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Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe. I love it when I can easily make something at home and it turns out to be just as good or better than the more expensive store-bought kind. I’ve been wanting to try some homemade chocolate syrup. The basic recipe is very simple, but there are a few variations of it, so the other day I decided to experiment with them and have a chocolate syrup taste test. Not a shabby way to spend the afternoon! The one I liked the best was from Amy Dacyczyn’s The Complete Tightwad Gazette. ½ cup cocoa powder 1 cup water 2 cups sugar ⅛ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon vanilla Mix the cocoa powder and the water in a saucepan. The result is very rich, so I only use a teaspoon for a glass of chocolate milk.

I poured the chocolate into a flip-top glass bottle and added a label. I’ve been gradually learning how to replace some of the foods we used to buy. Small Notebook is full of practical ideas to simplify your life and home. Chocomize Personalized Chocolate Bars, Wedding Chocolate Favors. Design... Strawberry Cheesecake&Parfaits. We all love cheesecake, right? But it does take time and effort. You have to make the crust and bake it, then make the filling and, if you do it right, bake the cheesecake in a water bath. Well, I'm going to show you how to make cheesecake without any baking at all. It's a deconstructed cheesecake and you layer it in parfait glasses. The cheesecake filling doesn't have any eggs - that's why you don't have to bake it. Brian and I had our 25th wedding anniversary last week and I cooked a special dinner.

Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits for a printable recipe, click here makes 4 large parfaits or 6 smaller ones This recipe is flexible - e.g., if you just love the graham cracker "crust" then double the amount and make more. Ingredients: Instructions: Slice the strawberries into a bowl and sprinkle with one tablespoon of sugar. Mix the graham cracker crumbs with the melted butter and one tablespoon of sugar.

Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. Assemble Parfaits: Mini OREO Surprise Cupcakes Recipe. Cookies &Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes | Handle the Heat. The Brownie Project. Loaded Potato Skins | Simple Comfort Food. Back when I was growing up in middle and high school, there was an appetizer that I really loved. Potato skins. I believe my experience started with my parents ordering these at the restaurant chain.

My parents were the type of couple who liked to figure out how to make dishes that were great in a restaurant, but make them better in their kitchen. They were not hacks by any means, after all, there was no Internet back in their time, however they took the time to think of the textures, and flavors, and make them something special at the kitchen table, any day of the week. Super simple to make, these loaded potato skins will not only satisfy all areas of your comfort zone, but they leave you a little guilty, and make you want to go on a brisk jog the following day. Ingredients: [Print this Recipe] Begin by preheating your oven to 400 degrees.

Cook your bacon, low and slow on the stove, for about 15-20 minutes. Continue this cutting process with the rest of the potatoes. NancyCreative. Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe. Warm Toasted Marshmallow Smore Bars.

Design Crush & Gimme S'more. Sep22 Nothing says fall, bonfires, and gooey deliciousness like a s’more. Nothing. But the thing is, s’mores don’t have to be reserved for special outdoorsy occasions. If you get creative enough you can squeeze them into your daily food pyramid just about anywhere. 34 Comments on “Gimme S’more.” Leave a Comment. Eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com from wordpress.com.