Nutella

Happy Choco-Nut Loaf Dear Valentine

Just one more chocolate delight to celebrate a day of love. Delicate, sweet, melt-in-your-mouth crumb, and topped with the fruit of love: strawberries.  Oh Happy Valentine’s Day! A recipe by Junita Bognanni blogging at stackofcookbooks and tweeting @junita using everyone’s favorite Chocolate Hazelnut spread.  For breakfast, for snacking, for dessert (serve warm so the ice cream melts all around it), any which way is perfect. Serves 10 by making 1 large loaf – Reconstructed recipe by Apple Crumbles 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2/3 cup plain non fat Greek style yogurt 3/4 [...]

By |2013-02-13T19:36:49-05:00February 13, 2013|Baking|2 Comments

Hazelnut Brownies with Macadamia Crunch

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching.  Why not dedicate deliciously decadent brownies to your honey?      A recipe dedicated to all you Nutella fans, Claudia…you’re first my list.  *By the way, click on the link and discover another mouth watering Nutella Brownie recipe from Claudia. I’m almost 100% sure you’ve used Nutella to make brownies before but just in case you haven’t seen this recipe, it’s right here, ready to knock your nutty socks off. Makes 1 8 x 8 pan, cut as large or small as you like. *Be forewarned! These are good so double up now before everyone [...]

By |2013-02-04T07:36:24-05:00February 4, 2013|Baking|6 Comments

Cross Train to Complement and Enhance plus Nutella Hugs

When you have a few months in between key running events, it’s advantageous to rest those running muscles and strengthen connective tissue, maintain aerobic capacity but give the joints a rest.  You can keep your fitness level up while allowing your running body to rest.  Here’s how (source: Sparkpeople). Complement Running: Swimming:  Rest the overworked lower body and develop the upper body muscles by swimming. Cycling:  This will tire out those legs but cycling focuses more on the quadriceps and shins as well as strengthening connective tissue in the knees, hips, and ankles. Indoor Rowing:  This is a tough one [...]

By |2011-12-06T20:24:59-05:00December 7, 2011|cookies|4 Comments
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