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Oreo Mallow Clusters

Posted on May 8, 2011

Happy Mother’s Day to all of my mom and soon-to-be mom friends! I hope that all of you had a great weekend.  I spent a lot of time in the kitchen but also a lot of time outside.  The sunny and  warm weather makes me so happy.  Yesterday I got to take a long walk…

Sweet & Salty White Chocolate Blondies

Posted on May 5, 2011

Can you believe it is May now?!  Memorial Day is only a few weeks away and summer is so close I can taste it!  This winter was pretty brutal in the Northeast and I am just now feeling like myself again.  The cold and the snow tends to put me in complete hermit mode.  Good…

Making Your Mother’s Day

Posted on May 1, 2011

Mother’s Day is only one week away!  Our day will revolve around food family.  I’m heading home to see my Parents and some of my mom’s family for a casual lunch at my house near Philly.  There may be some grilling, but more importantly there will be lots of dessert.  For those of you spending…

Flourless Chocolate Cookies

Posted on April 28, 2011

You know I can’t go anywhere with only one dessert.  That just isn’t my style. So, once I made cheesecake with berry sauce for Jessica’s Passover dinner, I had to make something else.  Originally I planned to make Passover brownies.  They weren’t a ton of work, but the idea of separating eggs and whipping them…

Mixed Berry Sauce

Posted on April 26, 2011

I’ve been wanting to make a variation of this sauce for a while now:  something that would take a scoop of vanilla ice cream to the next level (because let’s face it, vanilla will never be chocolate), add texture and flavor to a slice of basic angel food cake, or be so pretty you want…

Light-as-Air Banana Cheesecake

Posted on April 24, 2011

When I saw these sitting on my counter the yesterday, I knew something needed to be done. You know how I feel about wasting precious ingredients. Since I had plans last night to go to a Passover dinner at my sister’s, I wanted to make something that would be kosher-friendly.  Then I realized cheesecake is…

Blueberry Peanut Butter

Posted on April 21, 2011

Recently I discovered my love for blueberries and peanut butter.  Really, I love anything with peanut butter, especially chocolate, but the combination of blueberries and peanut butter is taking a new place in my heart. One of my favorite snacks is a cup of fresh juicy blueberries topped with a spoonful of peanut butter.  Sometimes…

3 Reasons to Make Truffles

Posted on April 17, 2011

I had a huge problem on Saturday. There was almost an entire pint of organic heavy whipping cream in my fridge and it was about to expire. The horror! But I prevailed.  I went through cookbooks and blogs searching for the perfect recipe to experiment with.  Whipped cream, ganache, caramel… for some reason I just…

Chocolate Chip Toffee Oatmeal Cookies with Peanut Butter Frosting

Posted on April 14, 2011

Yes, I’m still making cookies.  I just can’t help myself, though!  And believe me, you should be happy about this. A few months ago I made some oatmeal cookies with toffee and chocolate that were delicious.  The cookie wasn’t exciting enough, though so I stepped them up. This time I made Chocolate Chip Toffee Oatmeal…

Party Time

Posted on April 12, 2011

It feels like we were just celebrating my brother-in-law’s engagement!  Well, almost five month’s later and it was time for Sara’s bachelorette party! Saturday night, all of the bridesmaids and the bride got together to go out and celebrate.  We started at an apartment with food, drinks and fun games.  Then we headed downtown to…