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In case you haven't realized, Easter is less than a week away! It's time to dye some eggs, eat some carrot cake, and make egg salad out of all those Easter eggs. Whether you are celebrating Easter at home with family or having a party, I am almost 100% certain you will consume some form of carrot cake on Easter, maybe you will even make these carrot cake cupcakes! Another Easter staple is all that candy found in Easter eggs. If you are like me and over the age of 21, you may appreciate these super delicious alcohol infused cake like candies, and might actually prefer them over your typical Easter candy. If you are headed to an Easter party next Sunday or are just going to hang around the house with family, these little bars are the perfect little candy to share with anyone celebrating Easter with you.
What's your favorite comfort food? Mine definitely has to be a big bowl of mac n cheese, however due to my whole trying to be healthy kick, mac n cheese is totally not on my dinner menu. Chicken tenders are probably my second favorite comfort food, and this baked version takes away the guilt that comes along with the fried version. These chicken tenders were super easy to make and were great dipped in some BBQ sauce or ranch dressing. Pair it with some steamed veggies for dinner and you have a pretty healthy but comforting dinner!
What could be better with your morning coffee than a tasty chocolate dipped biscotti! My morning coffee routine was started at a young age, probably somewhere back in high school, when my dad would make coffee for me on the weekends. Looking back, I probably would have benefited more from having coffee on school days instead of the weekend. To go along with our morning coffee, my mom always kept a jar stocked with Nonni's Biscotti on the counter by the coffee pot. My favorite biscotti of all time though definitely was my nonna's homemade biscotti. I saw my nonna make biscotti a few times but never thought to pay close enough attention to exactly how she made them. I knew she used almonds and what tasted like a hint of brandy, so after reading through a few biscotti recipes I came up with this recipe. These biscotti taste just like I remember my nonna's biscotti tasting like. I sweetened them up even more by dipping them in chocolate since I had some extra chocolate chips lying around.
With every new year, people are always making new years resolutions to loose weight, exercise, eat better, etc. This year I didn't make a specific new years resolution, but instead decided I was going to try and be healthier in general by going to the gym and trying to cook more healthy homemade meals. When I was searching through recipes like I always do, I came across this recipe and immediately saved it. Risotto is one of my favorites and adding bacon and leeks, this had to be good! After bookmarking it, my conscious started kicking in reminding me of all those hours I had put in at the gym, and that this dish would probably reverse all of the effort I had been putting into being healthy. Then I happened to glance at where the recipe was from and lo and behold it was a Cooking Light recipe! I ended up making this for dinner without wasting any time but was hesitant about how yummy it would turn out since it was a "healthy" recipe. To my surprise it was EXCELLENT and now just might be my favorite risotto recipe yet!
Hello again! I have become pretty bad at this blogging thing I do have to admit. Unfortunately life has gotten in the way and has been keeping me busy. I just couldn't miss sharing a recipe with you for the holidays, even though I'm sure all of you have finished stocking up the pantry for your holiday meals by now.
I have gotten in the habit of making TONS of Christmas cookies every year but this year I just couldn't spend that much time in the kitchen since I am frantically trying to finish up my pharmacy residency applications before January 1st. I did however have to test out my parent's new kitchen so I whipped up these awesome pecan tassies tonight and they were wonderful. If you are still looking for a little something to bring to a holiday party or planning your new years eve menu, these are perfect and not too time consuming.
