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Desserts

Chocolate-Layered No-Bake Cheesecake Bars

July 14, 2010

I brought dinner and a few of these Chocolate-Layered No-Bake Cheesecake Bars over to my friend Catherine, who just welcomed a new baby boy a few weeks ago. She e-mailed me a few hours later: “I sneaked a ‘before dinner taste’ of the cheesecake bars and it was the best thing I’ve ever eaten!” Granted, [...]

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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie & Gelato Sliders

June 25, 2010

They look like hamburgers, don’t they? Or maybe it’s just me and my current obsession with sliders. I don’t know why I’ve been finding mini-sandwiches so appealing, but if they’re on the menu I order them. I’ve justified it as a means of portion control – I eat two and share the third. But in [...]

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Sea-Salted Smoky Almond Chocolate Bark

May 5, 2010

I’m secretly hoping that this will be the year the homemade Mother’s Day gifts start coming. Aren’t they sort of a rite of passage? Our school classrooms would turn into little workshops this time of year, turning out everything from tissue paper flowers to ceramic ashtrays (Did we seriously make those? I am really dating [...]

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Coconut Almond Macaroons

March 28, 2010

A little known fact about me: I am a bit of a family history buff. I’ve assembled more than 1,500 names so far in our family tree. One branch goes back to the early 1600′s. It’s been like putting together the ultimate jigsaw puzzle, just a few pieces at a time over many years. I [...]

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Vanilla Cupcakes + Calphalon Bakeware Giveaway!

March 25, 2010

Cooking On the Side is one year old today! What better way to celebrate than with the best vanilla cupcakes I’ve ever made and a bakeware giveaway? I started this blog after becoming intrigued by all of the recipes I noticed on the side of the food packages in my pantry, fridge and freezer. After [...]

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Mississippi Mud Bars

March 17, 2010

I had no idea what a Mississippi Mud Bar was. But I wanted one. As you can tell from the photos this was an over-the-top, incredible treat. It turns out that Mississippi Mud Bars, as defined by Ghirardelli in a recipe inside their semi-sweet chocolate baking bar wrapper, are comprised of a chocolate-white chocolate chunk [...]

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Baileys Irish Cream Ice Cream

March 14, 2010

I did a smart thing this past fall and began storing the freezer bowl of my ice cream maker in the freezer so I could be ready to whip up a quart of ice cream whenever the mood struck. Well, the mood struck this weekend. I had to sort of bend my “rules” a little [...]

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Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

March 4, 2010

I was the last hold-out among my local circle of friends to hire a babysitter. I just couldn’t bear the thought of entrusting the care of my precious little ones with anyone outside of our family. And given that we have no family closer than an 8 hour drive away…well, you can just imagine how [...]

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Peanut Butter Bars

February 23, 2010

Secretly, I’m very excited it’s Girl Scout cookie time. I’ll admit I look forward to it every year. Their scarcity tactics work very well on me – I feel compelled to buy a bunch of boxes as it will be a whole year until they’re available again. Plus there’s the nostalgia factor, as I was [...]

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Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake

February 11, 2010

I never ate cake until I was 8 or 9 years old. But I sure ate a lot of frosting! I was that kid at birthday parties who hopped up and down when the corner piece – the one with the profuse amount of frosting flourishes – was being passed out. I’d extract every last [...]