• Assorted flavors of roasted pumpkin seeds beside a jack-o-lantern

    roasted pumpkin seeds 3 easy ways;

    October 27, 2023bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Happy Halloween!  Need a recipe for all those pumpkin seeds you got from the guts of your pumpkin carving?  Well here are three easy and delicious variations!

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  • yellow and red stuffed peppers on a plate, scattered with herbs

    philly cheesesteak stuffed peppers;

    January 3, 2022bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A roasted, tender pepper stuffed full of seasoned beefsteak and tender onions, topped with cheese make the perfect philly cheesesteak stuffed peppers.

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  • two bowls of pasta with a towel that says eat food, be happy

    cacio e pepe;

    August 20, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Cacio e pepe literally means “cheese and pepper” in Italian. This simple pasta dish lets the ingredients shine–beautifully al dente pasta, sharp pecorino romano, and the peppery forwardness of, well, pepper.

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  • pizza loaf with cherry tomatoes scattered around

    pepperoni pizza loaf;

    February 21, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Homemade crusty bread stuffed with all your favorite pizza toppings throughout, perfect with a side of marinara for dipping! This pizza loaf is a great appetizer for game day.

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  • apple cider doughnut with a bite taken out of it

    punchy apple cider doughnuts;

    December 11, 2020bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Apple cider doughnuts soaked in a punch of apple cider flavor and dusted with cinnamon sugar.

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  • Crustless Veggie Quiche @ bestwithchocolate.com

    crustless vegetable quiche;

    May 26, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A savory, healthful crustless quiche, packed with veggies and eggs, and sacrificing none of the flavor! – – It’s time.  We’ve set a date for our wedding, and while October 2018 is over a year away, I really need to do better about my eating habits.  I was doing pretty good there for a while with recipes like vegetarian samosa burritos (tcc recipe), and rainbow vegetable pad thai (tcc recipe), but I’ve been pretty lax the past few months with the stress and business of buying a house and traveling up to NJ to look at wedding venues in addition to normal life. So this was an attempt to…

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  • Rainbow Vegetable Pad Thai @ bestwithchocolate.com

    rainbow vegetable pad thai;

    February 19, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Rice noodles tossed with a rainbow of veggies and egg, pulled together by a complex sticky sauce and topped with fresh herbs and chopped peanuts. – – It’s been a full weekend!  Luckily I have off today to recover, and generally be a lump!  Sometimes you need one of those laze-about days, and I think I need one!  To be fair I still have a phone call and a doubleheader volleyball match, but those aren’t until the evening so we’re gonna ignore those for now. We’ll go day by day since there was so much going on!  Friday I just…

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  • Single bowl of vegetable fried rice with blue chopsticks and soy sauce with sesame seeds

    vegetable fried rice;

    February 15, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A rainbow of sauteed veggies tossed with ginger rice and a soy sauce based sauce for a healthy but hearty fried rice!

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  • Maple Bacon Jam @ bestwithchocolate.com

    maple bacon jam;

    January 2, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Has anyone else seen these strange savory “jams” that are a thing now?  I won’t lie, I still think they’re a little strange. Delicious yes, strange, also yes. But I’m a fan!  Especially of anything bacon.  And since maple bacon is also a wondrous thing, I thought this was a great combination! I basically just adapted my tomato onion jam (recipe made for the juicy lucy burger) to use bacon instead of tomatoes, and use maple syrup in addition to some water. It’s pretty simple, and was a hit at our New Year’s Eve party!  They went on Brunch Burger Bombs, recipe…

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  • Beef Kofta @ bestwithchocolate.com

    hello fresh: beef kofta;

    October 10, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This recipe for Beef Kofta is another hello fresh recipe.  I got another coupon in my e-mail, and with my life being ever-crazy, I figured it would be nice to skip the grocery shopping and have meals already planned!  So far I’ve tried hello fresh and blue apron by way of the food services.  I’ll sum up: both are good and convenient.  A little expensive for my taste, except when I get coupons in which case it’s a wonderful deal.  If you want to read more in-depth, check out my detailed comparison post of both: huevos rancheros quesadillas. This recipe kinda followed the pattern with…

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  • Marinated Kabobs @ bestwithchocolate.com

    marinated kabobs;

    June 9, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Today, T made dinner!  Like whole hog, from shopping to marinating to grilling.  I mean, to be fair, I guess I made a rice side from a bag, but it was the kind where you just add water and boil.  So it doesn’t count, and this meal was suuuuper tasty!  Super flavorful, and not too hard.  T estimated he spent less than 30 minutes total working on this, though start to finish is a little longer, since you have the marinating time in there. I will say that we did forget to throw in a few extra vegetables.  We did only…

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  • Mediterranean Dip @ bestwithchocolate.com

    mediterranean dip;

    June 5, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So today was game day!  D&D Sunday as they usually happen to be, and instead of going all out to make all of the food, we did a potluck!  It was wonderful–worked out perfectly.  Zack made jalapeno poppers, Matt made quiche, and Dustin brought brownies!  Tyler got away with nothing because he’s dating me, and I provided this awesome mediterranean dip!  Plus he’s the DM so he has more work to do than the rest of us when it  comes to preparing for D&D. This mediterranean dip recipe stems from Dara’s Healthy Mediterranean 7 Layer Dip over at Cookin’ Canuck, with a…

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