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Homemade Fig Newtons

Homemade Cheez-It Crackers — From Away. There are definitely foods that I used to enjoy, that I have had to stop having around the house.

Homemade Cheez-It Crackers — From Away

Cheez-It brand snack crackers are one of the foods I have had to simply give up, such is my devotion to them. You can keep your Goldfish, your Cheese Nips, and your Better Cheddars. Who said real men don't cook? Crispy Oven-Baked Garlic Parmesan Fries. By brooklynsupper | While it’s available year round, when you start to see garlic scapes, green garlic, and young garlic arriving at the farmer’s market, you know spring has arrived.

Crispy Oven-Baked Garlic Parmesan Fries

Powerful and pungent, garlic makes almost any savory dish better. Here are 25 delicious garlic recipes that use this tasty ingredient in a wide variety of ways to suit a wide variety of tastes. Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites. Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites On Fridays, I teach cooking classes to two kids in our neighborhood.

Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites

Microwave Potato Chips — Really! I like to think of myself as a glass-half-full kind of gal.

Microwave Potato Chips — Really!

I tend to have a sunny demeanor. I try to accentuate the positive even in the most grave of situations. And I’m optimistic that one can do anything one sets one’s mind to — or at the very least get darn close to it. But when I stumbled upon a recipe early last year in Eating Well magazine for making potato chips in the microwave, I balked.

I was a disbeliever. Evil chef mom: cheese fritters with balsamic sun-dried tomato dipping sauce. Don't these look better than fried mozzarella sticks that you get at T.G.I.

evil chef mom: cheese fritters with balsamic sun-dried tomato dipping sauce

McFuglies? Come on they have fresh thyme sprinkled all over the top. That's called classing up the joint right there. Pepperoni Pizza Puffs Recipe. TGIF, friends.

Pepperoni Pizza Puffs Recipe

Hope that you all have had a lovely week, and that a relaxing weekend lies ahead. I’m looking forward to some friend’s-birthday-celebrating, farmers-marketing, coffee-(friends)-dating, cake-baking, church-enjoying, and sleeping-inning here in my little corner of the world this weekend. OH, and the thing I’m perhaps most excited about — choir-directing. Mother's Famous Chinese Egg Rolls Recipe. Saturday, January 15, 2011.

Mother's Famous Chinese Egg Rolls Recipe

Making Miniature Stuffed Pizzas in Springforms. Stuffed pizzas are a Chicagoan delicacy consisting of layers of cheese and fillings above– and below– a thin pizza crust.

Making Miniature Stuffed Pizzas in Springforms

One of the best ways to bake them is in a springform pan, so that the sides come out in perfect cylinders and come out easily. Taken to the small extreme, individual-sized stuffed pizzas are the ideal portable food to take to work for lunch. Made in miniature springform pans, they are compact, cute, tasty, filling, and are almost guaranteed to make your co-workers jealous. Read on and we’ll show you how to make your own springform stuffed pizza, in any size you like. How to Microwave Gourmet Popcorn in a Brown Paper Bag. Peeeeee-yew!

How to Microwave Gourmet Popcorn in a Brown Paper Bag

I’m done with the stinky stench of microwave popcorn. Actually, I haven’t popped a single bag of that toxic smelling stuff in years since I hate the thought of being swindled by a stank bag of greasy kernels. Pizza Stuffed Pretzels. I saw these on the Betty Crocker website one day & immediately began drooling! So I set out in the grocery store - without the recipe I might add, forgetful me.... - to gather ingredients and have some fun with dinner!

The ingredient line-up.... You can of course use any pizza toppings you want, I went with simplicity for the first try. {I already have another plan of alredo, chicken and mozzarells stuffed pretzels....} Note: I did cut the pepperoni into smaller strips: Roll the pizza dough out on a lightly floured surface and cut into four equal-ish strips. Then simply add pizza sauce... ...shredded cheese... Pizza Monkey Bread Recipe. Ok are you ready for Pizza Monkey Bread. It will kinda change your life. And maybe your waistline. Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets. Chunks of all white meat chicken breasts coated in breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese then baked until golden. An easy chicken recipe your whole family will love.

What can be more kid friendly than chicken nuggets, even the pickiest kids like them. Serve them with ketchup, bbq sauce or whatever you like to dip your nuggets into. Adults can serve them over your favorite salad for a satisfying lunch. Kids love finger foods or anything you can eat with toothpicks so when my daughter was young I would make her a dish of bite sized goodies she liked such as tomatoes, olives, pasta, etc. and served them with toothpicks and she always cleaned her plate! Greek Nachos. Whole Wheat Pitas This is an incredible Pita tutorial from The Fresh Loaf (much more detailed than mine) 2 cups flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Tomato Soup Grilled Cheese. Bread Baking: Homemade Pizza Rolls. [Photographs: Donna Currie] I love a challenge.