Let’s face it everyone has an amazing banana bread recipe, you know the one that all your friends ask you to make, it may or may not have chocolate chips in it and it usually has lots of oil in it making super moist.
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Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Cauliflower has been the big “switch out” when it comes to eating healthy or gluten free. I know I substituted cauliflower for potatoes for a dinner party recently and while I could taste the slight difference, it wasn’t so bad that I wouldn’t do it again. Cauliflower pizza crust has been popping up on all my food sites for over a year now and I have been meaning to try it but it looked like a lot of work so I have been passing. One year later and a detox motivated me to try a recipe for cauliflower pizza and I am glad that I did try it….
12 Days of Christmas – Coconut Cookies (macaroon style)
My daughter’s friend, Amanda loves my chewy coconut magic bars so every time there is a party or celebration I make them for her as I know it means a lot. Last night Amanda’s mom was hosting the soccer dinner party for the girls and I realized I didn’t make the magic bars for her so I created this recipe for a flourless coconut cookie with chocolate chips for them.
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12 Days of Cookies – Susan’s Thumbprint Cookie
WOW…there is so much to say about my friend Susan but I want to first start off and say what an amazing cookie she introduced to me! This version of the thumbprint cookie came from her mom and she’s been making them for as long as she could remember. We added both raspberry jam and apricot jam and they were both equally amazing!!!!
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12 Days of Cookies – Spritz (Almond) Cookies
What’s a “spritz cookie” or “almond cookie” I bet that’s what you are thinking right about now as I never knew the name of this type of a cookie, I always thought it was called a “Jewish cookie” but really that’s not a name for a cookie now is it. I say a Jewish cookie because when I go to the deli’s out here (most of which are Jewish), they always have these cookies in the display case. And while we have great Italian deli’s most don’t serve cookies.
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Amazing Oreo Rice Krispies (Crispies) Treat Recipe
YUMMMMMMMY…there have I said enough? I just love rice krispies (crispies) and I found that even though they are a very simple thing to make, I always had an issue making them. My sister-in-law used to make rice krispies (crispies) for me for my birthday and I had always looked forward to receiving them as I just love rice krispies (crispies).
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Baked Kale Chips Recipe
I know what you are going to say…kale chips…really??? But I can honestly say that baking your kale and creating a kale chip really is amazing…it’s healthy and super easy to make. And let’s face it, here in California every where you turn, it’s all about “kale…kale…kale” pretty much anything kale, cold kale salads, sauteed kale, kale chips…it’s like we can’t get enough kale.
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Easy Banana Chocolate Chip & Pecan Cookies
Today is June 10th and June 10th was my mothers birthday…she passed away from cancer almost 20 years go. So to honor her, I thought it would be fun to make one of my favorite recipes Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies, this cookie recipe was a favorite of mine from childhood. This is the original recipe that I used to make with the only change being I added pecans instead of walnuts and I added some vanilla extract.
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Pull Apart Pepperoni Pizza Bread
Pull apart pepperoni pizza bread is so simple to make and amazing to eat. I swear anyone can make this and I would encourage you to have your kids or grandchildren make this recipe as it’s so easy and will empower a beginner chef. I recently experimented and made a pull apart garlic bread that we all loved, it was quite funny because I thought I was being so original and then I found pull apart garlic bread everywhere…silly me.
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Turkey Chili with Beans…your kids new favorite recipe
Today I want to share a chili recipe with you. I love chili, I can eat chili anytime it’s great for lunch, dinner and especially great as a leftover! I have many different types of chili recipes as I have friends and family members with many requests, you know like no beef, not too many beans, no onions, nothing chunky, no corn and the list goes on and on.
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