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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

Easy Vietnamese Meatball Noodle Soup

September 1, 2016 By Laura 2 Comments

Easy Vietnamese Meatball Noodle Soup--inspired by Bun Cha

Easy Vietnamese Meatball Noodle Soup is the answer to your weeknight dinner dilemma! Super easy, fast and fresh, this soup satisfies your Vietnamese food cravings. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Ack! I know I have been a little slow between my last two posts. Sorry about that! Cooking… 

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Filed Under: beef, carrots, cucumbers, ground beef, lime, meatballs, rice noodles, soup, Vietnamese dishes Tagged With: beef, broth, carrots, cilantro, cucumbers, easy, fast, ground beef, ground meat, herbs, meatballs, mint, rice noodles, rice vermicelli, soup, Vietnamese, weeknight

Andes Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake

August 12, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Andes Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake

This Andes Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake has all of the rich yet cool creme de menthe goodness of Andes Mints but in a delicious bundt cake. Affiliate links have been used to link to items being discussed.  As you can see, I am still having background issues with my food photography, although I admit the… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cocoa, mint chocolate Tagged With: Andes mints, bundt, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, creme de menthe, mint

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

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

Slice and Bake Peppermint Cookies for Ice Cream: #CreativeCookieExchange

July 21, 2015 By Laura 16 Comments

Slice and Bake Peppermint Cookies for Ice cream--SO delicious and SO easy!!!

Slice and Bake Peppermint Cookies are amazing in ice cream or gelato–keep reading to check out what all of the Creative Cookie Exchange hosts made this month with ice cream!  Things I learned this past weekend: Cacao nibs do not always substitute well for nuts. It always pays to read through the entire recipe before starting to bake. My… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Peppermint Tagged With: cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, easy, gelato, ice cream, mint, peppermint, shortbread, slice and bake

Peppermint Whipped Cream Pound Cake with Shaved Mint Chocolate; #BundtBakers

December 18, 2014 By Laura 16 Comments

Peppermint Whipped Cream Bundt w Chocolate Shavings: Because it has no butter to be creamed, this cake is easy and fast! And delicious!

This Peppermint Whipped Cream Pound Cake with Shaved Mint Chocolate has no butter, which makes it come together quickly–instead it uses rich whipped cream and is sprinkled liberally throughout with mint dark chocolate shavings. Perfect for the holidays–or any time! Affiliate links were used in this post to link to items I am discussing.  I bet… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate chip cookies, mint chocolate Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bundt, cake, chocolate, heavy cream, hot chocolate, mint, peppermint, whipped cream

Moroccan Influenced Chili with Chickpeas and Minted Couscous

October 25, 2014 By Laura 1 Comment

The flavors of Morocco make for an excellent twist on traditional chili, and it can be made in a slow cooker. Affiliate links are used in this post to link to items I am discussing. Sorry for the silence! It has been a crazy week. Conferences (which means baking or cooking for the teachers, in… 

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Filed Under: beef, chickpeas, chili, couscous, dried fruit, ground beef, Moroccan, pantry cooking, sweet potato, tomatoes, zucchini Tagged With: beef, chili, couscous, crockpot, gameday, ground beef, ground meat, mint, Moroccan, prunes, ras el hanout, slow cooker, sweet potato, zucchini

Pineapple Kheema (Indian Ground Beef Curry) with Kale and Panch Phoron

July 16, 2014 By Laura 4 Comments

Pineapple and Beef Kheema with Kale and Pancho Phoron (Indian Ground Beef Curry made easy with canned pineapple)

Pineapple Kheema (Indian Ground Beef Curry) with Kale and Panch Phoron is a flavorful, easy and delicious dinner easily made on a weeknight. This is the last of the dishes I made prior to my surgery–and I am at my parents and realized I forgot my laptop charger. !!! Panic ensues. Thank goodness I have… 

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Filed Under: beef, curry, greens, ground beef, Indian recipes, keema/kheema, pantry cooking, pineapple Tagged With: beef, curry, ground beef, ground meat, Indian, kale, keema, kheema, mint, panch phoron, pineapple

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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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