OMG is there anything better than rich chocolate, sweet coconut and a salty nut? Two words, almond joy…ok, let me change it to three words…homemade almond joy…enough said!
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Spiced Pretzels
What are spiced pretzels you might ask…well let me tell you, spiced pretzels are the most addicting snack food you can have and with super bowl Sunday right around the corner, I figured it was time to share this little treasure of a recipe.
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12 Days of Christmas – Pecan Confectioners
I was dating someone from the south who taught me a lot about southern traditional dishes and the simplicity of southern dining. He had many favorite recipes like my chicken spaghetti bake (my number one searched recipe from my blog and super yummy) but his most favorite recipe was pecan confectioners. He didn’t have the recipe so it became the running joke that they even existed as I couldn’t find a recipe for them on the internet. I just figured the cookie or nut was just a recipe that the southerns had from generations prior or they are called something else and one day maybe I’d be lucky enough to try one.
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Baked Figs with Honey and Cinnamon
When I was first introduced to baked figs with honey and cinnamon I thought I had died and gone to heaven…they were that good! I was in a restaurant and the baked figs were served on top of vanilla ice cream, as simple as this sounds, it was so amazing I asked the owner of the restaurant how she made them and she was kind enough to give me the basics.
I recently had some friends over for a dinner party where we made a few appetizers, including the apricot appetizer I blogged a few weeks back, some pasta and we finished it off with these amazing baked figs. Everyone loved the whole meal but even still to this day, my friend Bela will bring up the baked figs so I thought it was worthy of posting the recipe.
For this recipe you have to use fresh figs, not dried. Wash the figs, slice them in half and place in a baking pan
top with honey and cinnamon
bake for 30 minutes or until soft (I flipped mine 1/2 way through cooking)
place 3 pieces on a scoop of ice cream, preferably while hot, sprinkle a little sliced almonds on top and serve
Sometimes the simplest things are the best tasting. This is truly an amazing dessert that your friends will talk about long after the meal, just like my friend Bela. Let me know what you think of this?
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Baked Figs with Honey and Cinnamon
Ingredients
- 1 pound Fresh Figs, sliced
- 3 tablespoons Honey
- 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon, or to taste
- Sliced Almonds, optional
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place sliced figs in a baking pan, add honey and cinnamon to coat all figs. After 15 minutes, flip the figs, continue to bake for 15 minutes or until cooked through.
- Serve warm on ice cream (I usually do 3 pieces to 1 scoop of ice cream), garnish with sliced almonds. Enjoy!
Recipe belongs to Patty @MmGood.com, please contact me to use for personal use
5 Minute Appetizer ~ Apricot, Blue Cheese & Nuts
I was having a group of girlfriends over for a small dinner gathering and invited my girlfriend Susan to come a little earlier to help me prepare. I love cooking with Susan as she is very creative and can transform any dish to look like it just came out of a 5-star restaurant.
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Raw Broccoli Salad
Lately I have found myself drawn to cold broccoli salads which is a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing about broccoli is that it is a great vegetable to eat with many nutrients (click here to learn more about broccoli), it’s especially great to eat raw…so what’s the bad part about broccoli salad?? Most of those salads that you buy in the markets are filled with mayonnaise adding unnecessary calories….
Sweet & Spicy Rosemary Cashews
If you asked my friend Lydia if she was a great cook she would probably say no…yet every time she makes something, I just love it!
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Stuffed Dates Wrapped in Bacon
Back in September I attended a social gathering and met some really amazing women. I was asked if I would be opened to hosting a gathering at my house to watch the bachelor and of course I said yes. When Monday came and I realized it was time for the show, I also realized I needed a great appetizer to go with the show and knew exactly what to make.
This recipe for dates wrapped in bacon was introduced to me by my friend Susan, she and I taught some cooking classes back in October and she made this dish as an appetizer and I was sold! If you are on a budget, stuff the dates with walnuts, if you can splurge a little use pecans and if you want to go all out try blue cheese. For my party I used pecans because I already had them in my house and I didn’t want to go out and buy walnuts.
You are going to start with dates, that are pitted which leaves a hole in the date, then you insert your filling, for this recipe I used pecans
then you wrap the date in a small piece of bacon, I cut my bacon into 4th’s and you sprinkle some brown sugar on top
you then put them on a baking sheet, lined with foil and I ended up placing the dates on a rack
bake for 20 minutes or until the bacon is cooked through and remove from the oven
if you don’t put the dates wrapped in bacon on a rack, they will cook in the oil and be super greasy as you can see from my first go around and even though I over cooked them, they were still amazing!
here they are on a plate, these are the bacon wrapped dates from the rack
Everyone loved this appetizer, let’s face it, who wouldn’t…you get the sweetness from the dates, a secret surprise middle and the salty bacon on the exterior…hello yummy!
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Stuffed Dates Wrapped in Bacon
Ingredients
- Pitted Dates (plan on 3 per person)
- Pecans, enough to stuff your dates
- 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 package Bacon, each piece sliced into 3-4 pieces
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375, line your pan with aluminum foil and place your baking racks in each pan
- In each date, put a piece of pecan in the date, this is very messy and sticky so you can wear gloves if needed.
- Wrap a piece of bacon around the date and place on your rack.
- Sprinkle brown sugar over the dates and bake for 20-25 minutes or until done.
- Serve warm. Enjoy!
Recipe belongs to Patty @MmGood.com, please contact me to use for personal use
A Healthy Quinoa with Pomegranate Recipe
This year while having Thanksgiving at a friends house, someone brought a quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) with pomegranate dish as a side dish. While bringing quinoa for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner is unusual, I have to say…it was one of my favorite side dishes. One of the things I loved most about the dish was the pomegranates as every time I took a bite, they would pop in my mouth. I went on and on and on about how much I loved this dish but no recipe was given to me, so I took a photo of the dish and re-created it on my own.
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Easy Crumb Cake from a Pancake Mix
I love crumb cake, don’t you? This cake is not a traditional “crumb cake”, as I did not make the traditional crumb topping with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon also there is no cinnamon, cloves or nutmeg in this cake.
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