Food & Beverage

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How-To: Mini Nutella Cheesecakes

I know what you’re thinking: “Enough with Nutella already!” I keep wondering when I’ll get tired of drooling over various Nutella recipes, and then I see something like these mini Nutella cheesecakes from Bakers Royale and realize … probably not any day soon. It also doesn’t hurt that they “are extremely easy to make.” If […]

Cupcake Cupcake Topper

Rah of That’s Noice! posted a super simple tutorial for making mini “cupcakes” to put on top of your regular-sized cupcakes. Spoiler alert: It’s just a mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with frosting on top. I love the completely frivolous cupcake-on-a-cupcake look. Serve them alongside some Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies!

How-To: Garlic Knots

We are a bread-loving family, and nothing seems to compliment a big salad and tossed pasta like some yummy, warm garlic bread. I always think of garlic knots as something we’d only get at a restaurant, but Maria from Make and Takes shows how easy it is to whip them up at home using ready-made […]

Nutella Roundup

As I’ve said before, I have a long-standing love affair with Nutella, that yummy processed hazelnut chocolate spread. Now that I’m a grown-up (really?), I must admit that Nutella straight out of the jar is a little terrifying from a nutritional standpoint so I was thrilled to stumble across this recipe for homemade chocolate hazelnut […]