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Brace yourselves, guys. There's some major venting about to go down right now. Hell hath no fury like me when I can't get a recipe down right. Are you ready? Let's begin.I hate life. Or I guess I should say I hate the part of life where I fail at making banana pancakes. Banana friggin' pancakes. Something that should be SO simple to make. But apparenty, it's NOT. Not for me anyway. Apparently, it'
When it comes to desserts, I don't discriminate. I love 'em all. However, I do hold a special place in my heart for desserts that combine my favorite flavors. Like these oatmeal peanut-butter chocolate chip cookies- legit. And this snickers Nutella ice cream cake- I could eat all day. Even better are desserts that combine two or more desserts into one. You may remember my cookie dough cream pie? O
So, you may or may not have noticed, but my posts are kind of not holiday-oriented. Okay, they're not holiday oriented at all. I give you guys apple pie in May, chimichangas in March, coconut macaroons in August, and s'mores cookies in December. My internal holiday clock is totally out of whack. But I have good news. I'm going to make a solid effort to give you guys holiday-themed recipes in the c
Two words: coconut.oil.That's really all that needs to be said about these cookies, especially if you have experienced firsthand the goodness of this magical substance. If you haven't, well then, you are seriously missing out.I was once in your boat, up until last week when I decided to make some black bean brownies, that required me jumping onto the coconut oil train. Needless to say, after tasti
Woah, where did the month of April go? Seriously. That was the fastest 30 days of my life---OH.MY.GOD. I have to interrupt regular programming to say that I just found a bug crawling on my sleeve. EWW. I hate bugs. I hate hate hate bugs. This is why I'm not happy that the month of April has gone by so fast. We're now officially headed towards the warmer weather months, and warmer weather means me
So, guess who waited till the last minute to figure out what to make for today's post? Yup. None other than yours truly. I actually started planning my posts out ahead of time a couple weeks ago, but then I started to fall behind slowly, and here I am, posting about homemade crackers because they were the easiest thing I could think of to make yesterday.I spotted this recipe on Lauren's site a whi
Oh yes. It's s'mores season errybody. Or, at least, I'm declaring that it is. I know it's not summer quite yet, but the 77 degree weather we had yesterday definitely felt like it was. I kind of feel like we're skipping right over spring this year. The weather just went from really cold to really hot, and nothing in between. I would complain, but the warmer weather encouraged me to make these Nutel
Two weeks ago, I asked you guys on Facebook what frosting you thought would go best on banana cake. Most of you replied with cream cheese. This then begs the question: why am I giving you guys a banana cake with chocolate frosting today? Well, because, I kind of have this habit where I ask people questions, but I don't actually want their opinion. What I'm really looking for is their approval. I w
Attention: calling all chocoholics. I've got something crazy insane for you today. Are you ready? Are you ready for this? You're about to become acquainted with the best chocolate fix you'll ever have.They're called chocolate fudge crinkle cookies. But I have a pretty good feeling you'll be referring to them as chocolate crack once you taste them. They are incredibly euphoric and ridiculously addi
Happy Monday y'all! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are ready to start the week! I am super pumped to be sharing today's recipe with you guys because it is friggin fantabulous and it will blow.your.taste.buds.away!Alright, I'll take the exclamation marks down a notch, but seriously guys, this bread is so good. It's so good. I can't even fathom how good it is. It took me all of five seconds
Guys, I am so excited to finally be sharing this dish with you! I have wanted to for so long but every time I made it, I wasn't able to take pictures of it because by the time it was ready, it was way past daylight hours. BUT thanks to the recent springing forward of our clocks, I got the chance to make it and photograph it before sunset this weekend, and I could not be happier. This dish, it
As a rule of thumb, I only like to post recipes on here that I absolutely love. Anything ranging from "this is really good" to "omg I need to eat this every day, you people need to make this right now" will almost always make the cut. However, there are times that I make something that I'm not really crazy about, but I don't want to not post it because I realize that everyone has different tastes.
Me and my scale are currently in a hate/hate relationship. I hate it and it hates me. But to be fair, I only hate it cause it hates me. And I know for sure it hates me because I've actually been really doing cardio workouts for two weeks and not only has the number on my scale not gone down, but two days ago, my scale told me that I had gained a pound. See, it's evil.Seeing that number on the scal
So, there's this girl. Her name is Sally. And she's kind of a big deal. She's the writer of my most favorite blog ever, Sally's Baking Addiction. And yes, just in case you were wondering, her blog does indeed live up to it's name.Sally bakes everything from cookies to cakes to pies to cupcakes to muffins...you name it. But she doesn't just bake, she takes you through the baking process with her. Y
Last month, National Banana Bread day rolled around and I realized that I had never posted a recipe for banana bread on here. What kind of food blogger am I, right? Forgetting a classic like that? Well, I'm hoping to redeem myself today by not just giving you guys a banana bread recipe but THE banana bread recipe.I know what you're thinking. Everyone thinks their banana bread recipe is THE banana
Hey y'all! So today, we're taking a break from multi-step cupcakes and 2-hour rising bread and making something real nice and simple. Are you ready? Let's get started.You only need four ingredients: refrigerated biscuits, butter, cinnamon, and sugar. Now first thing's first: put your big girl/guy pants on and pop open your biscuit can. Or leave your regular pants on and ask your mom to do it. No j
With homemade marinara sauce for dipping. Because I had to make this post extra fabulous. And because this bread had to rise twice so, I figured I'd do something productive while waiting.Speaking of waiting, that is the hardest part about making this bread. Especially when it's in the oven, and your entire house smells like garlic, and butter, and cheese, and herbs, all melding together. Oh my goo
Longest name ever, I know. But you know what they say about cupcakes with long names right?They've got long flavorgasms. Oww owww. Totally just made that up, and I'm copyrighting it right now because it's genius and everyone is gonna want to use it. ©2013 Meriem. There. Now let's get on with the longer than usual post I have for you today. Why is today's post going to be long, Merm? Wel
You know what would be really cool? If the weather would finally get warm, and stay that way. Cause winter has definitely milked it for all it can this year. I don't think the East Coast has caught a break since Sandy. Last Friday, we got about 6 more inches of snow here in Jersey, but it melted pretty quickly over the weekend so it wasn't that bad. I'm hoping that's the last we'll see of it thoug
So apparently, I'm not very good at rolling up chimichangas. Don't let the ones in the picture fool you. They were the only two that I managed to make look decent. I'm still not sure whether or not they're supposed to be rolled wide or long like burritos. Google images didn't really help, so if anyone can enlighten me, that would be great.Also, let me know whether or not you're supposed to roll up
Wait! Don't click away! I know that every part of you is telling you that these muffins sound really gross and that you really don't need to learn how to make them. But... every part of you is wrong. It's so wrong. And now that I have your attention, I'll explain why.If you're concerned about what I think you're concerned about, then let me just put your mind at ease. You can't even taste the spin
One of the earliest things I remember watching my mother make growing up is pound cake. And it's probably because she made it so often. It was her go-to dessert whenever there was nothing for her and my dad to enjoy their coffee with. Quite frankly, it still is.Being that today is National Pound Cake Day, I thought that it would be a perfect time for me to share with you all her classic recipe.You
In life, you will meet three kinds of recipes. Recipes that you don't really like and won't try. Recipes that you like and say you'll try later. And recipes that make you want to run for your life to the kitchen to try them as soon as possible.This is one of those recipes.Of course, I'm speaking for myself here, but something tells me you'll be gathering ingredients halfway to the end of this post
So, remember how a while back I made apple cinnamon snickerdoodles and I told you guys that the first time I ever had a snickerdoodle was in home economics class in high-school? Well, guess who found the recipe for those same exact snickerdoodles? This girl.Well technically, I didn't actually find it. I always knew that I had it, I just sort of ignored it and left it between my ginormous pile of p
I like big cookies and I can not lie. You other bloggers can't deny.That when someone walks in with a cookie for you to taste, and it's as big as the size of your face, you get sprung.Wanna pull out your tongue, cause you notice that cookie was buff.You can purchase the rest of that song on iTunes when my album comes out in July.Juuust kidddding. I'm definitely not a rapper. But apparently, I've g
Do any of you remember that Arthur episode about D.W. being a picky eater? Where everyone tries to get her to like spinach and then finally, at the end, she eats a "Little Bo Beep Pot Pie" at this restaurant and she thinks it's delicious, and then she finds out it has spinach in it. And then she's like "Why's everybody looking at me? I LOVE SPINACH!"That was a great episode. I miss that show. Now
Hello. My name is Meriem and I am...an oatmeal-creme-pie-a-holic. I've been obsessed with the Little Debbie treats for as long as I can remember. I think I ate a whole box of them by myself once. Or twice. Unfortunately, I recently discovered that the ingredients in these addictive treats are terribly bad for you. And add that to the fact that they've gotten way more expensive than they used to be
I know what you're thinking. Pizza pasta pie? How exactly does that work? Is it a pizza with pasta? Or a pie with pasta? Or a pasta with pizza? Or a pie with pizza inside of it?It's actually none of those things. It's cooked pasta made into a pie crust, and then topped with a layer of ricotta cheese, a layer of meat sauce, and a sprinkling of mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. So, it basically looks
Many of you may not know this, but right before I went to Algeria, I became an aunt again to yet another beautiful baby boy. This makes 4 nephews altogether, but who's counting? ;) Anyways, I had to go to Algeria two days after he was born which was the hardest thing ever for me to do because I've basically always been there for all the stages of my nephews' lives and to miss a month, especia
So, how about them Ravens? Or more specifically, how about Joe Flacco? He tore it up yesterday and officially earned himself a spot amongst the elite. Helmets off to him! Apparently, his contract is about to expire. Wouldn't it be the coolest if the Jets picked him up? Oh, a girl can dream.Football talk aside, check out this game day cake! For once in my perfectionist life, I am pleased to say tha
I know something that you don't know. And I'm not gonna tell you. Okay fine, I am. You know I love y'all too much to keep anything from you. Especially not something like this. This....is solid gold right here. Are you ready?You can make cookies......out of brownie mix!I know, I KNOW. Your mind is blown. Mine was too. How I never realized you could do this when I've made cookies out of cake mix be
Wanna know how to make a food blogger cringe? Show them their old food photos from when they first started blogging. Works every time. I don't make it a point to look back at my old posts, but I really needed my mama's buttermilk pancake recipe the other day, and I was forced to look back at my 2008 post for it since I couldn't find it written anywhere. Needless to say, I wanted to hide my face in
Six. That's the number of pounds I gained in Algeria over the course of three weeks. I tried to pick a fight with my scale and insist that it wasn't true, but it was. It is. Fatty McFatty over here ate her way through Algeria. And now she's going to eat her way through this cookie dough cream pie.Look, I owe it to myself to eat one last awesome dessert before I go on this cabbage soup diet my mom'
I'm baaaaaack!! But don't let the extra letters and exclamation marks fool you, I really don't have that kind of energy in me at all right now. I am still so jet-lagged from my 8+ hour flight, and I have no motivation whatsoever to bake or cook anything, nor do I have much of an appetite. That said, I hope you all won't mind me sharing some photos of my vacation with you before I get back into the
Hello there. I am Miryam from Eat Good 4 Life.From the name, you can gather a little bit about my food philosophy, which is pretty much keeping it fresh, natural, and using best quality ingredients possible.Today I will be posting these superb cranberry and white chocolate whole wheat cookies for my friend at Culinary Couture, so I hope you like them :-)What can I say about these cookies but that
Hi everyone, this is Noor from over at Ya Salam Cooking. I will be bringing you today’s delicious recipe while Mimi is enjoying her vacation in Algeria. You all may not know this but Mimi was actually the first food blogger I met years ago when I first started my own blog. Wow, that was like 5 and a 1/2 years ago; we have been at this for what now seems like forever. This recipe that I am sha
It's times like these where I feel sliiightly guilty (but mostly pretty stinkin proud) for pulling off something so awesome that is nowhere near as difficult as it looks.I'm Bianca from Sweet Dreaming, where I like to find a happy medium between healthy recipes and indulgent desserts…while doing so with Instagram and my DSLR. Still a work in progress (I tend to get a little instagram-happy).S
Hello everyone! Joining us today to kick off two weeks of guest posts is Sarah Cuypers from Snap a Bite! Sarah is a Flemish food blogitarian with a love for color and flavor. You can find more of what she does at www.snapabite.com...take it away Sarah!Let’s make this snappy. This is the holiday season and chances are you’re going to have guests around at one time or another the following weeks
Before the guests posts start rolling in, I thought I'd sneak back in here and share with you guys the top 10 most popular recipes on the blog this year. If you haven't made any of these yet, I hope you will now! Here they are :)10. Baked Spinach Dip Mini Bread Bowls9. Red Velvet Cake Pops8. Banana Cream Pie 7. Cream Puffs6. Chicken Tikka Masala5. Flower Bouquet Pull-Apart Cupcake Cake4
So you know how Algerians are obsessed with almonds and use them in almost all their cookies? Well, another thing that I noticed Algerians really love is semolina. They use it in their sweets, breads, pancakes and most commonly, in their country's national dish, couscous, which is literally made from ground semolina.Since I'm in Algeria right now, I figure it's only fitting for me to share with yo
Tomorrow, at approximately 7 pm Eastern time, I will be on a plane bound for Algeria. For those of you who don't know, Algeria is a large country situated in North Africa and it's also my home country. I've been there a couple of times before, but always in the summer, so now that I'm going in the winter, I'm not quite sure what to expect. There are a few things, however, that I know for sure
Does this cake look familiar to you? Well, it should. This is my third time making it. The first two times, I made it baby girl themed. This time around, I made it for a baby boy. And this time around, I made little carriage cupcakes to go with it.Cayooot right? My brother took one look at them and said "Who puts mints on cupcakes?". Um, I do. And mints are totally in season right now, so go somew
Did any of you see the Jets game last night? It was probably better if you didn't because it was physically painful to watch. Sanchez needs to go, as soon as possible. And that's all I'm going to say.In other un-related news, a representative from a company known as Hoo Rag approached me a week ago and asked if I would do a review on their "better bandana". Of course, I eagerly obliged. Not
Guess what guys? BIG NEWS. I'm finally starting to accept my failures in the kitchen. It only took me like, four years. But there's been less crying around here and more understanding about the learning process that is cooking and I'm super proud of the improvement. Maybe some day I'll even learn how to laugh in the face of failure, but for now, I'm taking baby steps. The first time I made this br
Someday, I would really, REALLY, like to have twins. Like really bad. I would even go as far to say that it is one of my goals in life. Totally being serious right now, and no, I am not crazy. Who wouldn't want a two for one deal pregnancy? And not having to have another kid so soon after? And then being able to have the twins help you with the next baby since they'll be old enough when you do dec
Hey there frequent visitors! You may have noticed a little change with my site, specifically in regards to my URL. What once was culinaryxcouture.blogspot.com is now culinarycoutureblog.com. Basically, I bought a piece of the Internet with my monies and now it's mine and I own it. No more subdomain, no more extra periods, and no more extra letters. Woot woot!I definitely should have made this chan
Back when I was in school and had clinicals early in the morning, I would always stop at Dunkin Donuts on my way to the hospital. You'd think I would go there to pick up some coffee to keep me alert for at least half of my 11-hour shift. But no, I went there for the cookies. Or the cookie, to be precise.One giant freshly baked, warm, gooey, chocolate chip cookie. That's what I got. Every single cl
Up until yesterday, I didn't know candied sweet potatoes were a real thing. I mean, I knew they existed because I grew up eating them, I just didn't know they were called candied sweet potatoes and that other people besides my mom made them. But apparently, even Martha Stewart makes candied sweet potatoes. And although Google tells me that the dish originated in Central Pennsylvania, I'm not sure
