Peppermint Bark Cheesecake

This is a must share ...

Peppermint Bark Cheesecake.

so this cheesecake is my all time favorite dessert.

you can imagine how sad I am when it's limited availability 

at The Cheesecake Factory comes to an end 

(which will be soon so hurry, hurry, hurry)

It is SOO delicious, you have to get there in time to try it.

After years of searching I have finally found a recipe that is a similar match.

you can find that recipe here, at Baked by Rachel.

But until you have time to make this ... go to the cheesecake factory.

I promise it will be a $7.95 well spent :)

Summer Salad Recipe

I love salads ...

especially in the summer.

Loving salads is a magical thing you see.

Or it would be, if I didn't also love chocolate. 

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I LOVE MY ...

I love to cook!!

Ok, that's not completely true.

I love to design. And create things. 

Cooking is creating something.

I would like to cook a lot more if I didn't have to clean afterwards, ya know?

But I LOVE to bake. 

Baking is designing.

Sometimes I pretend I'm a professional frosting artist :)

HA ... like I did this? Seriously??

I'm not THAT good ... this was my birthday cake last year!

Anyways ... 

Cook or not, I love recipe books. Cute little stashes of future and past meals.

I'm one of those losers who has a trillion recipe books, and still rarely cooks.

Oh well.

Today, one of the blogs I follow - How About Orange

shared some downloadable recipe cards with the world.

(if you like cute downloads, it's a great blog to check out).

The recipe cards are ADORABLE.

I already printed them all ... yes, ALL.

You can get the pdf files for yourself HERE.

Enjoy!! Feel inspired!! Go cook!!

(hopefully my boyfriend doesn't see this ...)

Blackened Fish Recipe

So yesterday I mentioned to you all my favorite food

BLACKENED FISH

so today I thought I'd share with you the recipe.

This is one of those wonderful kind of meals where its short, simple and delicious:

My favorite fish to blacken are mahi mahi and salmon,

and my #1 spice pick is Joe & Dave's YaYa Spice

(it's what they use at the Original Oyster House).

You can buy some for less than $5 HERE.

ENJOY :)

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Buckwheat Pancakes

So my mom is a health nut.

and I'm ... well ... I'm not.

Not all the time at least.

I want my pancakes!! And she's all

"no, no ... eat this green tasteless smoothie"

GRRRRRRRR.

She finally caved this morning ... kinda.

We made Buckwheat Pancakes.

Initially I thought we'd be a disgrace to pancakes,

but to my surprise they were completely delicious.

We added coconut flour for some extra protein,

but you can also just use 3/4 c buckwheat and 3/4 c whole-wheat.

Try them out :)

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