Secret Recipe Club: Almond Crunch Coffee Cake

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There's something comforting about coffee cake.   A few ingredients, a slight sauna in the oven and *viola* you have a tried and true that is good for breakfast, lunch or just a sweet snack and always perfect with a cup of coffee. This month's Secret Recipe Club pairing was a delightful one - I was given the top secret assignment of Cupcake Muffin, run by the super sassy Sara who is beyond accomplished in the kitchen.  We're taking some seriously fabu recipes that really had me scratching my … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Slow Cooker Sesame Orange Chicken

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It's the beginning of April and you know what time it is - time for the Secret Recipe Club's Big Reveal. This month's Secret Recipe Club assignment was a no-brainer for me.  I was lucky to be assigned Edesia's Cookbook - a blog that I absolutely am denatured with.  Lesa is the scribe behind the site and let me tell you - her recipe index had me flagging so many recipes to make for the future but the minute I saw Slow Cooker Sesame Orange Chicken - well, you know I had make it.  Sesame … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte

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Normally, when I have to pick a recipe for my Secret Recipe Club assignment, I'm often overwhelmed, picking out a slew of recipes to marinate over while I decide what would be the perfect recipe to spotlight. It can be quite the process for me (or, perhaps, I just over-complicate it – hey – it's been known to happen). This month's assigned blog had a recipe that literally screamed "MAKE ME!" the minute I saw it and I knew that while I was tempted by the other recipes, this would be my March … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Meyer Lemon Cranberry Bread

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It's the beginning of February, there's snow on the ground here in Philly and this gal needs some rays of sunshine to brighten the day. What better way to spark up the day but with a Secret Recipe Club reveal and some sweet and tart Meyer Lemon Cranberry Bread. This month's Secret Recipe Club assignment was Lisa from Sweet as Sugar Cookies. I was really happy to get Lisa's blog as I love her outlook – bright, sunny and a great disposition, much like her Lemon Cranberry Bread. She's also … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Slow Cooked Pot Roast With Vegetables

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I can think of no better way than to kick off the first recipe post of 2013 with a culinary creation from the Secret Recipe Club. This month's top secret assignment was Cookin' Mimi and, like many of my prior Secret Recipe Club assignments had me whining about "I can only pick ONE?"  Mimi has some seriously delicious recipes like her Pumpkin Spice Sweet Rolls, a soul soothing Easy Beef Vegetable Soup,  these intriguing Enchilada Stuffed Shells but it was her  Slow Cooker Pot Roast with … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Iced Cinnamon Mocha Frappe

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  It's the beginning of the month and you know what that means - it's time for Secret Recipe Club!  This month is going to be crazed with holiday prep, projects galore and you know those days when you just need a little somethin' for yourself but don't want to break the bank?  Well - this month's recipe for Secret Recipe Club has you covered. When I got my assignment this month to make a recipe from This Chick Cooks, I was thrilled.  Katie did a fabulous job on making my favorite … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Homemade Ricotta

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Recently, the Secret Recipe Club had a bit of a transition – our beloved founder, Amanda, turned over the club reigns to April and, with the change, some groups got a bit of a shuffle.  I have moved my stilettos to Group "A" and my fearless group leader, Jane, assigned me Parsley, Sage and Sweet for my October Secret Recipe Club assignment. Lisa is the gal behind "Parsley, Sage & Sweet – A Food Blournal" and I can't tell you how much her blog inspired me to really start thinking "out … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Spiced Apple Butter

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Whenever I get my monthly assignment for the Secret Recipe Club, I know I have a delicious mission ahead of me. Like the months prior, this month's mission was a fun one: find and blog about a recipe from Mangia!  Chelsy, a Texan gal, is the mastermind behind Mangia and she has a wonderful outlook on life.  I love her reasoning behind her blog title.  She writes: Mangia means "eat" in Italian. Now, you can't take this word for face value. Mangia means more than eating in the physical sense, … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Spiced Plum Clafoutis

Spiced Plum Clafoutis

Every month, I look forward to getting a lovely email from the Secret Recipe Club with the details of my next assignment. I look at it as a little bloggy gift – discovering a blog that might or might not have crossed my path. When I get the assignment, I take a few days, wandering through the blog, looking at various recipes, reading their stories and then try to narrow down the recipes that pique my culinary interest. Sometimes it is hard to narrow it down to just a few. There are blogs that … [Read more...]



Secret Recipe Club: Shepardized Peppers

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This month's Secret Recipe Club assignment was a fun one! I printed out about 10 recipes to mull over and I could have easily picked 10 more. Her recipes are fabulous, her photography is stellar and I just love love love her blog – The Kitchen Witch. Little known fact, I do have a kitchen witch in my kitchen. I got my kitchen helper in Salem many moons ago when I finally stood on my own two stilettos and told the ex-fiancee to take a hike. So, when I was perusing The Kitchen Witch, I had to … [Read more...]