• Lightened Up Risotto @ bestwithchocolate.com

    lightened up risotto;

    June 19, 2020bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Risotto light on the butter and with a secret ingredient–riced cauliflower! Without sacrificing the delicious flavor of risotto, here’s a recipe you can feel good about eating!

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  • Broccoli Cauliflower Risotto @ bestwithchocolate.com

    broccoli cauliflower risotto;

    January 19, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A healthy risotto chock full of broccoli and cauliflower with all of the flavor and none of the guilt!  Throw in some cheddar cheese for a broccoli and cheddar taste, or a truffle cheese to add some fancy to your dish! – – I have been super excited to try out this dish!  I love risotto, but I don’t love the guilt of all the butter and cheese, even if it’s delicious!  One of the keys of getting that full punch of flavor is to use a nice cheese.  A nicely aged cheddar means that you can use far less…

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  • Mexican Drunken Shrimp appetizer at Cooper's Hawk Winery, read about it @ tipsychocochip.com

    lunch review: cooper’s hawk restaurant;

    September 23, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So these past few weeks have been crazy, as I’ve mentioned!  With the wedding, aka Bucknell reunion since like half the guests were college friends, it was an awesome but completely packed wedding weekend!  A whole bunch of the Bucknell crew ended up going to brunch at Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant. I’m actually going to dedicate two posts to this, one for the restaurant now, and a future one to the winery!  That way I can give both aspects their due. So onto the lunch!  We had originally wanted brunch, and I thought they had a brunch menu, but…

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  • Mushroom Risotto @ bestwithchocolate.com

    risotto;

    March 1, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This was actually the first time that I’ve made risotto on my own!  This was my last roommate’s go-to recipe when she wanted to cook, and let me tell you, it’s amazing.  It does take a little bit of a time investment, but some of my favorite memories from when we lived together were us chatting in the kitchen over a pot of risotto.  We also usually had glasses of wine in our hands.  I mean you need wine for the recipe, so obviously the natural extension was to sip on a glass!  I definitely recommend that; maybe I should add…

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