chocolate archive

minty goodness: chocolate mint cookies

I’ve always been a huge fan of chocolate and mint. When I was little, I would only eat green mint chocolate chip ice cream and After Eight mints were always a holiday staple in our house and I’d always manage…

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c is for cookie: killer chocolate chip cookies

After a week of eating lots of salads, I decided it was time for a treat. I made the “killer chocolate chip cookie” recipe from Entertaining for a Veggie Planet by Didi Emmons. Not only is this a great cookbook…

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short and sweet: chocolate chip & ginger cookies

Tonight’s dinner was left over bbq pork/vegetable stirfry that I made last night to rave reviews from Cornelius. Dessert? Gingerbread chocolate chip cookies from a Martha Stewart recipe. I didn’t follow the recipe exactly, as I didn’t flatten the dough,…

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thanksgiving pt. 2: spiced cranberry chutney + pumpkin chocolate chip cake

It seems that good food and good boardgames go hand in hand at my house. I’m sure my downstairs neighbours never want to hear “Corner on wheat!!!” at 2am ever again, but a good, roaring (and perhaps drunken) game of…

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pumpkin chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

The great thing about working from home is that I’ve got cookies in the oven and I’m finishing up an ad for a client all at the very same time. Nice! These cookies are actually Cornelius’ favorite cookies and he…

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c is for chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

I love this recipe! It was originally printed years ago in the Georgia Straight, our local free weekly and I’ve made some additions and I think it’s a near-perfect cookie recipe. I like to keep the cookies in tins to…

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i scream, you scream: mint chocolate chip ice cream

Last night, Cornelius and I were craving ice cream and decided to put our honeymoon gift (a prettyprettypretty teal old-old fashioned) ice cream maker to the test. We had actually used it in August to make a batch of strawberry…

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moosewood fudge brownies

Last night, we needed something sweet after our dinner (sandwiches!), so I went to my old standby favorite, Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home cookbook’s brownie recipe. It’s easy to make and it turns out perfect everytime*. I added lots of…

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