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Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars

October 6, 2019 By Laura 4 Comments

Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars

Spiced Cherry Cheesecake Bars are perfect for sour cherries frozen in the spring, when they are picked, and then turned into a fall treat with cloves and cinnamon. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing below. Well the computer is still having problems so if I disappear that is why,… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cheesecake, cherries, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, cookies, cream cheese, reviews, shortbread Tagged With: baking cookbook, baking spices, bar cookies, bars, cheesecake, cheesecake bars, cherries, cookies, fall, fall baking, fall spices, sour cherries

Jalapeño Popper Hasselback Sweet Potatoes: Review of The Camp and Cabin Cookbook

July 13, 2018 By Laura 3 Comments

Jalapeño Popper Hasselback Sweet Potatoes are smoky, savory delicious treats, whether served as an entree or side side, and whether served in the cool of your kitchen or outside around a campfire. A copy of The Camp and Cabin Cookbook was given to me for the purposes of an honest review. Affiliate links have been… 

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Filed Under: bacon, cheese, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, cream cheese, easily made vegetarian, reviews, sweet potato Tagged With: campfire food, camping food, cheddar cheese, cookbook, cookbook review, cream cheese, jalapeño poppers, sweet potatoes

Butternut Chai Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl

November 7, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Butternut Chai Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl

Butternut Chai Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl is the perfect treat for fall, softly spiced with chai tea and tangy from the cream cheese. Adagio Tea sent me some teas to play with, and this is one of the resulting recipes; Amazon affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing…. 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, butternut squash, cakes, cream cheese, fall spices Tagged With: bundt, butternut squash, cake, chai, chai tea, cream cheese, tea, winter squash

Margarita Bundt Cake

July 8, 2017 By Laura 1 Comment

Margarita Bundt Cake

Margarita Bundt Cake is a velvety and tangy pound cake that is perfect for summer.  I find it so interesting what resonates as sad with children, even older children. To this day I do not think my kids are bothered by the mom dying at the beginning of The Land Before Time (I did not… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, cream cheese, lime, tequila Tagged With: bundt, bundt cake, cake, citrus, lime, margarita, tequila

Mexican Ramen Bowl

March 18, 2016 By Laura 12 Comments

Mexican Ramen Bowl

Mexican Ramen Bowl is fusion food done perfectly, as a warming Mexican soup spiked with homemade Salsa Negra is made slurp-able and comforting with curly ramen noodles. My family adored this dish and so will yours! In case you guys haven’t figured it out by now, I adore fusion ramen bowls. I have yet to… 

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Filed Under: beans, chicken, corn, cream cheese, easily made vegetarian, Mexican dishes, Ramen, soup, tomatoes Tagged With: beans, chicken, corn, cream cheese, fusion, mexican, ramen, salsa negra, soup, tomatoes

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts: #CreativeCookieExchange

February 16, 2016 By Laura 13 Comments

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate Chunks

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate Chunks are the perfect fudgy-chewy treat to take you away to the tropics! This month Creative Cookie Exchange has you covered with loads of tropically inspired cookies! I want to wax poetic about these bars, but am lacking the energy. We are in Columbus, both for… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, blog events, chocolate, Coconut (flaked), cookies, cream cheese, lime, Macadamia nuts, white chocolate Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, bar cookies, bars, chocolate, citrus, coconut, coconut flakes, coconut oil, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, lime, macadamia nuts, nuts, tropical, white chocolate

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cake: #BundtBakers

November 19, 2015 By Laura 13 Comments

This Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cake topped with Marshmallow Glaze is the perfect dessert for the holidays–heck we think it is the perfect dessert all winter long! I am loving this Bundt Bakers theme, “Hot Chocolate,” and I hope you plan to check out all of the fabulous hot chocolate cakes below. Affiliate links have been… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cocoa, cream cheese, Peppermint Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bundt, Bundt Bakers, cake, chocolate, cocoa, hot chocolate, hot cocoa, mint, peppermint

Cold Oven Cream Cheese Pound Cake Redux

September 30, 2015 By Laura 10 Comments

Cold Oven Cream Cheese Pound Cake--save some time not worrying about preheating your oven and create the most velvety, delicious pound cake!

This Cold Oven Cream Cheese Pound Cake is velvety rich with an elusive sweetness from Fiori di Sicilia that makes it one of the best pound cakes I have ever made! You might notice there is a castle in the background. And you might be surprised I did not feature it. But holy moly, as… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, cream cheese, fiori di sicilia extract Tagged With: bundt, cake, cream cheese, fiori di sicila, pound cake

Hatch Chile Corn Chowder with Mushrooms and Chicken

September 24, 2015 By Laura 8 Comments

Hatch Chile and Corn Chowder with Mushrooms and Chicken--make the most of your late summer and early fall harvest with this fantastic southwestern soup! Easy to make in a slow cooker and a healthy, delicious choice the whole family will love!

Hatch Chile Corn Chowder with Mushrooms and Chicken for the slow cooker makes the most of your late summer and early fall harvest. Delicious and healthy, your family will love it!  We could subtitle this dish: An Ode To The Mushroom, Even If It Makes My Soups Go Grey. I fiddled and fiddled, but honestly,… 

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Filed Under: chicken, corn, cream cheese, easily made vegetarian, mushrooms, potato dishes, potatoes, slow cooker, soup, southwestern, stews Tagged With: chicken, chile pepper, chowder, corn, crock pot, hatch chile, mushroom, potatoes, roasted peppers, slow cooker, soup, southwestern

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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