Category: Aly in the Kitchen
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Frest Tomato Soup
Tomatoes are in season now. Yes tomatoes have a season and it’s summer. So i wanted to take advantage of all those ripe and beautiful fruits. I first made some home-made tomato sauce
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Coconut Maple Cupcakes and Cake
So i got the idea to make a maple cake from Diva (in Demand) who made some butter pecan cupcakes the other day. My sweets started off as only maple and ended up as Coconut Maple once i got to the grocery store and saw all the great ingredients i could use. Here is my…
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Cheater Peach Cobbler
So i had about 8 peaches we purchased from the farmers market last week. They’d been sitting in the frig and no one seemed like they were going to eat them anytime soon. Thus i decided i was going to make a peach cobbler. Well, if you know anything about making cobblers, a good crust…
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Tuna Twist
I had a can of albacore tuna in my cabinet and didn’t really feel like cooking dinner. I also had some left over fresh rye bread i’d baked the day before. Using what i had on hand, my Tuna Twist recipe was formed. Nothing like some dazzled up tuna on fresh rye bread – YUM!
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Whole Wheat Spring n Summer Fruit Pizza
So i’ve seen a few recipes for Summer Fruit pizza floating around the net. Since spring is here and summer is near, i decided to do my own healthier version of this yummy fruity pizza. Try it out for yourself and make it your own as well.
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Dried Fresh Herbs
I used to keep bottles of store-bought dried herbs in my cabinet because when i bought them fresh, i typically only used a little the rest usually ended up rotting in my frig. It never crossed my mind to dry out the fresh herbs i hadn’t used and bottle them myself until i’d wasted TONS.…
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Cake Decorating
I first did this post in July of 2009 on a different blog. I’m re-posting it here to share with everyone – my adventures in learning to decorate cakes and cupcakes.
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Happy Healthy Chocolate Chunk Cookies
This recipe is a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe that I got from one of my favorite cook books, Ultimate Southern Living. I just added some different ingredients to make a healthier version, which is always a hit in our home. Check out the recipe.
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Salted Caramel Ice-Cream
Ingredients 2 cups whole milk 1 ¼ cup cane sugar (divided) 1 TBSP all-purpose flour 3 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups heavy cream 1 tsp sea salt flakes (I used Maldon) 1 tsp vanilla extract Directions Whisk milk, ¼ cup sugar, and flour together in a large heavy bottomed pot over medium heat, stirring constantly. …
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Vegan Chocolate Brownie Cake
Ingredients 1/2 cup vegan butter substitute, room temperature (I used Earth Balance) 1/2 cup organic brown sugar 1/2 cup organic cane sugar 1 cup unsweetened almond milk 2 cups unbleached all-purpose-flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup organic raw cacao powder 1 tsp vanilla extract Instructions Preheat oven…