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Low-Fat Eggplant Parmesan

Pin It Classic Eggplant Parmesan is breaded and deep fried to get it crispy and then smothered with marinara sauce and cheese, and it’s soooo good. This recipe is similar but the eggplant is baked crispy instead of fried but with all the same great taste, you won’t even miss the fat. Panko Italian bread [...]

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Heart Healthy Walnut Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies

Pin It Destri and I must be on the same wave length – two chocolate chip cookie recipes back to back!  I have a heart healthy version for you today, so really we’re just making sure you have options . I saw the recipe for these cookies back in the Summer time from a great [...]

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Cream Cheese Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies

  Pin It I have had this recipe for pudding chocolate chip cookies forever, it’s the best.  Like don’t make a batch while home alone kind of good.  They are soft, chewy, and the vanilla pudding adds a little depth and yummy-ness.  Well, I whipped out the recipe the other day, went to the store [...]

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Chocolate Dipped Orange Mandelbrot (Jewish Biscotti)

I wanted to share with you this recipe for Jewish Biscotti that I made from Food and Thrift food blog, which by the way has full pictures of each step in the process of making them.  Biscotti is a great cookie for dipping into hot chocolate  because they are not too sweet and have great crunch [...]

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New Year’s Eve Party Food Recipes

Hey friends!  Now that Santa’s sleigh has left the roof, we can safely start thinking about New Year’s Eve, and more specifically the best food to party with.  I have been dying to try all of these recipes and I can’t think of a better reason than the New Year.  Now I just need to [...]

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Breakfast Casserole Recipes

The other day I had promised a breakfast casserole that you could make the night before to bake on Christmas morning.  It’s the perfect idea, you just pop it in when everyone wakes up and by the time the presents have been opened you have breakfast on the table without missing any of the action.  [...]

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Soft Caramel Popcorn Recipe

This is by far the best caramel popcorn I have ever had – soft, chewy, and just so so good.  Too good.  Don’t make this alone, or you’re bound to eat the entire batch to yourself and I can’t be held responsible!  Last year my sister whipped this up for a night of family Amazing [...]

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Simple Centerpieces for the Holidays

I thought I would share with you some of the simple things I do for the holidays that doesn’t take much, but makes my table look like I put some thought in preparing but didn’t go over the top. At Thanksgiving I always have extra cranberries, since they are used to floating in water I [...]

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Fresh Cranberry & Tangerine Mini Loaves

One of my favorite parts of this holiday season is the fresh cranberries available. I’m not sure how I developed a slightly sour fetish for these tiny red berries. Don’t get me wrong I have the biggest sweet tooth ever but I also love tart and sweet together, kind of like salty and sweet that [...]

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