The Easiest Banana Bread

Ah banana bread, the go to when those bananas you bought on sale last week get spottier than airport WiFi. There is an overabundance of banana bread recipes out there, in fact, I would bet most people have a go-to recipe they already use. This recipe will replace that, I promise.  Why?...

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No Bake Ferrero Rocher Cheesecake

Nutella. Ferrero Rocher. Hazelnuts. Zero baking involved. Could this dessert be any more perfect? Well, yes, probably, you do still have to wait a few hours for the cheesecake to set before you gorge yourself. I suggest using that time to come to terms with the early onset diabetes you'll...

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Avocado Toast w/ Poached Egg

   "Why would anybody ever eat anything besides breakfast food?"   - Leslie Knope (Parks and Rec) I agree, wholeheartedly, with Leslie Knope (aka my spirit animal). Breakfast foods are comforting, delicious and, typically, the easiest to make. But you can't live off bacon and...

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Quick and Simple Pasta w/ Garlic Tomato Sauce

It's that runny nose, coughing, flu and cold season. I know first hand as I have spent the last 4 weeks being sick on and off. As you can imagine that coming home after spending the day at work trying to keep my lungs in place and cooking for 3 hours, isn't exactly on my list of priorities. So...

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Pecan Pie Cookies

Pecan pie is delicious, no matter how you may be inclined to pronounce it. But eating an entire pecan pie is usually frowned upon, you have to take one slice and hope no one notices that you cut your slice to be 4x bigger than everyone else's. Cookies, however, are an easy food to hide in your...

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Chocolate Bark w/Peanuts and Bacon

This is my very first year baking cookies on my own, with the plan to hand them out to people I care about. Unless, of course, they turn out horrible, in which case I will eat them all myself (tis the season!).  Though I am making a variety of cookies (watch for them, they will be coming...

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip

I could just sit and eat this with a spoon, no sharing required.  Tis the season for entertaining! Dinner parties, holiday parties, Christmas Eve, Christmas...etc. Chances are, this time of the year, you're either hosting or attending one of these get togethers. This dessert dip is always...

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