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Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Easy Cheddar Sourdough Bread Homemade Sourdough Cheese Bread — No starter required and so easy! It tastes like it’s from a fancy bakery! Who can resist homemade cheesy bread?! Easy Sourdough Cheese Bread Recipe This is possibly the best sourdough bread I’ve ever made. It’s a cheesy version my Homemade Sourdough Bread. And everything is better with cheese. Unlike most sourdough recipes that require a starter and weeks to complete, this easy sourdough bread recipe requires neither....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes FUNFETTI®-Inspired Cookie Dough Balls There are times when I don’t even need to bake cookie dough into cookies. I’m perfectly content with the raw dough. The sweet, rich, sprinkle-filled dough satisfies cookie dough cravings, and it’s safe to eat raw. No eggs. Over my lifetime I’ve eaten my weight in raw dough and batter, but many people get pretty freaked out about raw eggs....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Green & Chocolate Drizzled Banana Smiley What do you get when you take green sprinkles… A square of my favorite baking chocolate … And drizzle one square of melted chocolate over a sliced banana? You get a very excited five year old… ….who has a new favorite snack. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! In case you prefer your bananas a little less green and a little more grown up, Strawberry Banana Bread will make your house smell heavenly and is perfect for weekend mornings....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Learn Something New Every Day I’ve learned some new things recently and thought I’d fill you in on my little tidbits: I was recently chatting with a coworker who breeds koi fish. She told me that koi fish can live for over 200 years ! I was in shock. Yes, they can live for centuries with common life expectancies being in the 25-30 year range....

Home › Recipe Index › 30-Minute Meals Loaded Greek Salad Loaded Greek Salad — An amped up version of a classic Greek salad with avocado, artichokes, garbanzo beans, and more!! The tangy Greek salad dressing is ready in seconds and is a major flavor booster! Naturally gluten-free and vegetarian!! What Makes This aLoadedGreek Salad? I took some liberties and enhanced a traditional Greek salad. This loaded version is loaded with extra goodies....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Makes It Better Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups make good things even better. I made brownies similar to Fudgy Nutella Brownies , added some Reese’s Cups, and continued to doctor them up even more. Suffice to say they’re “pretty good”. Sunshine and blue skies make a Saturday even better. And so does time with my family, yoga at home… …and baking. However, dirty dishes do not make things better....

Home › Recipe Index › Breakfast Breads Mini Sweet Potato Muffins Sweet Potato Muffins — Soft, tender, and moist muffins made with sweet potatoes! If you love baking with pumpkin puree, you’re going to love this QUICK and EASY recipe that’s made with mashed sweet potatoes! Easy Muffins … Made with Sweet Potatoes! Sweet Potato Muffins Ingredients How to Make Sweet Potato Muffins Recipe FAQs Storage Instructions Mini Sweet Potato Muffins Recipe More Fall Breakfast Recipes: Easy Muffins … Made with Sweet Potatoes!...

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Granola Bars & Granola No Bake Vegan Chocolate-Coconut-Chia-Oat Dessert Squares/Energy Bars As promised at the end of the Thai Peanut Zuke Noodles post yesterday, I’ll grace you with some sweet action today . I’m glad that I am not the only one who finds the zuke schlong totally humorous. It’s like bathroom humor…it may not be adult-like, but it sure is funny! No Bake Vegan Chocolate-Coconut-Chia-Oat Dessert Squares/Energy Bars Into the VitaMonster went *2 Tbsp chia seeds that I ground well *Then I added 4 Tbsp of shredded coconut (mine was sweetened because that’s all I had) *1 Tbsp Maple Syrup *1 Tbsp Agave *Dash Vanilla *2 Squares of the TJ’s Dark Chocolate 73% bar (Or, 2 Tbsp Choco Chips/Carob Chips/Cocao Nibs would all work) *2 Tbsp Oats (afterthought because they were really soupy so I needed something to dry them up) *Blended til everything’s incorporated...

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Bars & Blondies Oatmeal Creme Pie Cookie Bars (Little Debbie Copycat) Iced Oatmeal Cookie Bars (Little Debbie Copycat!) — The flavor of the classic cookies turned into fast, easy, chewy bars and the frosting is beyond amazing! They’re even better than original Oatmeal Creme Pies!! Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies were some of my favorite cookies growing up and I could eat a box in a day....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Peeks & Likes Here are a few peeks and things I’ve been up to the past day or so. All recipes will be posted eventually. Probably sooner rather than later. The smell of bread baking. Or donut “bread” baking. Either way, it’s been scent-terrific around here. <– Cheesy humor tends to happens after hours in the kitchen followed with two hours of photography. Cranberry + Mango + Orange = Lots of Vitamin C and really tasty....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Indian Red Curry Meatballs Red Curry Meatballs — Indian-spiced beef meatballs are simmered in a homemade red curry sauce that’s perfectly spicy, savory, and so comforting especially when served over a bed of basmati rice! Learn how to recreate this ethnic dish that’ll IMPRESS your family and friends and have everyone begging for more! Red Curry Meatballs Recipe What is the Difference Between Indian and Thai Red Curry?...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Roasted Winter Squash, Cranberry, and Almond Salad with Lemon Dijon Balsamic Vinaigrette A salad loaded with roasted squash, chunky veggies, crunchy almonds, and chewy dried cranberries is my perfect meal. The balsamic-based vinaigrette just seals the deal because I could literally drink balsamic. No shame. Yes, I make a ton of cookies , cakes , gooey stuff , and desserts dripping in chocolate , but when it comes right down to what I crave, it’s plants....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Cakes & Cupcakes Sweet Cream Vanilla Coffee Cake Sweet Cream Yogurt Coffee Cake — Fluffy, soft, sweet, and as a happy accident it turned out very close in taste and texture to boxed yellow cake mix cake! Coffee creamer and yogurt keep this coffee cake moist! Vanilla Greek Yogurt Coffee Cake Recipe I’ve made a lot of cakes over the years. But this one is unique and like no other I’ve made....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Vanilla Bean Mini Muffins Vanilla Bean Mini Muffins – Fast, EASY, lower sugar, wholesome muffins that are bursting with vanilla bean flavor!! Perfect for breakfast, snacks, and lunch boxes! Mini food always tastes BETTER!! If you’re a vanilla aficionado like I am you’re going to love these adorable little muffins that are brimming with vanilla flavor. The muffins are fast, easy, made in one bowl, and you don’t even have to use a mixer....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Versatile Blogger Award, Mailbox & Sweater Finds, Blogging Software, Laptop Recommendations Hi Friends! How was your weekend? Mine went by really fast . I work Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays so before you know it, the weekend has evaporated and I never get to do everything I wanted to do and accomplish, but that’s ok because I did spend some time with Scott and Skylar enjoying the nice weather....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Weekend Recap & Some Hippy Dippy Musings Happy Monday Morning! Blech….who likes Mondays? Generally they’re not my fave day but Scott comes home late tonight after a work trip, but unfortunately he has to leave again Wednesday. So we only have a few short hours together. Sigh….But hey it’s quality, not quantity, right? Sounds like my Vegan Chocolate-Coconut-Chia Treats from yesterday hit the spot....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes A Zoo Out There & Recipe Fails I hope your weekend is off to a good start. I ran a few errands including the post office. Boy, that place seemed especially like a zoo on a Saturday morning. And here I thought I was being smart and avoiding the crowds. Then I carried on to the grocery store and Trader Joe’s for more jam-packed fun....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Baking with Chocolate Part of my day including baking with my favorite chocolate I used 100th Birthday Oreos I dirtied so many dishes I ran out of dishwashing liquid. The bowls are these (someone always asks) Sprinkles were used with reckless abandon. I made something kind of like these , but not exactly. I also started a Green Smoothie eBook Giveaway . From one polar opposite of green food to the next....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Cookies Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups — Prone to making cookies that spread? It’s impossible with these! Thick, soft, and chewy cookies baked in a muffin pan that are so rich from the browned butter! Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with Browned Butter There’s only so many ways to re-invent chocolate chip cookies before it’s just another chocolate chip cookie....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Beef Cheesy Beef Taco Pie Beef Taco Pie — In this taco pie, a crescent roll crust is topped with a mixture of crushed tortilla chips, ground beef, tomatoes, sour cream, and loads of glorious cheese! It’s the ultimate Mexican comfort food! Easy Taco Pie Recipe This is a comfort food recipe that’s perfect for everything from tailgating to holiday parties to a weeknight dinner the whole family will love....