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7 Stress-Relieving Snack Foods to Keep You Calm Over the Holidays

The holidays are a season filled with joy, but they can also bring a good dose of stress. From last-minute gift shopping to hosting holiday dinners, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But what if ...

Chewy, Chocolatey and Festive: Hot Cocoa-Peppermint Cookies for the Holidays

Now that another Thanksgiving is in the books, we’re on a fast track to the winter holidays. This can mean a lot of different things to many people, but for me, my holidays always revolve around ...

Whipped Ice Cream and Homemade Waffle Cones

Summer is coming to an end, but you wouldn’t know it with this recent heat wave that we’ve been having here in Chicago. The best way to cool off is to make some homemade ice cream. I don’t know about ...

Four More Unique Egg Recipes

Well, here we are again! Nobody asked for it, but here is another egg obsession blog. I am always in search of new and different ways to prepare eggs. I admit my daily go-to styles are scrambled or ...

Matcha Cheesecake Brownies: Recipe Testing Adventure

One of the coolest parts of my job is being able to test new recipes and make sure they work to fit the needs of our classes and events. I love being able to take a recipe that I have never made ...

Scary Good Brownies

Trick or Treat? Treats, please! Halloween is just around the corner. While I’ve seen lots of Halloween festivities in the past few weeks, this coming weekend is when the majority of Halloween parties ...

DIY Stroopwafels

My very first encounter with Stroopwafels was on my flight to New Zealand eight years ago. I had never heard of such a snack before. So, when the flight attendant said peanuts or waffle, I jumped at ...

Dessert for One Please

I always want something sweet after dinner to complete my meal and to satisfy my sweet tooth. There are many times that there is no dessert in the house to get me that sweet satisfaction. But I ...

Chocolate Chip Browned Butter Cookies

There is nothing like a homemade chocolate chip cookie. Over the years, I have made many chocolate chip cookie recipes, which are all generally very similar. As a chef, I'm always looking for ...

Chocolate Pasta Anytime

Does this title leave you a little skeptical? Chocolate pasta? Pasta for dessert? Really? Well, when I first learned there was such a thing, it definitely left me wondering! It was Winter 2021, ...

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7 Stress-Relieving Snack Foods to Keep You Calm Over the Holidays

Chewy, Chocolatey and Festive: Hot Cocoa-Peppermint Cookies for the Holidays

Whipped Ice Cream and Homemade Waffle Cones

Four More Unique Egg Recipes

Matcha Cheesecake Brownies: Recipe Testing Adventure

Scary Good Brownies

DIY Stroopwafels

Dessert for One Please

Chocolate Chip Browned Butter Cookies

Chocolate Pasta Anytime

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