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Chewy Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

February 25, 2012 12 Comments

OK, raise your hand if you liked oatmeal cookies when you were a kid. Anyone? No? You in the back, put your hand down, I don’t believe you. Nobody liked oatmeal cookies when they were kids. Those hard, lumpy, raisin-filled things were are always the reject cookies at kids’ birthday parties, lingering on the table…read more »

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Fruit, Kid-Friendly, Snack

Boston Cream Cupcakes

February 5, 2012 46 Comments

It’s T-2 hours and 11 minutes until the Superbowl, guys. I haven’t glanced at a clock in a couple hours, so how do I know that? I’ll tell you how — Dan has been counting down the hours, every hour, on the hour, out loud, since he woke up this morning. Yeah. He is really excited about this…read more »

Filed Under: Cake, Chocolate, Cupcake, Dessert, Kid-Friendly, Pudding Tagged With: chocolate treat, cupcakes

Loaded Mashed Potato Cakes

January 28, 2012 63 Comments

Guys, I slept until noon today. It was amazing. To be honest, I probably could have slept for at least another hour or two, but I felt kind of guilty. It’s not like I had errands I needed get done or anything, but Dan had been awake since 9am, and even the cats, who are…read more »

Filed Under: Appetizers, Game Day Snacks, Kid-Friendly, Semi-Homemade, Snack Tagged With: appetizer, game day snacks, potatoes

Strawberries and Cream Pie

January 22, 2012 139 Comments

Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, everyone! I wanted to make something special in honor of the holiday, but I haven’t had much time to cook lately. If I get a chance, I might put together a post featuring some of my favorite Asian recipes. But not today. Today I want to talk to you about…read more »

Filed Under: Dessert, Fruit, Kid-Friendly, Pies Tagged With: berries, cream, fruit, july 4th, party, pie, Valentine's Day

Nutella Double Chip Cookies

January 16, 2012 10 Comments

Hello, my name is Tina, and I am a Nutella addict. I eat it slathered on anything remotely slather-able so that it doesn’t look like I’m just eating Nutella, I order strawberry and Nutella crepes so that I can very casually suck out all the filling, and I have to stick any jar of the stuff…read more »

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Kid-Friendly Tagged With: chocolate treat, cookies

Triple Chocolate Cake Balls

January 1, 2012 4 Comments

Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe it’s 2012 already? 20-frickin-12. That means it’s been 20 years since I came to America, 15 years since we left Texas, almost 10 years since high school, a little less than 7 years since Dan and I got together, 5 years since college, 2 years since I left the…read more »

Filed Under: Cake, Candy, Chocolate, Dessert, Frosting, Kid-Friendly, Semi-Homemade, Snack

Christmas Sugar Cookies

December 19, 2011 3 Comments

On the 9th day of Christmas…our friends Amy and Brad invited us over for a holiday/cookie-decorating party. They throw the best parties with the most delicious and deceptively lethal cocktails, so there was no way that Dan and I were going to miss out on this one! Plus, they asked me to make the cookies…read more »

Filed Under: Cookies, Dessert, Frosting, Holiday, Kid-Friendly

Oreo Truffles

December 16, 2011 16 Comments

When I was a kid, the holidays were all about “receiving” — gifts from my parents, gifts from my relatives, gifts from Santa…Nothing made me happier than seeing the stack of presents under our Christmas tree get bigger with each wave of guests that came by. Ah, childhood…Luckily, as I’ve gotten older and started having…read more »

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

DIY Marzipan

December 8, 2011 6 Comments

On the third day of Christmas, my kitchen gives to you…homemade marzipan! More specifically, homemade marzipan tinted with Christmas colors and molded into adorable Christmas-themed shapes. Did you know that in Italy, marzipan served over Christmas is painted with fruit coloring and shaped to look like miniature fruit? That’s actually how I remember eating marzipan…read more »

Filed Under: Candy, Dessert, DIY, Holiday, Kid-Friendly, Snack

Triple Delight Cookies

December 5, 2011 4 Comments

A lot of food bloggers have started their days-before-Christmas count downs already, and the result has been an explosion of posts featuring all kinds of different Christmas cookies, egg nog, gingerbread houses, and the like. Talk about peer pressure! I had originally wanted to wait until exactly 12 days before Christmas to start my list,…read more »

Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Frosting, Holiday, Kid-Friendly

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