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Citrus Cranberry Chocolate Truffles

February 2, 2012
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Remember the chocolate truffles recipe I promised to share with you in my Valentine’s DIY printables post? Well here it is! I need to make another batch asap as they were polished off very quickly. Have you ever made homemade truffles before? They are so simple, quick and easy to prepare. Growing up I always [...]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Pizzas

July 20, 2011
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If you have been hanging out here for a little while you would know how obsessed I am with dessert pizzas lately. In our house they also make great hand held snacks and breakfast. Yes, even with chocolate. A small square of chocolate goes a long way. Especially when it is high quality dark chocolate. [...]

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Chocolate Cherry Ricotta Grilled Pizzas – Get Grillin’

July 10, 2011
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 Before we get into talking about gooey and sweet dessert pizza I need to thank you for being such awesome grill buddies. We have come to the final week of Get Grillin’, Cookin’ Canuck and I had a blast collaborating with you for our first virtual summer BBQ. We have worked our way through 5 weeks [...]

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Happy Post: Cookies

June 5, 2011
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Cookies= Happy, yes? Recently I saw a movie simply titled Happy at the Mountain Film festival in Telluride. Can you say the word happy without smiling? Go ahead and try it. I bet a grin will grace your lips. This movie was very important. It focused on finding universal truths. Wonderful things that make us [...]

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Double Chocolate Banana Scones – Vegan and Gluten Free

May 12, 2011
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Raise you hands if you know what this weekend is…..the second annual National Food Bloggers Bake Sale! Across the nation bloggers are baking up their finest treats to sell and raise money for the awesome charity Share Our Strength. My friend Gaby from What’s Gaby Cooking organizes and puts this event together to help raise [...]

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Chocolate Cookie Breakfast Cereal – Gluten Free

March 28, 2011
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It is evident that we should not be eating chocolate cookies for breakfast. Except when we are making homemade cookie cereal from scratch with pure and healthy whole food ingredients. Do not fear, even though the name is suggestive of a cereal I would never purchase at a store, I stayed true to health and flavor [...]

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Top 10 Sweets for Your Honey

February 12, 2011
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With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching I wanted to share a few of our favorite homemade goodies with you. Some of you have seen these recipes before if you have been visiting my blog for a while. I have put together this list as a fun way to share some treats so you can see things [...]

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Valentines Day Scharffen Berger Giveaway

January 20, 2011
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*This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for all your entries. Please stay tuned for more fun giveaways soon. Congrats to Kari H comment #101. Enjoy your Valentines Day & Scharffen Berger! With Valentine’s Day in just a few weeks I wanted to give you a little token of my love for you. I am so excited [...]

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Dreamy Sweets for Santa & Me {Christmas 2010 Round Up}

December 18, 2010
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Would I love to sample all of the holiday treats I have been seeing online? Heck yeah. I would dig a bite of each of your dreamy dessert creations. Reality is, I try to reach through my screen belting out ohhh’s & ahhh’s. You guys have come up with so many holiday goodies I could [...]

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Dream Big-Holiday Wish List

December 4, 2010
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My *dream holiday wish list*  A pair of custom made Wagner skis is high on my list. Handmade in Telluride. My favorite town.

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Chocolate Pumpkin Cornbread Cake

November 8, 2010
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Cornbread. With pumpkin & chocolate. I think I will need to rename this the pumpkin blog as I can’t get enough of the stuff these days. Cornbread as cake is a fun thing indeed. Cornmeal shows up a lot around here lately in all kinds of cakes, muffins and cookies, pancakes, etc. It has a [...]

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Scharffen Berger Holiday Giveaway 2010

November 6, 2010
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This giveaway has now closed. Thanks so much for your entries. The winner is David Junot comment #55. Stay tuned for more fun giveaways coming soon. I have a sneaky feeling there is gonna be a lot of holiday baking going on. With Thanksgiving fast approaching and then the buzz of Christmas in the air [...]

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The Best of Halloween 2010

October 30, 2010
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After viewing countless amazing Halloween themed posts it was hard to choose my favorites. There is no way I could fit in everything I fell in love with. I am sure I missed many. Sprinkled throughout are some of my recipe creations. We loved them here & I think you will too. Please link up [...]

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Birthday Cake

October 25, 2010
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How could something so simply named imply so much? Birthday Cake. Let’s break it down. Birthday. Birthdays are beautiful, they celebrate life. They bring people together, they encourage laughter, giggles and smiles. They get my folks to fly from NY to CA for a much anticipated visit.

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Simple & Creamy Chocolate Ganache

October 23, 2010
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I do not usually post on Saturday, but I have a BIG cake post on Monday. I figured I would whet your appetite with my favorite cake filling today. Chocolate ganache is more a method than anything else. The name Ganache implys fancy, but in reality it is one of the most simple to prepare [...]

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