These are my favorite chocolate chip cookie I've had to date. I'm not done trying recipes, for the heck of it, but I could stop right here and call it good because it doesn't get much better than this! Crispy edges, chewy centers, chunks of dark chocolate, and sea salt! Their sister cookie, the peanut butter cup pretzel cookies, are just as fantastic and deserve an honorable mention!
Grilled Steak and Vegetable Salad with Chipotle Chimichurri Dressing
It was a toss up between including this steak salad or the barbacoa beef salads with black bean avocado salsa. They were both fantastic, but I included this one in the round-up because of the chipotle chimichurri dressing which made this salad stand out for the typical "Mexican" salad. I could eat either of these salads weekly and not get sick of them!
It was a toss up between including this steak salad or the barbacoa beef salads with black bean avocado salsa. They were both fantastic, but I included this one in the round-up because of the chipotle chimichurri dressing which made this salad stand out for the typical "Mexican" salad. I could eat either of these salads weekly and not get sick of them!
Peanut Butter Pudding
Perfectly creamy, perfectly peanut buttery, this renewed my faith in making pudding after I had a few disasters with lumpy puddings in the past. Now anytime I find myself with leftover cream and milk, I struggle deciding whether to make pudding or ice cream!
Perfectly creamy, perfectly peanut buttery, this renewed my faith in making pudding after I had a few disasters with lumpy puddings in the past. Now anytime I find myself with leftover cream and milk, I struggle deciding whether to make pudding or ice cream!
Eggplant Parmesan Rollatini
A spin on Eggplant Parmesan where you don't have to worry about frying? This make-ahead recipe is comfort food without all of the added fat or calories. I still remember how excited we were to eat this for dinner and how thankful we were that there were only two of us, meaning plenty of leftovers!
A spin on Eggplant Parmesan where you don't have to worry about frying? This make-ahead recipe is comfort food without all of the added fat or calories. I still remember how excited we were to eat this for dinner and how thankful we were that there were only two of us, meaning plenty of leftovers!
Zesty White Bean Burgers
And last, but certainly not least, these bean burgers were another recipe we enjoyed several times this year. 2014 will be the year to take a better photo of these (!), but in the meantime, know that they opened my eyes to the fact that bean burgers don't have to mean black beans and more importantly, bean burgers doesn't equal dry or tasteless!
I'd love to hear your favorite (Sweets Life or other) recipe from the year! Leave a comment with a link so we can all try each others favorites this year!
And last, but certainly not least, these bean burgers were another recipe we enjoyed several times this year. 2014 will be the year to take a better photo of these (!), but in the meantime, know that they opened my eyes to the fact that bean burgers don't have to mean black beans and more importantly, bean burgers doesn't equal dry or tasteless!
I'd love to hear your favorite (Sweets Life or other) recipe from the year! Leave a comment with a link so we can all try each others favorites this year!
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