• Jousting at the MD Renaissance Festival! Read about it @ bestwithchocolate.com

    Lords and Ladies, Welcome to Ye Old Maryland Renaissance Festival

    September 9, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    G’dday ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the Renaissance Faire of ye olde!  Jk, I’m not going to type the whole post like that.  Mostly because I had to think even long and hard about that one sentence!  But I wanted to share with everyone the fun we have at the now annual Renaissance Fair escapade!  My sister has gone with some of her college friends for a lot longer than I have (this was only my second year).  But now that I’m in the area, I get to tag along, and also provide a place to crash!  It’s a…

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  • Crab Bisque recipe @ bestwithchocolate.com

    crab bisque;

    August 3, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    I am definitely becoming the queen of convenience!  Okay, not really, because this recipe isn’t exactly as simple as some of my five-ingredient recipes like bbq baby back ribs, but I’ve definitely been reaching for the recipes with a convenience factor (read: cream of potato soup, for this one).  Here’s the same plug from my last recipe, spicy cream tomato sauce pasta which uses jarred tomato sauce: convenience isn’t a bad thing.  In an ideal world, I’d love to make everything from scratch or nearly scratch (you probably won’t catch me boiling up some seafood to make seafood stock either way).  But I’m…

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  • Crab Mac N' Cheese @ tipsychocochip.com

    crab mac ‘n cheese; roasted caesar broccoli;

    December 28, 2015bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    If you’ve clicked this link you’ve got good taste.  I’m just putting that up front!  This recipe was born from a grocery store sale!  I love those.  Browsing ads for some great deals helps me to narrow down what I might want to make.  If chicken’s on sale, then it’s chicken for dinner; if there’s a good price on salmon, then we’re having salmon for dinner!  And in this case … crab meat was on sale and I was craving some comfort food, so crab mac ‘n cheese it is! T and I are trying eat healthier now that the…

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