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Dark Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

January 27, 2015 By Susannah 3 Comments

Hi friends! I’m Susannah from the blog Feast + West, and I’m a new contributor at My Cooking Spot. On my blog, I share recipes, cocktails, travel guides and the best of design. I love food that tells a story or sends you on a walk down memory lane, and I look forward to sharing it with you.

Though I get along well with most foods, bananas bring out my fickleness. I buy a bunch every so often, and I’ll enjoy eating them for a day or two. And then I’ll lose interest — it’s a texture thing — and let them sit on the counter for a few more days to earn their spots. Once they’re almost all the way brown, I get interested again.

That’s because I know that those soon-to-be-rotten yellow fruits are ripe and ready to star in an old favorite — banana bread. I love banana bread for its versatility: You can eat it for breakfast, dessert or even a snack.

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Chocolate and Almond Dipped Biscotti

January 26, 2015 By Cat Elsby 2 Comments

Hi all, I’m Cat, blogger at The Rustic Willow and new My Cooking Spot Contributor. My specialty is simple recipes that are sure to wow your family and your guests! I’m so excited to be here today and can’t wait to share delicious food with you.

Have you ever woken up and decided you just wanted something sweet to go with your coffee? You don’t want a piece of fruit or a yogurt: You want to indulge. That’s where this recipe idea came from! My grandfather has a biscotti every single morning before breakfast, and I know a lot of other people dip biscotti in their coffee. But I thought biscotti would be 10 times more delicious dipped in chocolate and almonds. And guess what? I was right.

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Quick Pickled Vegetables

January 20, 2015 By Marcella Rose 2 Comments

Thank goodness for my friends. Really and truly, I get so much inspiration for my blog Marcella Rose’s from the fantastic meals and moments I spend with my girlfriends. It’s been hard for me since I moved away from New York and the strong group of fabulous women that I was lucky enough to call my friends.

The older I get the harder, it is to find true friends. I am a bit of a quirky girl so for me that instant shock of connection when I meet, as Anne of Green Gables would say a, “Bosom Buddy” or a “Kindred Spirit”, is a rare thing. I have been on the search since I arrived in Southern Oregon and then it happened. I found her, a girl with style, class, and she can cook too! It’s like magic to find someone who is not only hilarious, but also has similar interests.

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Parmesan Pretzel Bites

January 19, 2015 By Erin Skinner 2 Comments

I have a thing for pretzels.

It’s been a part of my life since I was a kid. We’d visit my family in Pennsylvania once a year, and when there, we always inevitably ended up at the mall, which prominently featured an Auntie Annie’s, my favorite mall food snack.

Back then, we didn’t have an Auntie Annie’s in Memphis, so it was a special treat.

And my pretzel obsession grew. I’m partial to their Cinnamon-Sugar Pretzels, though I love a good savory pretzel every once in a while, too. [Read more…]