Crunchy, chewy, salty, rich, chocolaty, nutty. Sounds like Paradise to me. Mom has been making these treats for as long as I can remember and every time I bite into one it brings me back. These are special for so many reasons, one being they […]
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Spinach and Ricotta Noodle Kugel
Noodle kugel – fun to say, better to eat. Fun little fact: although I’m not Jewish, my family and I celebrated Hanukkah and Passover with a family friend for about five years straight. It was way back when where I not only found my love […]
Ina’s Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting
Hi you decedent chocolate cake that I’ve been eating for breakfast, lunch, and dessert for the past three days. Remember that time I said I was cutting out sweets til Christmas? Yeah wrong. I recently purchased Ina Garten’s Make It Ahead cookbook and I can’t […]
Roasted Shrimp Scampi (Two-in-One Recipes)
Shrimp baked with a garlicky buttery lemony love sauce served as either an appetizer with toasted bread OR tossed with pasta for the perfect weekday meal. This recipe completes me. Mom and I received word over Thanksgiving that we are hosting Christmas this year and […]
Cornbread & Cranberry Stuffed Apples
Crossing my fingers that you’re in need of a last minute Thanksgiving dessert because you NEED this. Apples stuffed with a sweet filling made of corn bread, cranberries, cinnamon, and butter, then baked until tender, topped with a scoop of ice-cream, then finished with a simple 5-ingredient caramel […]
Loaded Sweet Potato Casserole
So looks like this will be another Thanksgiving where I’ll be five pounds heavier, or as I like to say it, five pounds happier. Damn right I’ll sacrifice these new pair of jeans for an extra serving or THREE of these loaded sweet potatoes. Last […]
Green Bean Casserole with Tempura Onion Strings
Push your canned cream of mushroom soup and your packaged fried onion strings aside. Forget it ever existed. I’m stepping up the green bean casserole game with two things: a SIMPLE homemade mushroom cream sauce and tempura battered onion strings. This will be the second […]
