• mac n cheese packed into a ziplock bag for a new momma meal

    new momma meals;

    August 25, 2023bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A whole assortment of favorite freezer dump meals, perfect for gifting as new momma meals, or as gifts to anyone who needs a stash of pre-made meals.

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  • closeup of breakfast sweet potatoes topped with chives

    twice baked breakfast sweet potatoes;

    May 1, 2023bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A delicious, healthy and out of the ordinary breakfast to break out of your morning routine! Check out this recipe for a sweet potato stuffed with eggs, sausage, and onions for a hearty breakfast!

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  • Loaded Whole30 Fries@ bestwithchocolate.com

    loaded whole30 french fries;

    May 18, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A hearty whole30 meal–baked french fries loaded up with bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and whole30 approved dressing.  You could always add a fried egg hat if you’re craving more protein!

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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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  • Steak Decadence Sandwich @ bestwithchocolate.com

    steak decadence sandwich;

    January 30, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Cheesy, buttery, garlic bread wrapped around steak and caramelized onions, topped with an over-easy egg, perfect for sopping up for that extra decadence! – – If you’re looking for healthful recipes, just look away now. Go look at my mediterranean dip, or marinated kabobs, or the plethora of roasted veggie ideas on this blog. DON’T keep reading. Diets have been broken by this recipe. Meaning mine. For all of you still here, I’ll bet you’re asking: what is in a steak decadence sandwich??? Well, I’m here to answer that great question!  It’s French bread cheesy cheddar garlic bread, stuffed with…

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  • Potato Pancakes @ bestwithchocolate.com

    potato pancakes;

    December 28, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    POH-TAY-TOH.  If you know me, you surely know that I’m a carb person.  Like if I could, my entire being would be made out of carbs.  And chocolate.  So being able to whip these potato pancakes (by cooktoria) up at home is dangerous.  Especially to my waistline.  But they’re so worth it! Note to self: Next time, add a handful of sharp cheddar cheese to the potato mixture!  I think it’d be to die for.  As it is, these are delicious, but a little plain, so they definitely need some sour cream/greek yogurt sauce to class them up.  Also taste test for…

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  • Cauliflower Grilled Cheese @ bestwithchocolate.com

    cauliflower crust (grilled cheese);

    December 7, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So I’ve seen recipes for “cauliflower” substitute everything recently on pinterest (click for my tipsychocochip board on pinterest!), and to be honest I’ve been fairly skeptical.  But I have been trying to eat healthier lately and I wanted a grilled cheese sandwich, so I figured if I was going to stoop, maybe I’d try the cauliflower bread.  This is another recipe where this 1.5 c. food processor comes in handy!  Just enough to make one or two servings without unnecessary cleanup!   It was surprisingly tasty actually.  More akin to a bread-like texture than I thought, and definitely not bad smothered with cheese.  This…

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  • Peppermint Sugar Cookies @ bestwithchocolate.com

    peppermint sugar cookies;

    December 5, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Addicting.  I’m tempted to just leave it at that. This is a festive cookie if ever I did see one!  Holiday baking, here I come!  These are the perfect chewy cookie, and there’s a hint of peppermint in the actual cookie, reinforced by that slight crunch of crushed peppermint.  But the peppermint is mild, and not overpowering, and because of that it keeps you going back for more!  You can use whatever kind of candy canes you want–peppermint or spearmint, and I bet even the fruity ones would be a cute surprise!  Plus there’s all those wacky candy cane flavors…

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  • Coconut Shrimp @ bestwithchocolate.com

    coconut shrimp;

    November 28, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So my tastes have really changed in the past three years since I graduated college. (Probably even in college, but I ate mostly quesadillas, bacon bits, and Mac and cheese, so it’s not like I’d have known.)  I like mushrooms now. Not really by themselves, but in risotto or in a steak sauce or in SMOG pie, but then again I was sauteeing up some mushrooms the other day and actually enjoyed picking out mushrooms and eating them. So apparently I’m a liar too. But coconut was one of those things I would never touch previously. The texture was funny…

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  • Huevos Rancheros Quesadillas

    blue apron: huevos rancheros quesadillas;

    June 14, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Blue apron is the second order-by-meal service that I’ve used, the first being hello fresh.  Feel free to revisit the recipe for dijon walnut salmon and couscous for my list of pros/cons on hello fresh.  At some point I will compile a nice list about all the different services, but I’m keeping with the past format for now. Pros As compared to hello fresh, I like the recipes more.  They seem a little more exotic, with an occasional ingredient that I wouldn’t have probably picked up otherwise.  I relish the opportunity to be nudged out of my comfort zone without being overwhelmed by new…

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  • Crescent Breakfast Ring @ bestwithchocolate.com

    crescent breakfast ring;

    March 6, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This breakfast crescent ring is yumm-ee!  It does take a little bit of effort rather early in the morning I’ll admit, with all the different pieces that go together.  But it was tasty, that’s for sure!  Actually it was tastier than I even expected, but I’m glad it was since it took a little more effort than expected at first glance. The one thing to do next time to make it look even better would be to make the ring a little smaller so that there isn’t quite as large of a hole in the middle.  I think that would make…

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