Banana and Chocolate Mascarpone Crepes

Chocolate Mascarpone and Banana Crepes
From: EvilShenanigans

Aside from some frozen bananas dipped in chocolate, and chocolate chip banana bread, the combination is largely overlooked.  Well, break out your bananas because we are going to make something that will make chocolate lovers rejoice.
The crepes are chocolate but they do not have any sugar in them.  Before you say I am mad consider that the crepes are going to be filled with bananas which are naturally very sweet.  Along with bananas there is a rich, bitter-sweet, chocolate mascarpone filling, and once plated the crepes are dusted with powdered sugar.  With all that sweetness the crepes themselves needed to be bitter to provide a nice contrast in flavor…more

 

Basic Pizza dough

Not too thin, not too thick, perfect...
From: Savory reviews

I have tried a ton of pizza dough recipes and this one always seems to taste the best.  Pizza dough is simple and should not contain a ton of ingredients.  I also believe that pizza dough should not be sweet but without sugars you loose the carmelization.  This recipe can include a optional tablespoon of sugar but I always leave it out…more

 

Chocolate pudding pie

chocolate pudding pie
From: Smitten Kitchen

A lot of times, a recipe comes with a story, and if you’re even luckier, it’s a good one. There are dishes that remind you of something your mama used to cook and unforgettable meals at far-flung restaurants that demand recreating in your own kitchen and fresh stuff that looked so pretty at the market, you had to come home and have your way with it…more

 

Coconut Shrimp

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From: Average Betty

Your taste buds will go cuckoo for Average Betty’s Coconut Shrimp!…more

 

Chocolate overdose cake


From: Annies eats

have plenty of wonderful recipes saved up to share with you all.  The biggest problem now is just deciding which to post when, because they are all delicious and I love them!  Of course, it was pretty much no contest when this cake was added to the mix.  Say hello to my new favorite cake.  This cake is far better than any super-duper chocolatey restaurant cake I have ever tried.  With a brownie base, chocolate mousse layer, chocolate cake layer, and then a thick covering of chocolate ganache, no other cake really stands a chance.  Each component was delicious on its own but combined to make something truly spectacular…more

 

Japanese beef rolls

From: Seasalt with food

These beef rolls are so delicious! You can serve them as a starters or even as a main course. I guess, this dish will be on my list of party foods. So easy to prepare and cook! Less than 20 minutes! …more

 

Nonna Luna’s Rice and shrimp


From: Jenn Cuisine

Jenn says: Giada De Laurentiis is one of my favorite celebrity chefs, because she emphasizes flavor over everything else.  That and I have yet to find Italian food I don’t like.  While I was watching her show the other day, her aunt appeared as a guest  and they made her grandmother’s famous rice dish.  Rice is “toasted” in butter and cooked in broth, and shrimp is served in a decadent butter and cream sauce over the rice.  If nothing else, remember this rice.  The buttery al dente rice is out of this world…more

 

Runza

Photo by Roland A Manarin
From: Healthy tasty chow

Ann says: The Nebraska classic, if you’ve been here (or surrounding states), then you should know what a Runza is, and then you’ve most likely experienced peer pressure to have one!  Unless you’re a vegetarian or have celiac disease, then I sure hope you’ve tried one.  Speaking of…I’m a little embarrassed that I was trying to talk a guy I know with celiac disease AND he’s also a vegetarian to try a Swiss Cheese Mushroom Runza.  Momentary lapse of memory I guess.  Just wasn’t thinking or being sensitive at the moment.  I literally forgot and felt pretty stupid about it!  Although…sometimes, foods are just so good or such a part of your history growing up that it’s amazing that others close to you haven’t experienced it…more

 

Raspberry Mini Trifles

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From: Gastronomers guide

Joseph says: The bounty from the berry bushes in my backyard has been great this year. I was able to make another quart of red currant jelly just like last year. The raspberry bushes yielded so much fruit that the options for consumption was unlimited. I wanted to make something more special than jam and it was impossible to eat all the berries fresh. I decided upon making a trifle, one of the most elegant and almost bake-free deserts. Instead of one big trifle, I made six individual trifles for a light dessert to end a recent summer gathering. These personal-size trifles are perfect for those who don’t like to share dessert and since there are no seconds, they’re guilt-free too…more

 

Corned beef on toast

From: Elinluv’s blogspot

Elin says: I came home late from work yesterday and I thought we will eat out but to my surprised Daddy had prepared something delicious and it was Corned Beef stir-fried with mixed vegetables ,red onions and some red chillies. What a wonderful surprise! Isn’t it wonderful that at times the boss of the house takes over the wokking? :P   …more