• Avocado caprese salad with a drizzle of balsamic glaze

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    August 16, 2024bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Avocado caprese salad is simple and fresh, with diced tomatoes, creamy avocados, mozzarella pearls and tossed with smoked salt and a tangy and sweet balsamic glaze.

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  • Sundried tomato chicken pasta with chopped fresh tomatoes

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    February 1, 2022bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Tender, seasoned chicken cooked in a luscious cheesy cream sauce, studded with sundried tomatoes. Serve this sundried tomato chicken pasta over a bed of your favorite pasta to round out the meal

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  • fried cheese on a plate with tomato sauce

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    November 5, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Ever had freshly fried cheese at a fair? Don’t you just love that gooey and warm mozzarella that melts in your mouth and hands? Well now you can make it at home with just a few ingredients!

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  • proscuitto burrata arugula pizza @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    March 23, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A beautiful homemade pizza topped with salty prosciutto, soft and melty burrata, and a crisp arugula. Highly recommend my homemade rosemary red pepper pizza crust, but I promise this pizza is good on any dough!

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  • Green Pesto Pizza @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    May 26, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Spice up your weeknight pizza by making your own green pizza!  Thin crust pizza with a  pesto sauce topped with broccoli, artichokes, and feta for a healthy but delicious green pizza! – – I’m a huge fan of pizza!  Melty cheese on carbs?  I was sold at cheese!  Now throw some healthy and tasty veggies and some of that good ‘ol cheese and you’ve got yourself a pretty tasty meal! It does take some work, but I think it is really worth it in the end.  This pizza is light and flavorful and even has veggies so I feel half…

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  • Crustless Veggie Quiche @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    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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  • French Onion Burgers @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    March 22, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Typical burgers with a french onion soup twist!  French onion mix added to the burger, and topped with a heap of caramelized onions and melty gooey mozzarella cheese, all on a toasty potato bun! – – These burgers are a definite must make again!  Considering there are only a few more steps than making a plain burger, they were amazingly delicious!  Now I use this pre-boxed lipton french onion soup mix (affiliate link), so it’s not entire “from scratch”.  But it definitely saves some work, although if you’re a “from scratch” fan, I guarantee you can find a copycat recipe on pinterest!…

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  • Stuffed Chicken Marsala @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    November 14, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Last week was one heck of a stressful week.  I’m sure everyone can agree.  But I don’t want to talk politics…I want to declare this week…COPYCAT WEEK!  Bum, bum bum!  No, you’re not allowed to just repeat what I say–repeat what I say.  I mean Restaurant copycat week.  I’m going to share some of my favorite, make-at-home restaurant recipes.  I won’t spoil the surprise, but the three recipes I have planned to shareare from the following: Olive Garden, Cheesecake Factory, and Panera!  I’ll leave you to guess exactly which recipes for the other two.  But this Stuffed Chicken Marsala is…

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  • Garlic Knot Pizza Dip @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    March 31, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This recipe is exactly what it sounds like!  Pizza dip (though I will say, a little bit more of a white pizza), surrounded by soft and chewy garlic knots!  Definitely turn up the garlic on those garlic knots too.  Sometimes if I’m feeling extra-garlicky I will add a few pinches of garlic powder and a few pinches of onion powder to the butter mix. My only concern about this recipe is that it’s not quite enough to share with a large party of people.  I wanted to make it for a hangout we’re doing this weekend with around 20 people, but with only…

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  • bbq pulled pork pizza;

    February 8, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Just look at these pictures!  Tell me that’s not making you want some pizza.  This is the perfect recipe to use up some of that leftover pulled pork from the previous recipe I posted.  And it’s pretty delicious, if I do say so myself.  Now I definitely recommend a pre-made dough, whether that be from a box, or just the frozen or refrigerated dough from the grocery.  You can always make your own, but it does make the whole process a lot easier. So here’s the assembly process!  Roll out the pizza dough and pre-bake for a few minutes.  First goes on…

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