chocolate

I recently discovered something new, my kids like zucchini!  I never would have found this out if not for a trip to the Japanese restaurant.  The hibachi chef asked who wanted to catch a piece of zucchini in their mouth and I was shocked when all my kids not only tried, but willingly ate several pieces of raw and cooked zucchini.  Since then we’ve been going through zucchini at a record pace. Sorry to say it’s not because I’ve included…

Totally decadent, over the top, loaded peanut butter rice crispy treats. Chewy peanut butter rice crispy treats are layered with peanut butter cup filling, then topped with melted chocolate and m and m’s. These no bake beauties aren’t for the faint of heart, but are a must make for any peanut butter lover.  I noticed this week that I was becoming pretty predictable with my summer AHB recipes. A little fruit, a simple pastry or cake batter, a tasty glaze…

Rich and delicious. This Chocolate Brownie Trifle is layered brownie, chocolate mousse, and whipped cream perfection. I usually try and have some kind of cohesive story that goes with my blog posts, a snippet of personal history to accompany my recipe, a silly story to recount, sometimes even something just a little bit meaningful. Well, not today, this week I’ve got a mishmash of random stuff to tell you guys. 1.) I read Amy Poehler’s biography last week and was…

Creamy and rich. Full of fiber, protein, and omega 3’s. Chocolatey and sweet and delicious.  Is that even possible? Yes! This 3 ingredient simple chocolate chia is all of those things plus more! Yesterday, I had a recipe fail. When I say fail, I don’t mean the kind of recipe fail that’s like, aw man, this didn’t taste nearly as good as how the picture looked, I mean total failure. Like this is nowhere even close to what this is…

The easiest. The biggest. The most delicious and giant chocolate cinnamon roll you’ve ever had. Loaded with melty chocolate, cinnamon and sugar and topped with cream cheese icing. This cinnamon roll is unlike any you’ve ever made before. That is, unless you regularly make cinnamon rolls bigger than your head, and if you do regularly make cinnamon rolls bigger than your head, email me! I want to be your new best friend. 

What’s a chocolate revel bar? Crispy, chewy, creamy, fudgy, chocolaty, oatmeal and everything good bars! These chocolate cookie bars go by the name of Chocolate Revel Bars, but in my house we call them something different…rebel bars. Once you hear the story, I’m sure you’ll agree that chocolate rebel bars totally wins out. I made these for an after school snack for my kids not too long ago. As my oldest son was devouring one, he said, “I can’t remember…

Smooth and rich dark chocolate encases a delicately flavored orange shortbread. Simple flavors and traditional technique are what make these dipped shortbread cookies shine. Not overly sweet, but completely indulgent all the same, these cookies taste much like those candy chocolate oranges you can find this time of year. Though I do love those treats, these cookies were inspired from a different kind of Christmas orange. I spent a lot of time with my paternal grandmother growing up. My parents…

Blah, blah, blah, my house is still torn up. Construction, that tired old and true and very messy and redonkulously expensive story. I never in a million years thought that it would be this hard to blog about food and live through remodeling the house.  They dug holes in our basement floor to redo plumbing this week. Let me tell you, it’s disconcerting to be able to see the earth through a hole in your basement floor. Almost as disconcerting as…

Okay, I’m just going to be real with you guys. Today I had a ginormous reminder of one of the main reasons I wanted to start a recipe blog… Imperfection. Say, what? How could imperfection be a motivator for starting a blog? Well for a while I told myself that I was not smart enough to learn how to run a website, that I was too old, that I wasn’t pretty enough to run a recipe blog or put my…

I know Valentine’s day has come and gone, but I want to talk about love…and food. Love and cooking go hand and hand. I don’t care if y’all disagree, because in my little head this is truth. We cook for the people around us that we care for.   Sorry guys, but I already had this post written up when I realized that the food that went with today’s post actually made an equals sign on the pan, so I…