February 2012

sugar cookie bars

by amy 27 February 2012

this month i participated in a fun blogger event — the secret recipe club. how does it work, you ask? every participating blogger is secretly assigned another blog + chooses a recipe from that blog to make. on reveal day (today!), all of our posts go up at the same time, so everyone gets to [...]

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chicken tortilla soup

by amy 21 February 2012

one of my favorite soups to order at restaurants is chicken tortilla soup – i love the combination of savory, rich flavors paired with wonderfully fresh ingredients. however, until last week, i had never made it at home. i had a major hankering for it the other day, but wasn’t in the mood to go [...]

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homemade pitas

by amy 16 February 2012

it’s official – i’ve got bread fever. it started innocently with making a homemade baguette, which lead me to trying homemade tortillas, + now? pitas. if i’ve learned anything from this carbtastic journey (other than the fact that, whoa, i really love carbs), it’s that homemade breads are far more delicious than their store-bought versions [...]

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GIVEAWAY – SodaStream home soda maker!

by amy 14 February 2012

this giveaway is now CLOSED + the winner was selected using random.org. congratulations to commenter #52, amanda of food fascinations! I’ll be contacting you with details! since i adore my readers so much, i have a valentine’s day gift for you – a giveaway! i’m so excited because today’s giveaway is one of my favorite [...]

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chocolate chip cookie dough truffles

by amy 10 February 2012

remember when i posted a recipe for cake batter truffles last month? well, i learned from that post that many of you, my dear readers, adore cake batter + cookie dough just as much as yours truly. it made me feel good to know that, when i’m baking, i’m not the only one who makes [...]

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spicy chicken + caramelized onion quesadillas

by amy 7 February 2012

if you read my post on what i made for the first month of my one-new-dinner-a-week challenge, you may have seen that the recipe most requested by my readers was the spicy chicken + caramelized onion quesadillas. i’m not surprised by this, as these were seriously the most delicious quesadillas i’ve ever had. i’m more [...]

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month 1 recap – my 2012 cooking goal!

by amy 2 February 2012

month #1 of my make-one-new-dinner-a-week challenge for 2012 is completed! 5 weeks down, 47 to go. =) below is a recap of what i made for the challenge this past month. i’ve only posted 1 of the recipes on my blog thus far, so let me know if you’d like to see any of the [...]

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