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Masala Chili

November 24, 2020 By Laura Leave a Comment

Masala Chili

Masala Chili is the best kind of fusion food, paying homage to the original but clearly introducing exciting new flavors, making it great gateway food to Indian cuisine and also just good eats! I have used an affiliate link to Amazon, but the rest of the links are uncompensated, companies that I love. I was… 

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Filed Under: beef, beef stew, chili, cocoa, easily made vegetarian, ground beef, Indian, peas, potatoes, products, reviews, stews, vegetarian Tagged With: chili, fair trade spices, Floyd Cardoz, fusion, Indian, peas, potatoes

Best Foodie Things of 2019

January 26, 2020 By Laura 2 Comments

Burger Barn burger with tater tots

My annual list of best things I discovered in 2019 that have anything to do with cooking or baking, including cookbooks. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. View from outside of Lovell, WY, home of the Burger Barn I have had a bulleted list for this post for forever… 

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Filed Under: cookbook, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, End of year "best" lists, products, reviews, Tools Tagged With: best cookbooks, sustainable, sustainable kitchen

Best of 2018: New Kitchen and Fair Trade Spices

January 14, 2020 By Laura Leave a Comment

Toasting whole spices

No that is not a typo. I never did get a best of 2018 post worked up–I am blaming the thyroid cancer–so I guess you guys get two posts. Especially because some of the things I was going to discuss anyway I realized I technically discovered in 2018 but did not really appreciate completely until… 

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Filed Under: End of year "best" lists, products, reviews Tagged With: burlap and barrel, diaspora co., ethically sourced spices, fair trade spices, single origin spices

Espresso Sable Sandwiches with Blonde Chocolate Filling: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 17, 2019 By Laura 3 Comments

Espresso Sable Sandwiches with Blonde Chocolate Filling

Espresso Sable Sandwiches with Blonde Chocolate Filling are perfect for holiday tins (or anytime): the coffee flavored shortbread is classic and not too sweet while the caramelized white chocolate filling gives the cookies warm sweetness and an exciting new twist. Keep reading to see what other cookies CCE bakers are making for the holidays, Affiliate… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, coffee desserts, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, products, reviews, shortbread, white chocolate Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, blond chocolate, blonde chocolate, caramelized white chocolate, coffee, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, espresso, Holiday cookies, sandwich cookies, shortbread, toasted white chocolate

Mahi Mahi with Stewed Spiced Peaches

September 22, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Mahi Mahi with Stewed Spiced Peaches

Mahi Mahi with Stewed Spiced Peaches is an easy, delicious and surprisingly fast dinner to make during peach season. Remember how I said the cough was gone? Not so fast, my friends! (And if you are a college football fan, feel free to imagine Lee Corso on ESPN’s College Gameday; if you are not just… 

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Filed Under: fish, fruit, Indian, peaches, products, reviews, seafood Tagged With: burlap and barrel, fair trade spices, fish, Indian, Indian inspired, mahi mahi, peaches, seafood, spices, white fish

Queso Fundido with Chorizo and Roasted Poblanos

January 30, 2017 By Laura 83 Comments

Queso Fundido with Chorizo and Roasted Poblanos

Queso Fundido with Chorizo and Roasted Poblanos is the perfect big game dip for anyone who loves Mexican or Southwestern flavors. Cheesy, spicy but not hot, and indulgent in the tradition of the best party food, it is sure to be a big hit. This is another one of those “no brainer” sponsored posts. I adore… 

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Filed Under: cheese, chorizo, Dips, Latin, Mexican dishes, products, reviews Tagged With: cheese, cheese dip, chorizo, dips, mexican, party food, poblanos, queso, queso fundido, Super Bowl

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes: #CookiesForKidsCancer

October 29, 2015 By Laura 15 Comments

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes: a creme de menthe cake with mini chocolate chips is topped with a whipped cream buttercream and truly outdoes the ice cream!

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes are an uncanny and delicious cupcake evocation of mint chocolate chip ice cream, and because they are made with whipped cream buttercream, they are not at all too sweet. This post is in support of Cookies For Kids Cancer, and as such I did receive some baking equipment from OXO as… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, cupcakes, kids cooking, mint chocolate, products, reviews Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, buttercream, chocolate, chocolate chips, Cookies for Kids' Cancer, creme de menthe, cupcakes, mint, whipped cream, whipped cream buttercream

Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate: #CreativeCookieExchange

September 16, 2014 By Laura 17 Comments

Chocolate Chip Cookies made with an Assortment of Chocolate--don't let lack a lack of chocolate chips stop you from making this cookies!

These Chocolate Chip Cookies are slightly crispy on the outside, hefty, chewy and, in my opinion, perfect. With this recipe I feel I have solved my lifetime search for the perfect chocolate chip cookie! I received Zulka brown sugar in exchange for an honest review. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, products, reviews Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, brown sugar, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, Zulka

Andes Mint Slice and Bake Chocolate Cookies: Alex Bakes!

April 1, 2014 By Laura 6 Comments

Baking with Kids!

Alex and I had so much fun with this post! You know, the older my girls get, the more fun they are in the kitchen (even if it means they are getting more opinionated!). Sammy and I had so much fun with that #PirateFairy Cheddar Cheese Coins post, and for this one Alex and I… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, kids cooking, mint chocolate, products, reviews Tagged With: andes, Andes mints, chocolate, cookies, creme de menthe, kids baking, mint, slice and bake, sugar, Zulka Moreno, Zulka review

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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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