Banana Chocolate Chip Nut Muffins

After perusing the web for a while, I combined a variety of recipes to create this one. They all offered similar ingredients and measurments, so today there’s not one link I can send you too.
A few recipes said to add a tablespoon of fresh ground coffee or several tablespoons of peanut butter — so if [...]

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Buttermilk Baked Chicken, Cumin-Coleslaw and Cottage Cheese Pasta

The chicken and coleslaw come from Everyday Food: Great Food Fast By Martha Stewart Living. This is an excellent cook book with quick, easy recipes based on foods that are in season. The pictures are beautiful and the recipes delicious.
The cottage cheese part of this post is a family recipe that comes down from, I [...]

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Buttermilk Apple Bread

This recipe comes to us from Cocunut and Lime.
Here is my first video! Enjoy — ingredients and recipe below.

Ingredients
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups all purpose flour
3 T. brown sugar
1 T. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon (i added a few shakes of nutmeg)
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 [...]

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Sunflower Cherry Oatmeal Bars

This delicious brunch/breakfast recipe comes from Whole Foods
BUT FIRST: Our dinner and brunch this past weekend was a complete success! The family, the food, the celebrations – graduation AND mother’s day.

Mother’s Day Brunch spread: On the table, starting at the top and moving clockwise: bagels, strawberries, blueberry-kiwi tarts, turkey bacon, tomato gruyere camembert [...]

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First Party

This evening James and I will host our first dinner party in our new apartment! Both our families are coming up for my graduation and what better way to kick of the weekend than to have a lively party at our place?!
A few weekends ago we had some friends over for a luncheon — but [...]

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Tomato Gruyere Camembert Tart

This delightful and savory tart is from the blog the daily green.
I added my own touches to it, marked by italics. I made it as a side to salmon, although a white fish or just a big salad would pair nicely. It’s also a great brunch treat. It’s so versatile — don’t you just love [...]

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Peppermint Chocolate Covered Strawberries

An Emily Original!
I’m not sure how this idea came to me — but earlier this week James and I were delighting in very sweet and juicy strawberries. Later in the week we picked up some hot fudge sauce for ice cream sundaes. At some point after eating delicious fruit with scrumptous chocolate sauce, a word [...]

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