52 Kitchen Adventures

52 Kitchen Adventures In 2010, 52 Kitchen Adventures explored one unusual ingredient each week, demystifying different foods from strange looking produce to exotic pantry items. These days on the food blog you'll find easy Crock Pot recipes every Monday, along with homemade versions of things you thought you could only buy, plus lots of fun desserts thrown into the mix.

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Slow Cooker Monday: Honey-soy chicken drumettes

Slow Cooker Monday: Honey-soy chicken drumettes

A couple of weekends ago I found myself making heart shaped cake pops, flourless chocolate cupcakes and heart shaped sugar cookies. All in 2 days. And you know I have to sample everything I bake, because otherwise how could I tell you what it tastes like? I do it all for you guys. I...

Recipe: Heart-shaped sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day

Recipe: Heart-shaped sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day

I keep seeing red and pink hearts everywhere – in store displays, on Pinterest, and all over the blogosphere. That can only mean one thing: it’s almost Valentine’s Day. I know that some people hate this holiday but I figure at the least it’s an excuse to eat something sweet. At it’s best, it’s...

Recipe: Flourless chocolate cupcakes perfect for Valentine’s Day

Recipe: Flourless chocolate cupcakes perfect for Valentine’s Day

Did you watch the Superbowl yesterday? I didn’t – instead I worked on some Valentine’s Day sugar cookies. I have a sugar cookie recipe that I love, but I’m still trying to find the perfect royal icing recipe. Do you have a favorite? Please share it in the comments section! For now, we have...

Recipe: Heart cake pops

Recipe: Heart cake pops

It’s almost Valentine’s Day and I spent last weekend baking up a storm. These cake pops, plus heart shaped sugar cookies and some special flourless cupcakes with pink frosting are all coming your way. These heart shape cake pops are even easier to make than they seem. After I combined the cake and frosting...

Recipe: Whole wheat fig bars

Recipe: Whole wheat fig bars

I’ve been wanting to make homemade Fig Newtons for a while, ever since I discovered this fig butter at Trader Joe’s:  It tastes just like the filling of a Fig Newton! When Lipton asked “how do you enjoy your tea?” and sent me their new Green Tea Superfruit flavors to try, I thought of...

Recipe: Salted caramel and chocolate cake pops

Recipe: Salted caramel and chocolate cake pops

“Those cake pops were seriously the best cake pops I’ve ever had! Even better than Freeport Bakery.” This high praise comes from a former co-worker, Mariel. For her last day in our office, I wanted to bake something special as a surprise. I knew she liked cake pops and salted caramel (she requested that...

Slow Cooker Monday: Create-A-Crock Crock-Pot review

Slow Cooker Monday: Create-A-Crock Crock-Pot review

This isn’t a regular Slow Cooker Monday post. Instead of posting a slow cooker recipe, I’m excited to tell you about the newest Crock-Pot slow cooker. Crock-Pot revealed their latest design a few months ago and it’s nothing like any kitchen tool I’ve ever seen. It’s more like scrapbook meets kitchen appliance. What does...

Recipe: Vegan Meyer lemon cupcakes

Recipe: Vegan Meyer lemon cupcakes

Congrats to Janet D., winner of the Yufit giveaway! Last year a close friend of mine was diagnosed with several food allergies after having health problems and discomfort for years. Turns out she’s allergic to eggs, dairy and yeast, foods she used to eat on a regular basis. A few weeks ago she came...

Recipe: Candied Meyer lemon peel

Recipe: Candied Meyer lemon peel

It’s over 2 weeks into January so it’s ok for me to post desserts again, right? We’ve had time to recover from indulging over the holidays and work on New Year’s resolutions. (If you’re still working on healthy eating and exercise resolutions, check out my post on healthy snacks and enter a giveaway to win a year membership...

Staying healthy in the new year

Staying healthy in the new year

I often find myself getting these sort of backwards compliments about my weight. You know, after people see the amount of cupcakes and Nutella on my blog, they look at me and ask how I’m not 500 pounds. First of all, I never bake anything unless I have someone to share the results with....