Month: March 2013
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Easter Sunday Povitica
I remember hearing about this dessert many years ago on a show that I loved called Food Finds. It was one of the first groundbreaking shows on the Food Network that created opportunities for so many shows that came after it. I never understood why they took the show off the air, but I guess…
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One Great Recipe, Many Easter Bread Options
I come across so many cute recipe ideas when I’m online doing my research, and there were a few that I found on a few different sites that I thought were absolutely adorable and wanted to share them with you.
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Dark Chocolate Maple Pecan Baklava Rolls
Enjoying homemade baklava feels like a guilty pleasure. I grew up in a home where we made it all the time using melted butter to generously coat the filo. The truth is, you can use either butter or oil and in fact, many Greeks make it with oil at home. Not because they have anything…
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Lenten Dessert Dumplings
In the late 90’s, there was a series on PBS called ‘Great Chefs’. This series of cooking shows was so popular that they began a franchise dedicated to highlight talented Chefs from all over the USA. It began with Great Chefs of San Francisco, then Chicago, then New Orleans…well, you get the idea. When the…
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Lenten & Totally Vegan German Chocolate Cake
You didn’t think I would let this Lenten season go by without a little chocolate did you? If you are looking for something decadent but totally vegan, I’ve got just the ticket for you. Vegan desserts are great to use during this time of the year, because they are free from any animal products which…
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Stovetop Halva (Halva Tou Koutaliou)
My mother started working at a very young age to help support her family, so as a working woman for most of her life, she never really found kitchen duties very exciting. Her belief was always that as long as you had a few basic, simple ingredients, you could always prepare a great meal. For…
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Baked Strawberry Apple Crisp with Coconut Milk
Another easy and delicious dessert that seems sinful but really isn’t, is something called an Apple Crisp. This is different from the cobblers, crumbles and brown betty desserts we all know and love. Like the others, a fruit crisp is made with whatever fruits you have on hand. The most traditional ones are blueberries, blackberries,…
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Healthy, Homemade Granola Cereal
Looking back to my teenage years, I was always a bit of a health food nut…Not that this was a bad thing, I’m really glad that I chose to eat that way. At the time, I was surrounded by an overindulgent crowd, especially when I was away at school at UMBC. As an adult, I…
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Dessert Enchiladas: Flour Tortillas, Chocolate Cream & Strawberry Sauce
Developing dessert ideas to be enjoyed over the Lenten season is always a bit of a challenge. Other than the conventional items that people give up, others won’t eat butter or leavened bread, some exclude eggs, milk and cream and others simply remove anything sweet from their diet altogether. For those of you that still…
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Low Carb, Vegan Chocolate Coconut Cream Mousse
The popularity of low carb diet craze started ages ago with the Scarsdale diet. Initially, the diet itself received only moderate success when first released, and it was not until the unfortunate scandal resulting from the problems erupting in the life of the original creator of the program, that ultimately put the benefits of low…