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Chocolate Espresso Bread with Vanilla Glaze

Chocolate Espresso Bread with Vanilla Glaze

This weekend I’m FINALLY getting out with my boyfriend for a little trip. We’d been talking about it since we moved to West Virginia, but you know how things just always seem to pop up and get in the way. Well, it’s finally happening and 

Marshmallow Popcorn Bars

Marshmallow Popcorn Bars

I’m back from my mini-vacation and feel so rejuvenated! As much as I like West Virginia, I sometimes get in a bit of a rut missing my friends in Michigan and Chicago. Lately I’ve really been missing the city. This past weekend we visited a 

Marinated Mozzarella

Marinated Mozzarella

I made this Marinated Mozzarella in the Spring to bring to a wine club and realized I should probably share the recipe! I attend a monthly wine club here in WV and each of us brings a dish to share. This particular wine club had 

Simple Red Wine Mushroom Sauce

Simple Red Wine Mushroom Sauce

So, I mentioned previously that Ben and I do steak night on Friday nights (and how terrified Molly is when we cook them). This Friday we were out celebrating a promotion (congrats Don!) with some friends, so our steak night was moved to Saturday. Steak 

Prosciutto and Artichoke Heart Pizza

Prosciutto and Artichoke Heart Pizza

I can’t take credit for this recipe. I went to lunch at Mountain State Brewing Company here in Morgantown with my friend Nancy, who has amazing taste in food, and she really likes their Moriarty Yardsale Flatbread. I was a little hesitant because I’m weird 

Quinoa with Garlic and Mushrooms

Quinoa with Garlic and Mushrooms

Have you ever had quinoa? Have you ever tried to spell quinoa? I just did both of these things for the first time this week! As a side for our Saturday steak night, I made a mushroom and garlic quinoa that I absolutely loved. I’d 

Soft & Chewy Molasses Pumpkin Cookies

Soft & Chewy Molasses Pumpkin Cookies

It has begun. Baking season is in full effect in my apartment and I welcome it with open arms. Molasses cookies were my absolute favorite when I was younger. My neighbor would come over with pumpkin bread and molasses cookies and I would spend my 

Stovetop Pumpkin Hot Chocolate

Stovetop Pumpkin Hot Chocolate

It is cold. Last weekend, I went to my first WVU Mountaineers game and I wore a shirt, a sweater, two fleece zip ups, and a tee shirt over those (I had to wear gold or I would have been ostracized!) and I still left