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Banana Chocolate Pecan Muffins

This is what happens when you take my Grandma Salazar’s banana bread recipe, and start fiddling… Adding chocolate and nuts to banana bread isn’t cutting edge, but adding them to this particular banana bread is divine. We had only been … Continue reading

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Chocolate “Amante” Pie

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. If you were toying with the idea of tempting your “true love” with something decadent, here’s an idea. A pie composed of aphrodisiacs: chocolate, almonds, and cinnamon.

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Chocolate Playdough

I’ve often felt that Valentine’s Day was just a “Hallmark” holiday — with greeting cards, red roses,  jewelry or the latest tech-toy (iPad? — now there’s an idea) required for the obligatory demonstration of “love.”  See Linus’s dilemma in “Be My Valentine, Charlie … Continue reading

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