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Wonton Snack Bites
I originally found the idea for these on Pinterest – but the “recipe” was a picture on Flickr with rollover notes (you can’t copy them) and it wasn’t really a recipe at that. It was basically just filling wonton skins and baking them. So I cooked up a batch of taco meat and gave this a few trial runs in various ways, based on comments of crispiness (or lack thereof) on the original post, and wanted to give a proper instructional (with text you can save!). Filling recipe (as pictured):
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Dark Chocolate Cake
I recently had a MAJOR craving for chocolate cake. (pretend that has chocolate icing) We’re talking chocolate frosting on chocolate cake with chocolate chips and chocolate shavings – I needed chocolate. Despite several bribery attempts (and the knowledge that my husband will never turn down cake) it wasn’t happening at 1 am on a Wednesday. So when Thursday passed and I still had that chocolate desire bouncing around the back of my brain I started scouting for simple recipes. I found lots actually, but one stood out for several reasons.
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Garlic Bread
What’s an Italian meal without garlic bread? Now – I must confess/warn you now, I am a garlic ADDICT. I try to adjust down for the recipes I post, but some folks have said it seems a bit heavy still. Considering I go through a HEAD of garlic a DAY, I have trouble figuring out normal. If any recipe seems like there’s a lot, then adjust to your tastes. I won’t be offended.
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Spaghetti Sauce
I was trying to decide what to make for dinner, and realized I had all the stuff for a homemade spaghetti sauce. Normally I chintz out and just do a jar (although I admit I can’t leave anything straight out of the box and am always adding something), which is a fine quick meal. So when I announced to my husband I was making sauce from scratch I got the usual “people DO that?” face. So I pulled out this recipe that I had long ago saved and set about making it mine. Below is the final result (which has since been made several times over). Also of note –…
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Lemon Cake
For Chris’ birthday he wanted a lemon cake. :birthday: Since I’ve never undertaken a full from scratch cake before I decided I would skip the typical box mix and give it a shot. I also had buttermilk left over from some amazing oven fried chicken and wanted to use more up and sought out a buttermilk lemon cake recipe. This one comes from Ina Garten – though I changed the lemon glaze recipe a bit (I’m not a big frosting / glaze person and find that usually the recipes make far too much.) As expected, I think the resulting drizzle was just the right amount.
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Spanakopita Quiche
I LOVE spanakopita (aka that lovely greek dish, spinach pie). I find few places that do it deliciously though, and never found a good one pre-made in my grocery store. So, I figured why not make my own? And I did – and it was lovely but soo time consuming. All those layers of fiddly phyllo and it just sogs up so badly after being refrigerated. Then I had my ah-ha, why not make it into a quiche? I adore quiche but sometimes they’re just a bit too egg-y and I want something more substantial. This seemed like an excellent pairing.
