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Deep, Dark Chocolate Pudding Recipe. Baklava. Plum-Raspberry Blintzes. Two-Ingredient Chocolate Mousse. Every week, at Food52.com, we're digging up Genius Recipes -- the ones that make us rethink cooking myths, get us talking, and change the way we cook. Today, just for you, Valentine: a completely forgiving, undemanding, and lovable chocolate mousse. - Kristen Miglore, Senior Editor, Food52.com It took a brilliant, adventurous chemist to discover the simplest way to make chocolate mousse at home.

"I invented it -- but it was so easy, I'm embarrassed! " Hervé This told Wired magazine in 2007. >> RELATED: Browse through more chocolate desserts on FOOD52. He also invented the study of molecular gastronomy -- but his book of the same name doesn't read like a science manual. He explains everything from getting crisp skin on a roast chicken (don't baste with the juices) to whether gnocchi are truly done when they bob to the surface (not necessarily). ... >> RELATED: A Valentine's Day Dinner Plan: A Classic Steakhouse Dinner (At Home) >> RELATED: See Nancy Silverton's Genius Recipe for whipped cream. Two-ingredient Chocolate Pop-Tarts. Two-ingredient Chocolate Pop TartThe holidays are a time to indulge. And yet, they can also be a very busy time. So treat yourself and your special loved ones to a delicious treat that won't leave you slaving away for hours in the kitchen.

Two ingredients is all you need to make these glorious confections, reminiscent of the chocolate-filled croissants you find in many a French bakery. They are simple, flaky, and perfectly divine. Chocolate Poptarts Ingredients: -2 prepared pie crusts -2 dark chocolate bars (I used Lindt with a hint of Sea Salt) Related: Instant desserts: 1-minute sundaes, 2-minute cakes, and more! Step 1. Step 1 Step 2. Step 2 Related: 8 homemade Girl Scout cookie recipes - Samoas, Thin Mints, and moreStep 3.Bake poptarts in an oven preheated to 425 degrees for 9-11 minutes, or just until the edges are golden brown.

Step 3 Serve poptarts hot or cold, with a glass of cold milk. . - By Brooke McLay Follow Brooke on Babble For 10 more homemade Pop-Tart recipes, visit Babble! Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins. Yes, these muffins are insanely good! Hard to believe they are low fat. Think baked oatmeal, but in the form of a muffin... so moist and they are just as good the next day. Someone shared their oatmeal muffin recipe with me which was the base for this recipe, but I played around with the ingredients and made some modifications to make it over-the-top good! My husband said they were the BEST blueberry muffins he ever tasted, and my two year old thought they were cupcakes. Think of the variations you can come up with replacing the blueberries with raisins, apples or even chocolate chips!

Insanely Good Blueberry Oatmeal MuffinsSkinnytaste.comServings: 12 • Serving Size: 1 muffin • Old Points: 2 pts • Points+: 4 ptsCalories: 127 • Fat: 2.3 g • Protein: 2.8 g • Carb: 28.4 g • Fiber: 2.2 g • Sugar: 17.3 gSodium: 222.7 mg Ingredients: Preheat oven to 400°. Place oats in a food processor or chopper and pulse a few times. Combine oats and milk with sugar, applesauce mixture and mix well. Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. Ah, dessert. Who doesn't love it? Ah, vegan dessert, you say? That's where things get tricky. When I first became Vegan I couldn't understand why some Vegan desserts tasted so darn awful.

They just never tasted as moist or as rich or - honestly - as good. I had yet to find the perfect Vegan dessert that would replace the chocolate-y void that haunted my newly Vegan soul. So I decided, "Self - it's time to take things into your own (at the time, very incapable) hands". First up: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. Try these and tell me you're not impressed. Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins* What You Need: (Makes 16) 2 cups all purpose flour 1 and a 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup canola oil 4 ripe bananas, mashed - the riper the better! 1/4 cup water 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup vegan semi sweet chocolate chips What You Do: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt. Evenly pour the batter into the muffin tins. Enjoy! Peanut Butter Banana Muffins. Sunday mornings are a little better when I make these deliciously moist muffins. These muffins make a regular appearance in my home whenever I have ripe bananas I need to use up.

Everyone loves them around here – if you try them you'll know why! I resurrected this recipe from the archives for those of you who haven't tried these yet. They are so good, and quite popular here. When I first created this recipe, I found the best way to get the peanut butter taste without the added fat was to use use Better'n Peanut Butter which I find at Trader Joe's. You could also use PB2 if you wish. Peanut Butter Banana MuffinsGina's Weight Watcher RecipesServings: 12 • Size: 1 muffin • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 4 ptsCalories: 161 • Fat: 3 g • Protein: 3.9 g • Carb: 31 g • Fiber: 1.6 g • Sugar: 13 gSodium: 104 mg Ingredients: Preheat oven to 325°.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Into each muffin well. Swirled Cheesecake Brownies Recipe. Raspberry Truffle Brownies. January 12, 2012 Raspberry Truffle Brownies by IsaChandra Makes 12 brownies If there’s a better combination than chocolate and raspberries then I don’t know it. These brownies are dense and truffle-like, with lots and lots of melt-in-your-mouth raspberry flavor from both jam and whole berries. And here’s the amazing thing…they’re low in fat, high in fiber and made with whole wheat pastry flour!

I’ve been hard at work developing healthier dessert recipes for the upcoming Forks Over Knives cookbook! But back to these brownies! A few recipe notes: ~This is one of those rare occasions where frozen fruit actually works better than fresh, so don’t worry about raspberries being out of season. 4 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped 1/2 cup raspberry fruit spread 1/2 cup sugar or other dry sweetener (see note) 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1 cup frozen raspberries Preheat oven to 350 F. Fudgy Brownies. No Bake Cookies and Cream Bars. Grand Cayman & No Bake Cookies and Cream Bars Yesterday we arrived on the third leg of our June trip. After traveling from Miami to Key West to Cape Cod, we are now enjoying eight days of laying on the beach, scuba diving and great food in Grand Cayman.

I love this place! Three years ago Andrew and I were married in the Cayman Islands on Seven Mile Beach. With twenty-three good friends and family we celebrated for a full week filled with scuba diving, great food, and fun! We were married at sunset on Seven Mile Beach at the Grand Cayman Beach Suites. I walked down the aisle to the sound of a steel drum band. The wedding ceremony was incredible and we couldn’t have asked for a better setting. After the reception we had cocktails and dinner at the beachside restaurant Hemingways.

Last night we celebrated our third wedding anniversary at the Grand Old House, a 103 year old plantation house right on the water’s edge over looking the Caribbean Sea. No Bake Cookies and Cream Bars Ingredients: Cream cheese monkey bread. I cannot think about this delicious monkey bread without also thinking about my good friend Laurie (who I occasionally call Larry). Larry and I have much in common. Every time I see her, which is not often, I am reminded how much I adore her. I love that girl. Oh how I wish I could talk her into moving to Minnesota! Larry and I both believe that cream cheese makes everything better, and that is why this bread makes me think of her. It's true. Cream cheese does make everything better. I had been thinking about doing a twist on good ol' gooey and delicious monkey bread. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

In a medium bowl, combine: 2/3 cup dark brown sugar 2/3 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon cinnamon Set aside. Cut 20 cubes into an 8-ounce block of cream cheese. Slice 10 discs of dough from each of two 12-ounce tubes of refrigerated flaky buttermilk biscuits. Wrap the edges of the dough up and around each cube of cream cheese. Melt 3/4 cup of butter in a small bowl in the microwave. Blackberry Cobbler. Help the odds of throwing a great party be ever in your favor with a little assistance in planning the menu. Inspired by The Hunger Games, these recipes are sure to resonate long past the evening's cannon fire. Goat Cheese Prim, Katniss' little sister, helped the family survive thanks to the milk from her pet goat.

The morning of reaping day, Katniss wakes to find goat cheese wrapped in fresh basil leaves. Bring this delicious appetizer (or breakfast treat!) To your table in one-bite form. We bet the mint leaves in this appetizer would remind Katniss of evenings at home. Herbed Goat Cheese Bites Recipe Ingredients: 1 tablespoon fresh flat-leaf thyme leaves 1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon leaves 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves 1 (8-oz.) goat cheese log 1 (8-oz.) Combine and finely chop first 4 ingredients. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake at 350° for 7 to 9 minutes or until crisp and lightly browned. Thin French Apple Tart Recipe Preheat oven to 425°. Sweet Potato Pie Recipe.