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10
Feb
2016

Foodie Favorites – February 10, 2016

foodie favorites - february 10, 2016 // my bacon-wrapped life

Missing these incredible Seattle dumplings this week! Vacation food is the best food.

Hi friends! How’s your week going? We’ve been keeping super busy around here and are planning on enjoying a low-key Valentine’s Day this weekend with a fancy homemade dinner, a bottle or two of wine, and maybe some Zoolander 2 (every woman’s dream, right?!). I can’t wait!! I hope you have a fun day planned with the people you love most, too (and maybe some sexy pink donuts). Here are this week’s Foodie Favorites!

I am totally drooling over this brown butter banana pudding. I love banana pudding, banana cream pie, etc. and the brown butter absolutely takes it over the top!

My soul is craving this spaghetti pie with pecorino and black pepper. I think this needs to happen in my house ASAP!

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10
Jan
2016

Peanut Butter, Banana, and Honey Steel-Cut Oats

categories: Breakfast, Recipes, Whole Grains

So…this is basically a super-fancy version of the breakfast I eat every single morning in the winter.

My go-to weekday morning routine: microwave a packet of instant oats. Stir in a spoonful of peanut butter or sunbutter. Top with banana slices. BOOM. It’s been my winter breakfast routine since high school, because it’s so easy, cozy, healthy, and filling. And for Monday through Friday, it’s great. But the weekend calls for something a little more special, something that might take a little more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds to make, but rewards you with much more flavor and satisfaction. So this weekend, when I was craving something special but still wanting to keep things at least relatively healthy, I decided to dial my average oatmeal breakfast up a notch with slow-cooked steel cut oats, a lightly sweet touch of honey, and a sprinkle of chia seeds. And I must admit, these peanut butter, banana, and honey steel-cut oats can barely be considered in the same food group as my regular quickie oatmeal breakfast.

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13
Dec
2015

Honey Almond Goat Cheese Truffles

categories: Appetizers / Finger Foods, Recipes, Savory, Snacks

I made these for you to make for your holiday party, so can we pretend that I didn’t make these super classy honey almond goat cheese truffles when I was home alone and then sit and eat all of them in my pajamas while watching The Food Network?

I vote yes. You’d never know, right? Our little secret.

But seriously. ‘Tis the season for subsisting solely on cookies and truffles and cheese and champagne. Whether you’re wearing a gorgeous sparkly dress and stilettos at a classy holiday party or your stretchy pants and a messy bun on the couch at home, it’s just the right thing to do!

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22
Nov
2015

Coconut Oil Banana Bread

categories: Breads, Breakfast, Recipes, Whole Grains

Do you ever see a recipe (in a cookbook, online, on a menu, wherever) and you just absolutely have to drop everything and make it RIGHT THEN?

This is a result of one of those moments.

OK fine, I saw this beauty a few weeks ago, but this was the very first opportunity I had to bake something, so for me, that’s a pretty darn quick turn-around. As a food blogger, I have a looooong list of recipe ideas and a significant backlog of things I want to make. But I wasn’t feeling inspired for my post this week until I started thinking about exactly what I really wanted to eat. I was craving something cozy and sweet but not overly indulgent, something that I wouldn’t feel terrible about eating (especially before the pending Thanksgiving onslaught) but also would satisfy me and make me feel warm and fuzzy inside the way really only a fantastic baked treat can. I wanted this coconut oil banana bread and, backlog be damned, I was going to make it!

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