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2-Minute Chocolate Chip Cookie For One « Recipe. This is one of those ‘I-need-a-cookie-right-now-or-I-die’ recipes that can be prepared in almost no time.We all know that kind of situation, don’t we?

2-Minute Chocolate Chip Cookie For One « Recipe

I definitely do, I confess.And you know what? This impressive cookie not only takes less than 5 minutes to prepare, it tastes really delicious. 60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode. I had so much fun developing this recipe. Talk about kinda dangerous though. This baby is baked in 60 seconds, no lie!! The cookie dough recipe is prepared right in your ramekin, so we are also talking about minimal dishes. Win win, right? 50 Healthy Recipes to Kick Off 2012. Happy New Year!

50 Healthy Recipes to Kick Off 2012

Many of us are thinking about our New Year’s resolutions and healthy eating is often at the top of the list. If you are setting a goal to eat healthy in 2012, here are 50 healthy recipes to help you get started. Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies. I am so in love with these darn chocolate lava cookies!

Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies

What is it about a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie stuffed with decadent, rich, melted chocolate that makes it so irresistible?? Especially when topped with vanilla ice cream. These are one of Kev’s favorite homemade treats, and he usually asks me to make them at least once a week. They are so simple to whip up, and such a treat! Stacy Stowers. There’s a very good reason why it’s called the Happy Shake!

Stacy Stowers

Though this creamy blend tastes like a delicious dessert, it’s chock-full of spinach, berries and super happy foods, like raw chocolate and maca. The Happy Shake is a meal replacement. It’s a key place to start when trying to lose excess weight, increase energy levels, and get healthier and happier. Before you get started, keep in mind the Happy Shake is more about technique than anything else. You can take these same ingredients, throw them into a blender and get a glass full of lawn clippings. Ingredients: 1/2 cup water 3-4 cups spinach 1 Tbs. coconut oil 1 Tbs. raw maca powder 2 Tbs. raw cacao powder 1 cup FROZEN blueberries 3/4 cup FROZEN cherries 1/4 cup FROZEN banana Optional: a little raw honey for those who like extra sweetness Optional: 3 ice cubes or a small handful of ice for those hot humid days In your Vitamix or blender start with: 1. 2.

Magical milk shakes - Healthy Milk Shakes and Smoothies. Your passion for healthy living brought you here - let's keep talking!

Magical milk shakes - Healthy Milk Shakes and Smoothies

Foods to Fuel Your Body Magical milk shakes Traditional milk shakes—made with ice cream and chocolate—can do diet damage. Luckily, these recipes combine low-fat dairy products and fruit to provide 11 drinks with less than 300 calories. Peanut-Butter-Cup Smoothie This drink tastes like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup in a glass, and it contains 20% of your daily calcium. Ingredients: Banana, low-fat chocolate milk, vanilla low-fat frozen yogurt, natural-style peanut butter, vanilla low-fat yogurt Calories: 201.

Mocha and cream cheese brownie. 28th October 2010By GuestPhotography by Adam Much to the delight of the blog team we have a new member, Genevieve.

Mocha and cream cheese brownie

Genevieve has just started in product development for cooking products as a product evaluator. She hails from Samoa where her mother owns her own catering business and with a food science background we’re expecting big things! Anyway over to Genevieve and her heirloom recipe: “There is something about brownies that makes me go gaga over them and lose all my willpower. 20 Summer Smoothie Recipes. By kathypatalsky | rainbow of vegan smoothies It’s hot and you’re thirsty – so I’m serving up 20 Summer Smoothie Recipes!

20 Summer Smoothie Recipes

These are my favorite blends. From frosty pink pomegranate smoothies to deep purple acai smoothies. How To Make Perfect Brownies. I’ve tried lots of brownie recipes: Boxes, scratch, frosted, plain, nuts, chips, fudge … Each of them has something to like, but depending on my mood I might want a change of pace.

How To Make Perfect Brownies

Not any more. My wife found this recipe, and it’s perfect. Mingmakescupcakes.yolasite. The Comfort of Eggs in a Basket. Eggs in a basket was the first meal I ever cooked.

The Comfort of Eggs in a Basket

I was in 5th grade, and it was a Sunday morning at my best friend's house after a sleepover. We woke up hungry, and for some reason his parents weren't home. This confused me--my parents would never do that--but more important than confusion was the fact that I was terribly hungry, and I didn't see how that problem was going to be solved, since his house never had any cereal in it. "We'll make eggs in a basket," my friend said, pulling out a loaf of bread, a jug of oil, and a carton of eggs. You mean, we'll be cooking? Vanilla cheesecake with strawberry compote. 8th December 2011By GuestPhotography by Adam.

Vanilla cheesecake with strawberry compote

The best site for recipes, recommendations, food and cooking. Cook's Country - Recipes That Work. The Perfect Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe. The perfect cookie dough truffles are so easy to make and perfect for entertaining or enjoying as a treat. Cookies hold a definite place of distinction around my house – from our chewy chocolate chip cookies to out of this world peanut butter cookies and let’s not even think about forgetting my absolute favorite cookie dough dip. They all are our favorites. PictureTheRecipe.

5-minute Chocolate Cake.

Milkshake

Apple Shaped Cupcakes. It’s September, so apples are on the brain, can you tell? With apple cards, candy apples, yarn apples, I can’t seem to get enough. Well, as I was browsing Pinterest, which I’m addicted to, I came across this post from Muses of Megret on baking your cupcakes into Valentine hearts. General Tso's Chicken Recipe. At nearly any buffet or take-out place you can find General Tso’s Chicken. General Tso’s Chicken is a perfect combination of sweet and spicy flavors. It is a very popular dish throughout the United States and Canada. This is probably one of the best and easiest recipes around, you will be surprised at how little time it takes to prepare. I decided to get brave and use the boneless skinless chicken thighs, and I wasn’t disappointed. However, If you want to use chicken breasts that would work fine as well. Ingredients: 1lb boneless skinless chicken thighs (cut into 1” chunks) 5 dried red chili peppers 3 green onions (sliced) 3 eggs (beaten) ½ cup cornstarch oil (for frying)Sauce-1 ½ tablespoons rice vinegar 2 tablespoons rice wine 3 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons soy sauce 2 teaspoons cornstarch Cooking Instructions: Step 1: In a large mixing bowl combine cornstarch and beaten eggs.

Step 3: Heat deep fryer or wok to 375 degrees and deep fried chicken bits in batches. Brown Butter Double Fudge Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cookies. Little bit of a mouthful there. But it’s like a cookie on top of another cookie! Yeah. Like total dirty cookie on cookie action. Oreo Cookies-Recipe Oreo-Oreo Recipes-Cheese Cupcakes-Oreo Cheesecakes. Posted by Grace Massa Langlois on Wednesday, 21st July 2010. Most gawked all-time - page 12. Top 10 Secret Recipes.

Food The weekend is upon us, and what better way is there to enjoy it than to cook or bake some of your favorite takeout treats? 60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode. 2-Minute Chocolate Chip Cookie For One & Recipe & Zoom Yummy. 2-Minute Chocolate Chip Cookie For One & Recipe & Zoom Yummy. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough + Cupcake = The BEST Cupcake. Ever.

Homemade Snickers Bars. Insanity. Fruit & Green Smoothie Recipes. Flu-Buster Clementine Creamsicle Smoothie. I’ve been playing nurse for the past few days, doing my best to help Eric beat his flu (and not catch it myself!). We’ve been eating lots of healthy dinner leftovers like Spicy Rainbow Rice & Bean Salad, Ultimate Vegan Lentil Walnut Loaf, Creamy Tomato Barley Risotto, and Back on Track Wheat Berry and Bean Salad, sure to give any cold a run for its money. Dessert First With Anne Thornton. Smoothie Recipes : Fruit Smoothies Recipe: Healthy Smoothies. Fat-Fighting Snacks. Pineapple ginger smoothie. Pineapple Ginger Smoothie Many of you longtime followers know that I’m not a big believe in “recipes” when it comes to smoothies.

My method of choice is always “a little of this, a little of that”, usually based on whatever fresh produce happens to be hanging around my house. Shakes Recipes - Healthy Shake Recipes - Diet Shake Recipes - Indian Shake Recipe.