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Sweet and Savory Sweet Potato Pastries

October 5, 2016

Fall is our favorite season. Growing up in New England, I loved experiencing the changes in the leaves, the crunch they make when you step on them, and the cool, crisp air. My family’s annual Halloween Party this year is Harry Potter-themed. It has been so much fun to plan. I think it will be our most Pinteresting Halloween Party, yet! We wanted to experiment with some of the internet’s greatest…

October 5, 2016 By Brian

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Mint Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Waffle Sandwiches

September 1, 2016

It’s what unicorn dreams are made of. Last week, we showed you how we stayed cool with our homemade cold brew. Last weekend we cooled off with some margaritas at our favorite brunch spot and made some ice cream. These mint cookies and cream ice cream waffle sandwiches were delicious. We’ve wanted to make mint ice cream for a while. If it wasn’t for the mint Oreos on sale at Target, we wouldn’t have made…

September 1, 2016 By Brian

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We’re Celebrating Our Blogiversary!

July 6, 2016

Today, our baby turns five years old so we’re celebrating! Yes, our blog baby and we’re celebrating our blogiversary! Looking back at some of our first posts, we’ve come a long way – in both recipes and photos. In 2011, we started sharing our food adventures on my personal Tumblr page as new Hofstra University alumni. We wanted to share easy, savory recipes for college students and young professionals who were on a budget. Shortly after…

July 6, 2016 By Brian

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Mrs. Fields Knockoff Chocolate Chip Cookies

April 13, 2016

I’m dubbing these as the ‘Mrs. Fields Knockoff Chocolate Chip Cookies’ recipe because they remind me so much of cookies you can buy from Mrs. Fields. Please take note: this is NOT Mrs. Fields original recipe. After my first day as an NBC Page, I went down to the Mrs. Fields shop in the concourse in Rockefeller Center. That started a mini ritual. When I landed my first job after…

April 13, 2016 By Brian

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Chocolate Covered Pretzels

February 11, 2016

Who doesn’t love pretzels, chocolate, peanut butter cups, or Oreos? How about a combination of everything? Chocolate covered pretzels are an easy snack you could whip up in 20 minutes for your friends and significant others this weekend. You just need pretzels, chocolate, and your favorite toppings. My wife’s favorite flavor is vanilla – surprise, surprise 😉 and she loves anything made with white chocolate and cookies & cream. So naturally,…

February 11, 2016 By Brian

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French Vanilla Chewy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

December 16, 2015

Oh my gosh. I can’t. I will never be able to eat another thing ever again. I’ve eaten too many of these delicious French vanilla chewy double chocolate chip cookies! These must be on your plate for Christmas; it’ll be the easiest way to get on Santa’s nice list. I made these earlier this week for a family dinner with my brother-in-law. They were a hit. I may have consumed…

December 16, 2015 By Brian

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Sweet and Savory Pretzel Bites

December 2, 2015

My uncle made these a few Christmases ago and we made them last year for my family’s annual trip to NYC. These are probably the easiest snacks you’ll make this holiday season. And why not? They’re delicious. These sweet and savory pretzel bites are a perfect combination of salt and sweet chocolate. It’s like a party in your mouth. Yes, those are our Instagram Coasters in the background. They make…

December 2, 2015 By Brian

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Peanut Butter Monster Eye Cookies

October 28, 2015

I love adding a little spook to food around Halloween. This year, among many other delicious dishes, we made these peanut butter monster eye cookies. Aren’t they cute? These are so easy to make and don’t require anything special other than these candy monster eyes (found at Michaels). If you’re familiar with peanut butter blossoms, then you’ll know exactly how to make these cookies. Basically, you push the Hershey kisses…

October 28, 2015 By Brian

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Mini Candy Apple Fail

October 12, 2015

Oh Pinterest, you pain me sometimes. While we don’t have many cooking fails, when we do, they are complete utter failures. It took us a few tries, but we finally got these chocolate chip cookies to be thick and chewy. When putting together our fall food preview party, we wanted to try to make mini candy apples. We saw a lot of failures, but also other food blogs who seemingly made it work. While…

October 12, 2015 By Brian

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Apple Cider Donuts

October 7, 2015

Fall has arrived! Time to eat everything with pumpkin and apple spice. Brian is working hard with MBA classes so we decided to make most of our fall blogging over the course of one weekend. To get rid of all the food we made, we enlisted some of our closest friends to come over and eat our Apple Cider Donuts. I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of food…

October 7, 2015 By Fatima

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Pumpkin Coffee Cake Donuts

October 5, 2015

What’s better than a warm, fresh donut with your coffee? That donut being pumpkin flavored. But what’s better than that? Pumpkin coffee cake donuts! Call us #basic, but we love pumpkin. I look forward to fall every year just for Dunkin Donuts’ pumpkin glazed donuts. When thinking about what to make this season, we stumbled upon Delightful E Made’s pumpkin coffee cake donuts. Don’t they look delicious!? Whip them up yourself,…

October 5, 2015 By Brian

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Nutella Strawberries

May 25, 2015

Nutella is food’s soul mate. Besides meat, I can’t think of another food item that Nutella wouldn’t be good with. Whether you’re looking for a picnic dessert, late night snack, or breakfast substitute, these Nutella strawberries will hit the spot. Unlike Brian, I grew up on Nutella. Fruit, pretzels, other snacks, but mostly on bread – what a treat! I don’t care for hazelnut coffee, but I love me some Nutella. Spread…

May 25, 2015 By Fatima

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Red Velvet Oreo Truffles

February 16, 2015

This weekend, Fatima and I took a break from the city and headed up to Connecticut to spend Valentine’s Day with my family. As we stated in our UncommonGoods post, my family would get together for a nice dinner on Valentine’s Day. This weekend, my parents hosted a Valentine’s dinner filled with filet mignon, our parmesan-garlic & lime brussel sprouts, and roasted red potatoes. For dessert, my aunt brought over…

February 16, 2015 By Brian

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Naked Red Velvet Cake

February 3, 2015

Enjoy something naked this Valentine’s Day. We made a delicious naked red velvet cake. xoxo – Brian & Fatima.…

February 3, 2015 By Brian

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