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Ginger and Soy Glazed Chicken

December 9, 2013
Ginger and Soy Glazed Chicken

Brian and I don’t eat take out very often but when we do Chinese food is one of our go to meals. Without looking at the menu we always know what we want, General Tso Chicken. There is something about the sweet and spicy glaze that gets us every time! While surfing Pinterest I stumbled on a Ginger and Soy Glazed Chicken recipe and decided to try it out. With a…

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Witch Brooms and Easy Halloween Food

October 30, 2013
Witch Brooms

Need some last minute Halloween ideas?  I saw this cute idea on Pinterest and made them for my Halloween party.  If you want to make some edible, tasty witch brooms, take pretzel sticks and insert them into upside-down mini Reese’s peanut butter cups.  These will fly right off the plate. For our cupcakes, we placed creepy eyes and ears on top of these delicious red velvet cupcakes. And if you…

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Apple Cider Sangria

October 29, 2013
Apple Cider Sangria

Serve some Apple Cider Sangria at your next fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving gathering!  I could see this working at Christmas too.  It’s light, crisp, and refreshing.  Nuff said. [recipe] Apple Cider Sangria 1 bottle of your favorite pinot grigio 2 1/2 cups apple cider 1 cup club soda 2 “nips” (100 ml) blackberry brandy 3 chopped and cubed assorted apples 3 chopped and cubed pears Combine all ingredients together in…

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Mini Pumpkin Pies

September 25, 2013
Mini Pumpkin Pies

How freaking cute!  These mini pumpkin pies will bring big smiles to your guests.  Planning on having a fall appetizer, or a buffet of mini desserts?  Add these mini pumpkin pies to your list. The best part is these are so easy to make.  You can use any pumpkin pie recipe and any crust you want.  All you’re doing is making a mini pumpkin pie.  I used a Pillsbury crust…

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Pumpkin Bread Truffles

September 24, 2013
Pumpkin Bread Truffles

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin!  What a dessert.  If you love pumpkin as much as we do, then you’ll love these pumpkin bread truffles.  Literally melting in my mouth – literally, I’m eating one right now.  We’ve taken pieces of pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, infused some chocolate and voila!  Pumpkin Bread Truffles. The basic foundation is pumpkin bread.  So feel free to follow our recipe below, or use your own.  The middle…

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Pumpkin Bread

September 23, 2013
Pumpkin Bread

What’s fall without pumpkin bread?  Seriously – if you don’t like pumpkin, sorry, but what is wrong with you?  If you’re not from New England, and you don’t like pumpkin, then you get a free pass.  I could literally eat pumpkin bread every day of the year, but I somehow hold off until the fall.  When I was in college, I looked forward from that finals week care package, filled…

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All Recipes/ Lunch and Dinner

Inside Out Chicken Parm

September 17, 2013
Inside Out Chicken Parm

What did I say, inside out chicken parm?  What a concept!  I wanted to make some really good chicken parm, but thought I could change it up.  We’ve stuffed chicken with cheese, bacon, and spinach.  So I thought, why not take the parm outside, and move it to the inside?  So that’s what we did. We took the thick chicken breasts and carved out a little pocket on the side.…

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Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

September 13, 2013
Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

Happy birthday to Fatima!  Last year, I made Fatima a cookies and cream cake.  She loves anything cookies and cream – especially those Hershey’s cookies and cream bars.  I’m not a fan, but that’s one of the only sweets she’ll eat.  This year, to pair with my peanut butter cup cupcakes, I made her some cookies and cream cupcakes. I used a butter golden cake mix, a can of vanilla…

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Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

September 10, 2013
Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

Happy birthday to meeeeee!  Ughgh another year older.  Last year, Fatima made me a delicious Peanut Butter Cup Cake.  Peanut butter cups are one of my favorite things.  This year I wanted to make something similar.  These delicious peanut butter cup cupcakes are simple and easy to make. Take your favorite cupcake flavor (I went with chocolate), a plain ol’vanilla frosting can, and add in your favorite treats.  I loaded…

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Enchiladas

August 28, 2013
Enchiladas

Last night’s dinner was Mexican inspired: Enchiladas with guacamole and a Marquisrita. Fatima, again made the Enchiladas, reminiscent of the time she made them when we were in New Hampshire, and I made the guacamole. [recipe] Enchiladas 1 1/2 lb chicken breast, diced 1/2 cup chopped red onion 3/4 tsp garlic powder 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp oregano 2 tsp chili powder – add more…

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Blooming Onion: Nailed It

August 12, 2013
Blooming Onion

This weekend, we witnessed a fire in our apartment.  In a search on Pinterest for something we’ve never made before, we came across some blooming onion recipes.  When I saw a recipe for a blooming onion, I was like… If you never had one, go to Chili’s and order one (apparently they are at Outback Steakhouse as well).  Delicious.  Just a fun take on an onion ring with some sweet…

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Peanut Butter Cup Smores

August 10, 2013
Peanut Butter Cup Smores

A summer favorite, s’mores are the campfire dessert to enjoy around a fire on a cool summer night .  What makes these little beauties even better?  Substitute that little piece of chocolate with a peanut butter cup.  De-lish!  These peanut butter cup smores are my new favorite type of s’more.  Are you going to celebrate national s’mores day?  Show us your s’mores!…

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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

July 31, 2013
chewy chocolate chip cookies

Remember that time we made chocolate chip cookies using a Pinterest tip telling us adding cornstarch would make them fluffy?  Yes, it was an epic fail. However, on our second time around visiting the cornstarch theory, we’ve hit the jackpot.  These are some delicious and chewy chocolate chip cookies I have ever had.  These will ruin you; you’ll never want to make them any other way ever again.  Think Mrs.…

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Happy National Ice Cream Day

July 21, 2013

One of my favorite ice cream places is in Center Harbor, NH.  Dewey’s Ice Cream Parlor is right up the rock from the public docks and offers exceptional homemade ice cream. Another one of my favorite places is Bailey’s Bubble in Wolfeboro, NH.  I eat their ice cream way too fast, they have amahhhzing ice cream – probably one of the best on Lake Winnipesaukee. A personal favorite of mine…

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