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Cherry Coke Float Cupcakes

January 25, 2012 |

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Nothing says fun quite like turning one of your favorite drinks into cupcakes. So far I’ve introduced you to Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes, Limoncello Cupcakes, and Margarita Cupcakes. This time I decided to leave the alcohol behind (for a couple of days anyway, stay tuned for a fun treat later this week!) and create a [...]

Fig Cookie Bars

January 24, 2012 |

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When I was a kid my parents were pretty strict about not keeping “junk food” in the house. We never had things like potato chips, packaged cookies, or pop readily available to us. They were all reserved for a treat – a birthday party, eating out, sleepovers, etc. The only snack I remember being in [...]

Chipped Ham BBQ Sandwiches

January 23, 2012 |

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This is my notion of comfort food at its finest: an old family recipe, not-so-good-for-you ingredients, and something that I crave approximately once a year, usually always during the winter. This past weekend the craving set in, after not having these since last January. The recipe for these sandwiches comes from a family member on [...]

The Weekend Dish: 1/21/2012

January 21, 2012 |

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I hope that everyone has had a good week, and that your weekend is off to a great weekend! The last two days have been snowy here, which, as you know, is right up my alley. I took advantage of a break in the snow yesterday to meet a friend for lunch and then get [...]

Chubby Hubby Rice Krispies Treats

January 20, 2012 |

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Do you remember the amazing Chubby Hubby Truffles from a month or so ago? The truffles that I fashioned after my favorite ice cream of all time – Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby? For those of you who may not have heard of it, Chubby Hubby consists of vanilla ice cream chock full of peanut [...]

Minestrone Soup

January 19, 2012 |

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Back in the day (the way-back day) when I was in college, I had a brief love affair with minestrone soup. I can’t remember my mom ever making it at home, nor do I remember having it from a can at any point, so I had already spent about 20 years on this earth without [...]

Focaccia Bread

January 18, 2012 |

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One of my favorite store-bought (or, I suppose, bakery-bought) splurges is focaccia bread. The crusty outside, chewy interior, and all of the flavors from herbs and garlic. When there’s a loaf in the house I’m guilty of cutting off a piece (just a little piece!), and then another piece, and then another, and then of [...]

Peanut Butter Blondies

January 17, 2012 |

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My second peanut butter recipe in a week’s time, and yet it seems like it’s been so long! I guess that’s life when you’re a teensy bit of a peanut butter-holic. The good news is that if you share my peanut butter affliction, you’ll certainly be in peanut butter heaven as soon as you take [...]

Beef and Cheddar Dog Biscuits {Happy 5th Birthday, Einstein!}

January 16, 2012 |

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This past Saturday my golden retriever, Einstein, celebrated his 5th birthday. And boy, did he do it in style. Doing it in style in dog-speak means gorging on as many treats as you possibly can before passing out in a treat-coma. It helps, as a dog, to have an aunt that spoils you with extra [...]

The Weekend Dish: 1/14/2012

January 14, 2012 |

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After beginning the week full of delicious kitchen experiments, and then suffering through a few days of some not-so-fun flu-like symptoms, I was more than happy to usher in the weekend with a perfectly cozy, snowy and blustery Friday. I’m glad that ol’ man winter didn’t forget about Pittsburgh and decided to show up after [...]