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Recipes here are unpretentious, frugal, often simple, occasionally healthy and always Larry-approved.

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Chocolate'

Mar 04

Chocolate-Covered Pink Peppermint Patties

Homemade peppermint patties.  Wonder “why?” Well, I once made marshmallows and proclaimed them infinitely better than bagged ones. Not sure I’d make THEM again, but I’ll definitely do these! Just about anybody can make Pink ... (read full article)

Candy, Chocolate, easy, patties, peppermint, pink, Sweet

Mar 03

Chocolate-Covered Pink Peppermint Patties

Homemade peppermint patties.  Wonder “why?” Well, I once made marshmallows and proclaimed them infinitely better than bagged ones. Not sure I’d make THEM again, but I’ll definitely do these! Just about anybody can make Pink Peppermint Pa (read full article)

Candy, Chocolate, easy, patties, peppermint, pink, Sweet

Feb 22

Milk Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons

  It’s a long story getting to these macaroons, starting with the chocolate. On the way home from niece Nicole’s wedding in San Diego, we stopped at John and Gail’s. Gail had “too much” chocolate ... (read full article)

Chocolate, coconut, cookie, Cookies & Bars, Feed a Crowd, macaroon

Jan 25

A Valentine’s Meal You Can Do, Sherie

Sherie and I were great pals in high school. She’s since raised three boys into independent grown men. Has been married forever. So I was surprised when she recently told me she “cannot cook.” Or doesn’t cook. Or is afraid to cook, the conver (read full article)

Chicken, Chocolate, easy, Event, foolproof, holiday, salad, Valentines Day

Jan 21

My Fancy Food Show Adventure

Being a speaker at the National Association of Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) “Fancy Food Show” was a darn fun boondoggle. My topic? “Online Marketing for the Internet Impaired.” This was my second time presenting ... (read full article)

Appearances & Presentations, Chocolate, Event, events, Fancy Food Show, presentation, speech

Dec 22

Easy Almond Pecan Toffee

This recipe made me wonder if our candy thermometer was broken. It seemed stuck at 240 degrees, all the while the syrup was getting pretty tan. After some brain wracking, I remembered how to do the “ol’ fashioned water drop.” Y (read full article)

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Dec 17

Chocolate Almond Biscotti

Biscotti. Good dunking cookie, but not so fond of anise flavor. By consulting several basic recipes in my “collection” (read: stuffed binder), I devised a Chocolate Almond Biscotti. No anise, yes almond extract. And a chocolate co (read full article)

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Nov 30

Marcella’s Fudge

This is a big plus to attending Thanksgiving on my side of the family: Marcella’s Fudge may be eaten before dinner. It is right there with the appetizers. Most of us thought Marcella was a relative from the Old Country (Wisconsin). (read full article)

Chocolate, desserts, fudge, holiday, milk, recipe, Sweet

Nov 12

Double-Ginger Chocolate Chunk Cookies from More Magazine

More Magazine is me me me. Besides being written for Women Of A Certain Age, the magazine publishes decent recipes. Such as “Cookies for Grown-ups.” I’m a grown-up and so is Larry. We like grown-up flavors and this particular recipe in the Nov (read full article)

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Oct 23

How to Make Pots de Crème The Lazy Way

This is positively YUMM-O.  I say yumm-o because Rachael Ray made this on Oprah.  I used to watch Oprah religiously (now, she may have jumped the shark… we’ll discuss that another time).  Rachael was talking my language:  Chocolate.  Easy.  (read full article)

Chocolate, desserts, pots de creme, pudding

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