocolate treat, fun for kids, Halloween, pie

Healthy Chocolate Truffles

October 1, 2014 12 Comments

So, don’t judge me or anything, but these chocolate truffles were the only thing to come out of my kitchen this weekend (and, if we’re being technical/honest, all last week). I meant to make tons of other yummy stuff so that we’d have leftovers for lunch this week – Carla Hall’s hot chicken, kale/beet/goat cheese toasts, pigs-in-a-blanket (for football…read more »

Filed Under: Candy, Chocolate, Gluten-free, Healthy, Low Fat, Snack Tagged With: candy, chocolate treat, skinny

Chocolate Chip Blondies

August 20, 2014 9 Comments

Hello hello! Remember when I told you guys about  McCormick FlavorPrint a few weeks ago (actually, make that a month ago…where did July go!)? You know, the online meal planning service that gives you personalized recipe recommendations tailored to your individual flavor profiles? As you may recall, I told you that I had chosen three recipes to try – Chunky Chicken Chili,…read more »

Filed Under: Bars, Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Kid-Friendly, Sponsored Post Tagged With: bar/brownie, chocolate treat

Teeny Tiny Chocolate Chip Cookies (Cookie Sprinkles)

March 16, 2014 14 Comments

You guys. Can you handle how cute these teeny weenie cookies are? I don’t think I can. No, I definitely cannot. All last week, even though I had a ridiculous amount of non-blog work to do, I kept logging in to WordPress to sneak peaks at my draft for this post, grinning foolishly at the screen,…read more »

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Kid-Friendly, Snack Tagged With: chocolate treat, cookies, fun for kids

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