dessert

peanut butter-stuffed milk chocolate sandwich cookies

March 3, 2010

It may be evident by now that I love the combination of peanut-butter and chocolate, especially when they are in the form of cookies.  But I also know someone else who is very fond of this flavor and she just happened to have a birthday recently. I knew just what to make. These are not the prettiest [...]

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Clean Eating Cookies

February 19, 2010

I picked up a Clean Eating magazine to do a little research for Camp Endeavor and because I’ve heard a lot about this book/diet/magazine and never looked into it. I was actually expecting a very high protein, veggies and fruit diet (no carbs or sugar) but it was much more balanced than I thought! I [...]

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coconut strawberry shortcake

February 16, 2010

I wanted to make a special dessert for Valentine’s Day and thought that a Coconut Strawberry shortcake would be the perfect way to go! Raw strawberry shortcake that is. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately for me) the taster doesn’t fully appreciate raw foods as much as I do, which kind of defeats a special dessert for [...]

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in the news: new years food traditions

January 1, 2010

Growing up, I don’t recall any traditional New Years fare, but after visiting New Orleans and Haiti this fall I was exposed to some food traditions – all regarding what to eat on the New Year for the best of luck in the year to come. Down South: Eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day [...]

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lime cooler cookies

December 21, 2009

We all know that I am not much of a baker – BUT I’m working on improving and that is the important part!  I was actually at the mall, ready to get a mixer, just so I could make these cookies – and many other baked goods to come –  and the taster told me [...]

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jam & mascarpone

December 10, 2009

The sweet take on my mushroom & parmesan pillows. By the way, in the future I will just use the phyllo cups. So much easier – and more room for filling! These sweet treats contained a dollop of mascarpone cheese and a dollop of Crofter’s Superfruit Spread – South American (Maqui & Passionfruit blended with [...]

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