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2013 Recipe Fails

December 26, 2013 by Erica

It’s the moooost wonderful tiiiime of the year. And that’s because it’s time for the post where I get to show you all how much I f#*%!ed up in the kitchen this year.

We can all share a good laugh and I’ll pretend like this isn’t a blow to my ego. Secretly I’ll be sobbing behind my laptop as I look at each one of these images and relive the hours of effort I put into making this totally disgusting food. And this obviously isn’t even half of the stuff that went wrong behind the scenes of this blog over the past twelve months; these are just the dishes I thought were worthy of documenting… before I tasted them, that is.

Without further ado:

2013 Recipe Fails

Let’s start with birthday cupcakes gone wrong. I thought it would be a good idea to make “brownie mosaic” peanut butter cupcakes (inspired by this brownie mosaic cheesecake) with chocolate frosting. Um… Too. Much. And if I say that, it’s really true. They tasted like I had closed my eyes in the baking aisle and just dumped the first five boxed mixes I touched into a bowl together. Not good.

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Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: fail

Quinoa Chocolate Bark, 3 Ways

December 20, 2013 by Erica

Quinoa Chocolate Bark, 3 Ways

You know what’s really good together? Quinoa and chocolate.

Quinoa haters, you’re like “aw heyyy-all no!” Quinoa lovers, you know better.

Quinoa Chocolate Bark, 3 Ways

I recently decided I wanted to try to make a quinoa chocolate bar. And right after that, I saw just such a thing at the grocery store! Talk about serendipity; of course I had to buy it… you know, to see if my efforts would be worth it and everything.

Well, as you can probably tell from the fact that I made three different variations, stuffed my face with them all of last weekend, and am now posting about them… the quinoa chocolate bar was good. VERY good.

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Filed Under: Candy, Vegan Tagged With: chocolate, christmas, desserts, quinoa, vegan

Browned Butter Mashed Parsnips with Coriander and Thyme

December 18, 2013 by Erica

Browned Butter Mashed Parsnips with Coriander and Thyme

Today I made you some mashed pahsnips.

Pahhhhsnips. That’s me with my Boston accent. I don’t actually have one, but if I did, this would be a fun vegetable for you to hear me pronounce. I pahked the pahsnips in Hahvahd yahd… you know.

Browned Butter Mashed Parsnips with Coriander and Thyme

Speaking of Boston accents, that is where I am headed at the end of the week! I will be home for Christmas and then for a few days afterward, when my mom and are planning to bang out some major wedding planning. So far my mom has taken care of everything, and – gulp – we booked our venue without me having seen it in person. I can’t wait to see it myself, taste the delicious food they’re going to make us, meet with photographers, etc. Maybe that will make it all seem a little more real! Because right now it still seems like just a reeeeally good dream. A really good dream that is taking over my Pinterest boards.

The wedding may have been occupying the majority of my mindshare lately, but I haven’t forgotten about that upcoming holiday! I even mashed up an exotic root vegetable for you in honor of it.

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Filed Under: Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: parsnips, vegetarian

Three-Ingredient Mint Meringues (Gluten-Free)

December 16, 2013 by Erica

Three-Ingredient Mint Meringues (Gluten-Free)

Well, I think I included my elevator pitch for these cookies nicely in the title of this post: Three ingredients. Mint meringues. Gluten-free. Oh, but did I mention they’re made with not just any mints but Andes mints?!

Three-Ingredient Mint Meringues (Gluten-Free)

It doesn’t get much better.

These are a Christmas classic from the archives of Mom, and they are my all-time favorite.

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Filed Under: Cookies Tagged With: chocolate, christmas, cookies, desserts, gluten free, mint

Christmas Cookies Recipes I’m Drooling Over

December 13, 2013 by Erica

Christmas Cookie Recipes I'm Drooling Over

I should have one single Christmas cookie recipe for you on this Friday, but instead… I don’t.

Usually, I spend all my spare time daydreaming about food, and that provides some great inspiration for this blog. But since getting engaged, well, I bet you can guess the subject of my daydreams.

Looking at my recent pins should give you a clue…

I’m pretty sure my wedding obsession can’t keep going this strong for my entire engagement (right? right? married people, please advise!), and I’m determined to start my constant daydreaming about food again… for better and for worse.

So in lieu of one recipe from my kitchen, here are the MANY Christmas cookie recipes from other bloggers’ kitchens that I’ve been drooling over for the past week… when I’m not pinning wedding dresses and engagement photo ideas, that is. Enjoy!

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