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Double Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls These chocolate sweet rolls are soft, tender, and are for true chocolate lovers! I used a box of devil’s food cake chocolate cake mix as a shortcut. It really adds the perfect amount of chocolate flavor. Combined with creamy chocolate frosting on top, you’re in for a real treat with these ultra chocolaty cinnamon rolls! Chocolate cinnamon rolls are a wonderful treat for holiday mornings, special brunches, or make them for a decadent weekend breakfast....

It has been ages since I had dehydrated anything. Probably almost a year. With the chillier weather and a craving for something warm, last night I fired up the hot box. Being that it runs for hours and hours it’s not the type of appliance I’d run in the summer since my small kitchen tends to get extra toasty when it’s on, but in the winter, I’ll take the “free” heat without turning on the heater....

Beef Stew and Dumplings Recipe When you’re in need of a comfort food dinner, especially in the middle of winter, and you want something to warm you up from the inside out, this easy beef stew and dumplings recipe is just what the doctor ordered. Bites of fork-tender beef, along with onions, carrots, potatoes, and more all simmer together in a rich and savory beef broth, plus some red wine, to create the most flavorful beef stew recipe....

Although I’ve mastered the fine art of roasting a whole turkey, I most often wind up cooking just a turkey breast for my family’s Thanksgiving meal. It’s a smaller cut of meat, so I’m able to cook it with more confidence – and so will you. And since I do not have a big extended family who I am sharing the meal with, my immediate family and I end up with a reasonable amount of leftovers....

OhNuts! sent me candy-coated almonds and I didn’t want to bake with them because I was fearful that the pink, blue, orange, and green pastel-colored candy shells would bleed and run during baking, creating a big ugly mess on whatever I made. So I decided to go the no-bake route and I stuffed them into no-bake peanut butter cookie dough. A 10 minute project which results in great little peanut butter cookie dough bites....

They are so good. But I think they are almost too fiber-rific for me. Flax seeds = Little fiber bombs Flax seeds and fiber are great and all. Just not when you eat a half of a box of Mary’s in a sitting. For some reason though, my homemade Mary’s Crackers don’t seem to give me any issues. I also have these No Bake Vegan Flaxseed & Maple Cookies Sometimes I add flax seeds to my Vegan GF Granola...

The last time I saw her she was about a week or two away from delivering her second baby and was feeling a little camera shy. But today I got to meet her new addition! A little boy named Coltan! He’s only 4 weeks old. What a cutie! And what an angel he was. Nursed and slept. Nursed and slept. Repeat. Her daughter, Ashley, was the same way. Skylar? Not so much....

She’s four years old and I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. So consider this as much for me and posterity as it is for you but I’m sure you’ll get a few chuckles. We were at the pool earlier in the week and there was a man who was being loud and just generally obnoxious and disturbing the Zen. He was a bit drunk and was telling loud, crass stories, and just one of those people who you wish would just zip it and enjoy the peace and quiet and beautiful day....

I’ve been excited about a few things lately: Chocolate Finds I may whip up some holiday baked goods for friends with this, too. Or use it in Homemade “Turtles”. The TJ’s caramel not vegan (vegetarian because of the dairy) but you can use other caramel to make my High Raw Vegan Chocolate “Turtles” Advent Calender & Gingerbread Man Kit Pics from One Year Ago And I’m going to bring this ready-to-decorate-then-eat Gingerbread Man Kit for her to make, too, while we’re there....

comment icon 106 more comments In This Post: Everything You Need For Gochujang Burgers How To Make These Gochujang Burgers Step 1: Make the Kimchi Bacon Jam I prefer the kimchi in smaller pieces, so I cut it up (along with the bacon). Fry up the bacon and add the kimchi and brown sugar – this makes a VERY YUMMY, chunky jam-like mixture. Step 2: Mix the Chicken Burgers Mix all the ingredients – I usually do this by hand… …and form into 4 patties....

You like it. I knew it. comment icon 64 more comments Better question: how do you feel about Lost? As in the TV show Lost that came out 8 years ago that I just started watching last week, in 2013. I’ve always said I didn’t want to watch it because of the plane crash. I get weird about plane crashes. The real ones, the in-my-mind ones, the Hollywood ones, all of em....

That’s a wrap on the very first (but hopefully not last) Pinch of Yum Holiday Bucket List challenge! Even though there’s lots more merriment and holiday-ing in the days ahead, we hope you were able to make something from the bucket list that made your day shine a bit brighter. Maybe you found a new seasonal favorite, were reminded of the nostalgia of a delicious holiday meal, or created some new holiday food memory magic....

Just in time for overcast skies and rain. Hopefully we won’t need any roof repairs like we did last December from all the rains. At least the flowers appreciate the rain even if we don’t. I appreciated some of the local the local Raisin Bread Pudding I love this stuff. It’s so dense and chewy and perfect. Not sure if there is even bread in it to begin with or if they just use flour and eggs to make a dense clafoutis of sorts and skip the day-old bread step or what they do, but I need to ask and find out so I can recreate it....

comment icon 106 more comments When it comes to party food game food snack food etc, I have a deep and borderline inappropriate love for cheesy dips bubbling away inside of little mini Crockpots. And my ultimate weakness is almost always some variation of a Chili Cheese Dip which I regret to say is almost always is made with V to the elveeta. Just one question: WHY? Why have I never even thought to just make my own YUMMIER real cheese sauce?...

So here we go! Why Hide a Pinterest Image? Okay, so just a quick recap – why do these long Pinterest images matter? Even if we don’t personally like them (hi!) or know that they might not always be effective or relevant based on how Pinterest could make display changes that are out of our control — still, in my opinion, it’s important to know how to create and use these types of images because right now we see them being highly effective....

If you’re like me and see so many recipes on different blogs that you want to try, but then can’t remember where you saw something or even that you saw it until you see it again, consider the last day of the month as a memory refresher. I can’t wait until the end of the year to be able to look back and see what I made, month by month, and remember, Oh those were the cookies I made on Skylar’s first day at her new school or there are the potatoes that I almost didn’t make but ended up being one of Scott’s favorites....

As promised with these meal plans, to make this magical list of yum happening, we’re going to do three sauces, two veg preps, and one snack to get you set up for the week. That way when dinnertime rolls around, you can roll your sleeves up and tackle it head-on, without too many sighs or rolling around on the floor crying (you know, in your head. Or maybe literally…depends on where this new year is finding you lol....

Let’s embrace healthy and roast some vegetables. And let’s roast them in coconut oil, because you know, it’s healthy. Whether it was healthy or not, I’d still use coconut oil because I love the richness and flavor it adds to food, and yes, it does impart some flavor. Some brands and types add more than others, but it’s not a flavor-neutral oil. There are people who don’t like coconut oil and I’ve heard others proudly proclaim, “It doesn’t make your food taste like coconut so even if you don’t like coconut, you’re safe....

Decadent 7 Layer Brownies These are some seriously decadent brownies and are definitely in my top 5 brownie recipes of all time. That is high praise, but they deserve it because of the incredibly soft and fudgy texture along with all the goodies piled on top. They are incredibly rich, decadent, so fudgy in the interior, with slighly chewy edges, and they are the brownie equivalent of a quarter-pounder. One brownie felt like it could weigh a quarter pound in my hand but I’m not complaining....

It’s easy, ready in 10 minutes, hearty, and packed with layers of flavors and textures. Red bell peppers for color and crunch along with juicy corn, green onions, cilantro, and diced MorningStar Farms® White Bean Chili Burgers for extra protein without the fat of ground beef. Regular ground beef contains 15g of fat per serving while these burgers contain 9g total fat per serving. That’s 41% less fat. The burgers are made with organic ingredients, including cannellini, navy, and pinto beans, tasty green chilies, red peppers, and onions....