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Upside Down Apple Cake

October 27, 2016 By Laura 3 Comments

Upside Down Apple Cake

Upside Down Apple Cake is a classic dessert for fall, when delicious apple varieties are flooding the markets. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Sorry for the extended silence! It’s been a while since postseason baseball was of interest to me, but with my Indians moving on this year… 

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Filed Under: apples, cakes, caramel, fruit, pecans Tagged With: apple, cake, caramel, cinnamon, nuts, pecans, upside down cake

Spiked Oatmeal Apple Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

October 18, 2016 By Laura 9 Comments

Spiked Apple Oatmeal Cookies

Spiked Oatmeal Apple Cookies, stuffed with fresh apples and cinnamon and fragrant with apple brandy, are the perfect fall cookie. Keep reading to see what else the Creative Cookie Exchange came up with this month! People! So much driving lately! We have been back to Oxford–fun but exhausting, although I think it was really good… 

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Filed Under: apples, blog events, Boozy Desserts, cookies, oats, white chocolate, whole grains Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, apple, autumn, cinnamon, cinnamon chips, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, oatmeal, oats, white chocolate

Indian Spiced Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans

October 14, 2016 By Laura 3 Comments

Indian Spiced Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans

Indian Spiced Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans is a delicious, easy, fast and flexible dish that can serve as a vegetarian main dish or a side dish, for an Indian meal or for a “meat and two sides” meal. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. I had a devil… 

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Filed Under: beans, cookbooks, reviews, sweet potato, vegetarian Tagged With: beans, black beans, cinnamon, legumes, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian, yam

Cinnamon Mint Chicken Curry with Roasted Cauliflower

September 8, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Cinnamon Mint Curry with Chicken & Corn, served with Roasted Cauliflower with Chaat Masala

Cinnamon Mint Curry with Chicken and Corn is a fast and delicious weeknight dish, and Roasted Cauliflower with Chaat Masala rounds the meal out into something healthy and even more tasty! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.  This is not the prettiest meal, but what it lacks in appearance… 

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Filed Under: cauliflower, chicken, corn, curry, Indian recipes, lime Tagged With: cauliflower, chaat masala, chicken, cilantro, cinnamon, curry, Indian, lime, mint, weeknight

Cinnamon Dusted Orange Icebox Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

November 17, 2015 By Laura 17 Comments

Cinnamon Dusted Orange Icebox Cookies: slice and bake cookies are easy to make ahead for the Holidays (or whenever); dip them in cinnamon and sugar before baking! The whole family loved these!

Cinnamon Dusted Orange Icebox Cookies are a great choice for cinnamon lovers and a perfect cookie for late fall, when orange is coming into season, people are craving cinnamon and when the cookies can also be made ahead for holiday cookie tins! Creative Cookie Exchange has you cinnamon lovers completely covered this month, so keep… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, fall spices, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, oranges Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, cinnamon, citrus, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, icebox cookies, make ahead, orange, slice and bake

Apple Oatmeal and Goat Cheese Muffins: #MuffinMonday

September 28, 2015 By Laura 25 Comments

Apple Oatmeal and Goat Cheese Muffins: 100% Whole Grain and with a streusel top: healthy, delicious, not too sweet--perfect for breakfast!

Apple Oatmeal and Goat Cheese Muffins with browned butter and a streusel top are fun, 100% whole grain and delicious! Keep reading to hear all about some awesome new photography props and otherwise scroll down for the recipe and see what the other fabulous members of #MuffinMonday made! Guys!!!!! I am so excited!!!! I feel… 

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Filed Under: apples, breakfast, browned butter, fall spices, goat cheese, muffins, oats, streusel, whole grains Tagged With: apples, breakfast, browned butter, brunch, cheese, cinnamon, goat cheese, muffins, oatmeal, oats, streusel

Sour Cream Peach Muffins with Pecan Streusel: #MuffinMonday

August 31, 2015 By Laura 16 Comments

Sour Cream Peach Muffins with Pecan Streusel--easy, fun to bake with kids, delicious, and full of healthy ingredients!

Sour Cream Peach Muffins with Pecan Streusel are a delicious segue from summer into fall, and a fun treat to bake with your kids! Keep reading to learn all about Muffin Monday! Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing.  Guys!!! I have a new group! And it is… 

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Filed Under: blog events, fall spices, kids cooking, muffins, peaches, pecans, quick breads, streusel, whole grains Tagged With: #MuffinMonday, cinnamon, fall, kamut flour, kids baking, Muffin Monday, muffins, peaches, pecans, quick breads, streusel, whole grains

Hot Chocolate Laced with Tequila; #CookMexico

December 21, 2014 By Laura 18 Comments

Tequila Spiked Sipping Chocolate

A Mexican inspired hot chocolate laced with tequila and a pinch of chipotle powder kicks the holiday season up a notch! This post was sponsored by Casa Noble Tequila, who sent me a bottle of their tequila, a small stipend, and who is giving away copies of Margarita Carrillo Arronte’s Mexico: The Cookbook to two of my lucky… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, chocolate, drinks, Mexican dishes, tequila Tagged With: #CookMexico, booze, chipotle, cinnamon, giveaway, hot chocolate, mexican, mixed drinks, sipping chocolate, tequila

Sherried Pumpkin Bundtlettes: #BundtBakers: Using Community Cookbooks

September 18, 2014 By Laura 15 Comments

Mini Pumpkin Bundtlettes made with Sherry--delicious and unique!

Sherried Pumpkin Bundtlettes are delicious and unique pumpkin cakes that are perfect for breakfast or dessert all autumn long. Affiliate links were used in this post to link to items already being discussed. Guys! This pumpkin cake is the first dish I have edited photos for that was made in September! That is how behind I… 

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Filed Under: blog events, Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, Community Cookbooks, cookbooks, pumpkin, reviews, whole grains Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bundt, cake, cinnamon, community cookbooks, nutmeg, pumpkin, sherry, wine

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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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