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Dessert

Flourless Mocha Torte

Super chocolatey and rich, this 6 ingredient cakes takes about 1 hour to make, including baking time! It’s perfect for a holiday gathering or for a just-because kind of treat. It’s simple yet elegant and no one will ever know that you only spent 1 hour preparing this beautiful dessert! […]

Breakfast

Egg and Avocado Bialy Sandwich

A bialy is a cross between an English muffin and a bagel with a light and crunchy top and chewy bottom. Typically filled with a small amount of sautéed onions and lightly dusted with a few poppy seeds, the bialy is then baked until lightly browned on the top. You […]

Lunch

Minestrone soup with Sweet and Salty Tuna Salad

The classic soup and half sandwich combo is still a winner in my book! I dressed up the typical tuna sandwich with crunchy celery and sweet apples and Craisins. Each addition lends a new layer of flavor to this sandwich. Paired with this delicious Italian soup, it makes for the […]

Side Dish, Snack

Fig and Prosciutto Baguette

This almost no bake appetizer takes just 20 minutes to prepare and is a perfect complement to just about any main course. The key is finding the freshest baguette in your area. Do a little digging to find a good bakery where you live, and I promise you that it’ll […]

Side Dish, Snack

Swiss Chard and Parmesan Stuffed Portobellos

Everybody loves appetizers and these stuffed portobellos are a great addition to your holiday appetizer list! They are fairly versatile, packed with veggies, and straightforward to make. Serve as an accompanying appetizer to a main meal of fish, chicken or beef or serve as a side dish right alongside the […]

Breakfast, Lunch

Baked Sweet Potato and Spinach Quiche

This one requires a little bit of preparation work but, trust me, it is absolutely worth it! All the flavors just meld together to create a super fluffy and light quiche. Packed with baked sweet potatoes, sautéed mushrooms, onions, and spinach, this quiche is then topped off with halved cherry […]

Dessert

The Ultimate Sundae Party!

Ice cream! Sprinkles! Crushed butterfingers! Candy pearls! Bananas! Those are just some of the delicious toppings that make up the most spectacular and exciting sundae bar you’ve ever seen! I don’t think that you can ever go wrong with ice cream sundaes. Though it might seem daunting to put together […]

Snack

Triple-Layered Salsa

Perfect for a party or small gathering, this triple-layered salsa will leave your guests scraping the bowl for more! (I know, I did the same!) I literally could not get enough of this salsa. The creamy sour cream is sandwiched between this sweet yet slightly spicy pineapple salsa and delicious […]

Dinner, Lunch

Rustic Tomato Sauce with Bow Ties

This simplistic yet scrumptious sauce will have you scraping the bowl for the last drop! I used the last of the fresh tomatoes from the garden which lended to the incredibly sweet flavor of this sauce. You can of course substitute cherry tomatoes from the grocery store and you’ll get […]

Dessert

Vanilla Ginger Frosted Muffins

These are SO delicious and they came out even better than I expected! Stuffed full of shredded carrots, sweet crushed pineapple, and coconut, these muffins are so moist they probably don’t even need frosting. But, I decided to play up the flavors in the muffins and make a vanilla ginger […]