tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186741790136055062025-12-14T06:51:56.354-08:00Easy and delicious foodAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-91183671194250647162020-05-12T14:24:00.000-07:002020-05-12T14:24:10.810-07:00

Full disclosure, these are nothing like normal cinnamon rolls but they are still delicious!  Cinnamon rolls were requested but I wanted to make an easier version with things that we already had on hand.  We had a couple of tubes of crescent dough in the fridge, so I thought it would be perfect for these cheater cinnamon rolls.   I didn't have a recipe that I followed, I just

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I just can't get over the color of these.….if you haven't noticed I'm still on a purple sweet potato kick.  That is how these purple sweet potato rolls were born.  I have a couple more ideas on how I want to cook or bake with them so stay tuned for that!  I am not a very experienced baker when it comes to working with yeast.  I always had this notion that yeast was hard

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Since we can't live on sweets alone, I figured it was time for a savory recipe!  Cilantro lime chicken is one of those dishes that is very versatile.  It's great sliced on top of a salad, which is what we ended up doing this time.  You could also cube it and make tacos, or make burrito bowls with some cilantro lime rice.  Can you ever have too much cilantro or lime??

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Do you ever have those impulse buys at the grocery store, where you see something you have no idea what you are going to do with but have to have anyways?  Maybe those should be called happy little accidents?  My happy little accident happened to be a bag of purple sweet potatoes.  Purple is my favorite color so of course I had to get them when I saw them.  How often do you

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I have been on baked oatmeal kick lately, so much so that I've made this twice in the last few weeks! When I first saw the recipe for baked apple oatmeal I knew that I had to make it.  I also knew that I would be making some changes, because that's obviously what I do.  This is another simple pantry recipe that is easy to put together. Baked oatmeal is perfect for breakfast, a

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Well......it has been a while since I've posted on here.  I figure now is a good time to try to revive this blog, but only time will tell!  With everything going on right now, it seemed like a good opportunity to get creative to use up pantry ingredients and try some more challenging recipes that I've been wanting to try out for a long time. I don't know how often I will be posting

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So it's been a while since I've posted here.........anyone still out there? I know I've been slacking for the last few years and I wouldn't blame anyone for not sticking around.  Life seems to be flying by and I'm not sure where all the time went.  Can someone enlighten me?  Well hopefully it won't be years in between posts but no promises! Anywaysssssssss I came to the

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-13677054385118702412009-07-28T07:30:00.000-07:002009-07-28T07:30:01.008-07:00

I can't believe it's been over a month since I last posted. Time flies! I can't believe that summer is already half over. I've been baking and cooking but posting seems to have taken a back seat to being outside and enjoying the sun. So most likely I will continue to be mia during the rest of the summer and posting sporadically. I couldn't pass up this weeks vanilla ice cream though. It's been

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This weeks pick was made by Tommi of Brown Interior. I just happened to pick up a new ice cream maker so I was excited to make this! I've never made ice cream before so this was a learning experience. I decided to use mango's instead of the peaches because I saw some frozen mango at Trader Joe's that I wanted to try. I thought that the ice cream turned out ok. It didn't have the mango flavor I

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This week's pick was made by Jessica of My Baking Heart. This has to be the easiest recipe yet! There were only 4 ingredients and it was really good. I mean it was really really good. It's times like these that make me glad I decided to join the group. I probably would have never made this otherwise. It's SO simple to put together and I must say that it makes a great breakfast. Even two days

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-44194216862892697932009-05-19T08:00:00.000-07:002009-05-19T08:00:01.429-07:00

Let me start off by saying that I am so glad I didn't miss this week! This week's pick was made by Kelly of Baking with the Boys. It was a great pick by Kelly, everyone seemed to love it! I made lots of changes and I'm glad I did because it turned out really well. I wasn't too wild about adding raisins so instead I added coconut. I also decided to add a cup of macadamia nuts because I thought

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This week's pick was made by Babette of Babette Feasts. I was a little hesitant to make the tart this week but since I skipped last week I decided that I would make it anyways. I should have listened to myself. I wasn't a fan of the tart although my friend liked it so he got to eat it all by himself. It was super simple to make the filling and a little challenging to make the tart dough in my

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This week's pick was made by Kim of Scrumptious Photography. I've been a little overloaded with chocolate this month but I knew I had to give this a try. Luckily next month there is only one recipe with chocolate. I love chocolate but I need some variety sometimes!This was very chocolaty. The filling reminded me of chocolate pudding. I only thought that the crust was ok. Might have to do with the

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I love bread pudding so I was really excited to make this week's recipe. Lauren of Upper east side chronicle made this delicious pick. I don't think that I've ever made bread pudding before but it was so easy that I don't know why I haven't tried making it before! I really liked this bread pudding. It was chocolaty but not too chocolaty and I liked that there was some extra custard on the bottom

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This week's pick was made by Holly of Phe/MOM/enon. Another great pick this week that I would not have tried otherwise if it were not for this great group! The torte is very rich and would definitely remedy a chocolate craving. I thought it was really good warm. I smelled so good out of the oven that I couldn't wait for it to cool or for the glaze to cool. I think this would be really good with

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I decided to skip this week's TWD because I've made the banana cream pie before and didn't really feel like having it again. Don't get me wrong it's really good, really really good but I wanted something different. I had skipped the world peace cookies before and regretted it because everyone was saying how good they were. So on the weekend I decided to whip up a batch. For some reason my cookies

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-3801642549405703732009-03-31T17:13:00.000-07:002009-03-31T17:57:42.042-07:00

This week's pick was made by Jayne of The Barefoot Kitchen Witch. Go over and visit her for the recipe and check out her great blog! I was a little afraid that I wouldn't like the end result as I was making these. I thought that the lime zest would be a little over powering of the other flavors. But happily I was wrong! These turned out really good! I've gotten rave reviews from everyone.I

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This weeks pick was made by Sihan of Befuddlement so head over there to see what she's done this week and to get the recipe. I wasn't too motivated to bake this week and that's why I procrastinated so long. I was going to skip this week totally but felt like I needed to get my butt back into baking. So after work today I just sucked it up and started baking.I didn't change that much in the recipe

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I know it's been a little while since I last posted but I'm back and hopefully will be posting somewhat regularly again. One can hope! I missed that last two TWD so I knew I had to bake this week. These little cakes came out really good! I didn't have marmalade so I made some glaze using powdered sugar and lemon juice. I liked the tartness the glaze gave the little cakes. I left out the ground

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-34885485555205235872009-02-24T15:48:00.000-08:002009-02-24T15:48:00.789-08:00

This week's pick was made by Whitney of What's left on the table?. Go check out her site if you'd like the recipe. I highly recommend it because it was another great pick this week. These little things are addictive. I cut mine into little triangles and I just kept going back for more. It's so bad but so good at the same time. Good thing I am taking the rest to work because they need to get out

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So this is the other chocolate cake recipe that I tested out for my friends wedding cake. This is just a basic chocolate cake with sour cream. The sour cream is a nice addition because it keeps the cake moist. I froze a couple of these to see if they would work well for her cake. I hope so because I really like this recipe and it's pretty simple to put together. I was able to get 12 cupcakes out

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-8877050925787186112009-02-17T02:00:00.000-08:002009-02-17T02:00:49.645-08:00

This weeks pick was made by Stephanie of Confessions of a City Eater. This was one good chocolate cake. I was ever better with the Nutella butter cream that I made. That frosting was so good. I don't usually make frosting but this is one that I will be making again and again and again. It was that good.I made this with Nutella butter cream because my friend wants her wedding cake to be chocolate

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-71318415869029620582009-02-10T16:30:00.000-08:002009-02-10T16:30:00.978-08:00

This week's pick was made by Shari of Whisk: a food blog. Go check out her site I'm sure she had better luck than I did. I tried this week, I really did. But my creme anglaise just wasn't having any of it. It tasted really good but it looked like the eggs had curdled so the texture was slightly off. I even strained it but that didn't help.I suppose that letting it boil didn't really help......I

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-3115045226863053252009-02-03T21:14:00.000-08:002009-02-03T22:16:07.656-08:00

I was craving some coffee cake but I've never really made one so I started searching around and came across this one and knew I had to make it. Mine didn't come out looking as pretty but it was still really good. I used a frozen triple berry mix that I had but you could use whatever fresh or frozen berries you like. I plan on trying this recipe again when berries are in season because I think it

Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473659806560148822noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618674179013605506.post-4020642734028709192009-01-29T18:58:00.000-08:002009-01-29T19:28:29.307-08:00

As you may recall snickerdoodles are one of my favorite cookies. So I knew that when I saw these cookies I would be making them. I am so glad that I did! These are really good, I think even better than the ones that I made before. These were soft and chewy and I loved the extra cinnamon flavor they got from the cinnamon chips. If you have never tried cinnamon chips before I highly recommend them.

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