Toasted pine nut milk chocolate shortbread are delectably buttery and perfect for dunking into a warm cup of tea or coffee!
Best. Shortbread. Ever.
And I swear that’s not just the pregnancy hyperbole hormones talking.
Mostly because I made these last year.
Like, pre-pregnancy last year.
Like, spring of last year.
Like, I’m ashamed I waited THIS LONG to tell you about them last year.
Forgive me? Please?
There’s a lot to love about this unconventional lemony spinach and artichoke baked ziti, which packs comfort into every bite!
I did resolve to eat more green things this year.
Not only because we ate pie for lunch on not one, but two occasions while babymooning in Charlottesville, but also because I’ve had a cold for the past month straight and in my heart of hearts I just know that this is most probably a side effect of kale withdrawal and has nothing to do with the wildly changing temperatures around here combined with the fact that my winter jacket will no longer zip.
Ahem.
Rich chocolate cake layers are filled with a pepppermint buttecream and peppermint dark chocolate ganache in this glorious wintermint cake.
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Cake, plus NEWS.
That’s what I’ve got for you today, so I don’t want to hear any of this “but I’m so full!”, “I’m only eating salad!”, “I can’t even look at one more sweet thing!” nonsense.
There is always room for one more cake slice, even when half of your belly is being taken up by a 21 week baby. I don’t take no for an answer.
Both fried and steamed sprouts add flavor and texture to this smoky, lemony brussels sprouts risotto.
I honestly had no idea how unshakeable holiday traditions were to my family………
……until I offered (forced them to let me) to host Christmas Eve.
The CHAOS THAT HAS ENSUED. I just.can’t.even.
And most of it because everyone (specifically/only my mother) HAS to have her seven fishes. Not that we’ve ever had them before in the history of my recollection, but just because I am now hosting, they have become non-negotiable.
Typical.
Truth be told…I feel almost bad calling this a recipe.
BUT ISN’T THAT WHAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE ALL ABOUT?!
Tricking your your family and friends into thinking you’re a culinary superstar by serving them super easy-to-make food that tastes like you slaved over it all day, when really it took you the better part of twenty minutes. Ummm, yeah. I’m all about that.
Sweet potatoes and caramelized onions top this one of a kind pizza that gets a dose of fresh flavor from a lemony arugula salad.
BEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK.
For me this week, that’s Wednesday becaaaaauuussseee….it’s the LAST DAY of my OB/GYN rotation!!! Sure, I still have an oral exam on Thursday and a written final exam on Friday, but I get to wake up after the sun rises on those days.
Priceless.
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