Who says delicious cheesecake has to take up half your daily calorie allowance? Real cheesecake is perfect for a celebration, but what happens when you’re just celebrating getting the car washed or (finally!) organizing the basement? Or just the fact that it’s a Wednesday night? For the smaller-scale celebrations, I give you my raw cheesecake.…
Vegetable Cream Cheese Dip
You might remember me mentioning my love of everything bagels a while ago; what I didn’t tell you is that my favorite way to enjoy them is spread with veggie cream cheese. Such a perfect pair, those two; which is why when I recently made everything crackers (recipe coming soon!), the natural thing for me to make with them was this dip....
Beef Stroganoff
According to beefstroganoff.net, the origin of Beef Stroganoff dates backs to the 19th century, although it was not a new recipe at that time, rather a refined version of an even older Russian recipe. It is thought to have been in Count Pavel Stroganoff’s family for years and have been made famous through his love of entertaining. Count Pavel Stroganoff was a celebrity, a dignitary at the court of Alexander III, a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, and a known gourmet. Despite this, it is doubtful that Beef Stroganoff was Count Pavel Stroganoff’s or his chef’s invention since the recipe was included in […]...
Cinnamon Bun Oats
Is anyone else a huge fan of Cinnabon? You know, that fantastically delicious, yet diabolically tempting baked goods store in the mall that smells like a cinnamon paradise? Their cinnamon buns are like heaven, in baked-good form. Fresh, warm dough, swirled with cinnamon and cascading with sweet cream cheese frosting. As much as I truly adore Cinnabon, it’s just not feasible to eat it as much as I’d like to (sadly, a Classic Cinnabon roll has a whopping 730 calories…not exactly a girl’s best friend). So I did what I do best and remade it into a healthy (or at least much healthier!) oatmeal breakfast (or […]...