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Gnocchi Mac n' Cheese

This takes comfort food to a whole new level...wow. I thought I was in love with Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese and then I was smittenwith Ranch Mac and Cheese .

What is it about secret ingredients? In general, people tend to be bad secret-keepers. For many, gossip is magnetic and contagious. Unknown facts (or juicy pieces of fiction) hover in one’s brain anxiously waiting to burst out to a willing set of ears.

http://whippedtheblog.com/2007/02/23/the-best-chocolate-cake-my-most-secret-ingredient/

Chocolate Beet Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Easter Bunny Shaped Rolls

Mom Always Finds Out

Cinnamon Bun Cake Recipe

Avocado Habanero Hot Sauce

In a continuing effort to press the limits of what defines guacamole, I present to you this hot sauce. Based on the Venezuelan sauce known by the silly name "guasacaca", this condiment is loaded with avocado, habanero peppers, and red wine vinegar.

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Spanakopita Bites

Buttery, flaky phyllo appetizers are especially popular in my family. I guess I can't blame them since who can resist buttery, flaky phyllo dough anyway?! My mother in law requested these Spanakopita Bites as an appetizer for the birthday party she was throwing for her husband.

Stuffed Shells with Sausage and Spinach Recipe

T hat’s right, you heard it here- Jalapeño Popper Dip ! I love jalapeño poppers and have even tried to make them, which didn’t turn out as well as their purchased cousin and were pretty labor intensive. The word labor makes me run the other way. Have you ever made poppers before? Dealing with jalapeños is quite an undertaking as one has to be very careful not to burn their hands or rub their eyes during the process. And frying at home can be messy sometimes.

Jalapeño Popper Dip

http://www.bigredkitchen.com/2008/10/jalapeno-popper-dip/

For the past couple of months, Tom and I have been training for the A1A (Beach-front avenue!) Half Marathon and Sunday was the Big Day. For me, training was both exhilarating – you feel so accomplished when you’ve run a 10K before breakfast – and painful – patellar tendinitis isn’t particularly fun. Training made me hungry, made me hobble around like an old lady, made me stop drinking beer and wine on Saturday nights (the worst part by far) and made me actually stop wearing heels. On the Big Day, we woke up at 3:30AM and had some homemade power bars and bananas and were on our way.

http://www.bitchincamero.com/2010/02/moms-baked-chicken-spinach-pasta/

Mom’s Baked Chicken & Spinach Pasta | BITCHIN' CAMERO

Take a Break from Take-out: Homemade Pot Stickers

There are some things that just seem too daunting to make from scratch, and far easier to order in: potstickers, if you haven’t made them yourself, can be one of those things. The truth is, they’re far simpler to make from scratch than you might think. And if you have little fingers around that need occupying, they will most likely be happy to sit around the kitchen table for an hour and assemble little dumplings that you can then cook on the stovetop until golden-bottomed and crisp, or freeze in zip-lock bags to pop into simmering chicken stock with noodles for a quick wonton soup. (No need to thaw them first – just boil straight from frozen.)

We all have our secret recipes. Recipes that we are proud of, that we offer to bring to get togethers, and that everyone adores and coos over. After the party is over the bowl has been scraped clean and everyone is asking - nay begging- for your recipe. Naturally you are flattered that everyone has loved it so much to not only finish it all but to beg for the recipe, and you begin sharing the recipe with everyone. Except when it is a secret recipe. When it is a secret recipe you hesitate.

Secret Recipes and Hummus

Chocolate Chip Oreo Cookies

Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but I love hot dogs. I mean, I really love hot dogs. I think that’s probably because of oven hot dogs.

Oven Hot Dogs « In the Wabe

Pesto Chicken Stuffed Shells

When I'm in my cooking 'zone', creative juices tend to flow and I start throwing random things together so nothing goes to waste. This recipe is a result of using up leftover ingredients I had from other dishes I prepared for the freezer. I figured chicken, pesto and cheese would work with pasta fairly well and so I hoped for the best.

The week between Christmas and New Year's Day was a lazy one, and I filled my days with so many of the things I never seem to make time for the rest of the year.

Buffalo Chicken Rolls

Comfort food is always welcome on the table. In our house, we love macaroni and cheese along with the different variations. To prove it, I shared 12 mac & cheese recipes along with a version using buttermilk not too long ago. So here's another version to add to our growing list of mac & cheese variations. This time, I incorporated some favorite hot dog toppings, chili and cheese.

Chili & Cheese Macaroni

Whenever I go to an Italian restaurant I order one of two things, lasagna or some sort of alfredo. It is something I could eat everyday but am too lazy to make it at home… ever… it just takes too damn long. So, in an attempt to decrease the time it takes to make lasagna (and because I stumbled across a post somewhere) I was going to do some sort of lasagna spin-off.