This caramel apple coffee cake is a quick and easy dessert. You could also make it for breakfast, if you so desired. It is a yeast bread, but is not fussy or complicated. It’s very simple.
When you marry an Englishman, sometimes you make things like steak and kidney pudding  in a slow cooker. Why? Because you love your partner and want to make them something you yourself would not consider eating, but they apparently enjoy. You can also substitute mushrooms for the kidneys, and then it has more appeal to the North American palate. Cooking it this way makes it so easy.
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My husband decided to make dinner tonight. Fortunately, he planned ahead to make Italian sausage and bean soup, and soaked the beans overnight. Takes about 1.5 Â hours to cook.
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I had a bit of Nutella sitting in my cupboard that I was trying to think of something to use it up in, and I needed a dessert for tonight. I like wacky cake, which is quick and easy to make, so I thought I would try to change it up a bit and experiment with making a wacky cake with coffee and hazelnuts, and using the Nutella in the frosting. This came to just under 4 points, including frosting, when cut into 16 servings. If cut into 20, 3 points each.
Chicken stir fry is a very fast meal. In the time it takes to cook a pot of rice, you can cut your chicken and vegetables and cook them.
This easy quinoa salad can be put together in a couple of minutes. It requires a bit of thinking ahead…I keep a container of cooked quinoa in the fridge to throw into salads. It is tasty, and is only 2.5 weight watchers points.
I’ve never made this cake before, but I love the combination of peanuts and chocolate, so I came up with a peanut butter cake recipe and frosted it with chocolate icing. I am tentatively pleased with the result, though next time, I might swirl some peanut butter through the batter before baking for a bit of extra oomph.
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I love Chinese Coconut Buns, more commonly known (at least around here) as honey buns. They are a soft bun filled with a delicious coconut filling. I don’t have a recipe for them, but thought I could create something with a similar taste, so I did a little experimenting this weekend.
Bread machines are awfully convenient. I’ve actually worn one out, and am on my second one. I don’t use it as much these days, as we tend to use the Kitchenaid stand mixer, but sometimes I like to set it to have pizza dough ready when I come home from work, or set it to have dough ready first thing in the morning to make these bread machine cinnamon rolls.
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Tagged Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
