• Serving dish of spanakopita spinach pie

    spanakopita spinach pie;

    October 10, 2024bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Originally posted June 8, 2018. Updated October 10, 2024 for content and clarity. This spanakopita spinach pie is super healthy, packed with spinach and delicious cheeses, with flaky crisp layers of phyllo dough so you don’t feel like you’re missing out on the carbs. Spanakopita is a savory Greek pastry made with layers of phyllo dough and a filling of spinach, cheese, and other ingredients. Cottage cheese and feta cheese give an extra pop of saltiness to each bite and the diced onion adds a little extra flavor to every bite. I first made this as an adaptation of a…

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  • cheesy chicken and dumplings;

    March 6, 2024bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Cheesy chicken and dumplings is comfort food at its max. An easy crockpot meal, with tender, fall apart chicken topped with ooey-gooey dumplins straight from a can of biscuits.

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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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  • tofu pasta alfredo wrapped around a fork in a bowl

    healthful protein-packed tofu pasta alfredo;

    May 21, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Love the creamy, cheesy deliciousness of pasta alfredo? Well now you can make tofu pasta alfredo, with all the deliciousness and none of the guilt! With a sauce that uses silken tofu, you get extra protein and a lighter version of the sauce! Serve plain, or with chicken for this hearty and delicious meal.

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  • Garlic Parmesan Wings @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    February 3, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A perfect game day snack, timely for the weekend’s Superbowl LI! Baked wings with a satisfying crispy skin, and glazed in a garlic parmesan butter sauce, sure to keep you coming back for more! – – Happy sportsball this weekend!  This year I’m just here for the food.  Not particularly invested in the teams this particular Superbowl LI (though if you’re asking, against the Pats).  Good thing I’ve got these babies to keep me company!  Garlic Parmesan Wings.  Do you get any better than these?  Sure!  Whip up these babies with a side of wings and more wings!  Miso glazed…

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  • Stuffed Chicken Marsala @ bestwithchocolate.com

    stuffed chicken marsala;

    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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  • Mushroom Risotto @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    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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  • Garlic Monkey Bread @ bestwithchocolate.com

    garlic monkey bread;

    December 7, 2015bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    So we made individual garlic monkey breads as a quick side to caesar chicken tortellini the other other night!  They were quite tasty, and simple to boot, considering I pretty much always have some biscuit dough floating around in my refrigerator.  At the grocery store I had only been focused on picking up ingredients for the tortellini, so side dishes didn’t really cross my mind.  But I got home and was thinking, you know what goes great with caesar salad and tortellini?  Garlic bread!   But alas, no fresh crusty bread, so what’s a girl to do to get her garlic…

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