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Pan-fried falafel is a meatless, healthy appetizer or snack made from chickpeas (garbanzo beans). They’re seasoned up, rolled in breadcrumbs, and pan-fried until they’re crispy and golden brown. Crispy on the outside, fluffy on this inside, these easy pan-fried falafel are bursting with fresh herb flavor thanks to a quick stovetop method that achieves fried perfection…
Sausage lentil soup is a quick and easy dinner to make and it’s hearty and filling enough to be eaten as a meal on its own. As I have mentioned in the past, blogging here on Pass the Sushi has introduced me to some new and interesting things. It has also introduced me to some pretty basic…
Bittersweet chocolate tart is a great holiday dessert. It’s rich and decadent, but it’s not overly sweet like desserts made with milk chocolate are. What’s with the new trend of mean holiday commercials? Ones where you are told you bought a horrible gift or show someone being spiteful to their mother in law (“He drinks coffee now, Mom“). Is…
Honey-glazed pork chops start with boneless center-cut pork. It’s brushed with a spiced honey glaze and oven baked until tender. I often don’t get off of work until 8, meaning dinner may not hit the table until 9 or later, so thin cut pork chops are my go-to for nights when I want something…
Peanut butter banana cookies are sweet, chewy and soft. The perfect afternoon snack with a tall glass of milk. 2 years ago, Handsome and I were just getting to know one another, still in the stage where you stay up till 4 AM talking. The night the clocks fell back an hour was no different, and…
Pork stir fry is a common, easy, weeknight meal, but this recipe kicks it up with the addition of a spicy black pepper sauce. My last trip to Trader Joe’s brought home several new jarred sauces that I have been really anxious to try. The ingredients on the back had me excited. They appeared more…
Maple Walnut Cream Cheese Cupcakes with Candied Bacon Garnish. They’re everything you could ever want or expect from a cupcake. Sweet, salty, tender, and perfectly rewarding. I am not big on breakfast foods. I really don’t like to eat before noon for some reason and, if I do eat breakfast, I want something like steak…
Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish that originated in Rome. It includes eggs, cheese, Italian bacon (guanciale or pancetta), and freshly cracked black pepper. I love trying new things. In the past 11 months, I have discovered a world of new ingredients and flavors that I would have never otherwise known had I not challenged myself with this…
Apple cider and maple cream tart. It’s the dessert that sounds like Fall has arrived and tastes like it, too. It’s made with fresh apple cider and real maple sugar. Grab your fork! I am going to say something right now few people would openly admit. I am from Delaware. No longer a state unknown…
Homemade broccoli cheese soup is warm, cozy, and comforting, and when it’s paired with a grilled sandwich, it makes for a quick and easy dinner. When I started up the blender for this Broccoli Cheese Soup my cat flew through the air like a rocket, over the couch, and under the end table. Ten he…
This cranberry-apple quick bread recipe is super easy to make. It’s loaded with apples and cranberries, so it’s like having a bite of Fall for dessert. Let’s talk Iron Chef America. Last night I caught another episode of the new Iron Chef competition and I just don’t like it. I don’t think a reality TV…
Churros mini muffins are bite sized muffins with the flavors of a sweet cinnamon sugar churro baked right into them. They’re the perfect little snack! I consider myself relatively new to the blog-o-sphere and wow, can it be overwhelming! There’s a lot going on when you draw the curtain back a little and take a…
Vanilla chai cupcakes are moist and fluffy, filled with earthy spices like cardamom, ginger, and nutmeg. The vanilla chai buttercream frosting on top will give you seriously sweet dreams! My lil girl kitten, Kiori, loves to counter cruise, which is not a behavior I condone. Leave a stick of butter out and she can’t help herself, up…
This copycat Cinnabon Recipe will flip your world upside down in the best way possible! They taste just as good as the real thing, but they don’t cost as much, and you can take all of the credit for how awesome they taste. The smell of gooey cinnamon rolls is the best way to start…
Apple cinnamon roll cupcakes. Fall flavors packed into in a moist cupcake. These really taste like warm, gooey apple cinnamon rolls! You know what doesn’t make for fun food blogging? A week of rainy weather. 🙁 It’s been so dark every day that no picture is even worth taking. We got lucky though, I haven’t…
Sink your teeth into this Homemade Caramel Apple Bread, ever so decadently drizzled with rich caramel glaze. Bursting with pieces of fresh apples throughout, this bakery-style sweet bread is the perfect sweet morning treat or midnight snack. Are you a first-time baker? No need to worry. This quick bread recipe is ideal for beginners, thanks…
Key Lime Coconut Cupcakes are a taste of summer sunshine. With bright lime and coconut flavors in the moist cupcake and a lime cream cheese frosting on top, you’ll want to devour these treats! Shocking News Flash: Autumn is not here yet. Despite the attempts from the retail giants to make you believe crisp weather, falling…
Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry is a healthy, quick, and easy weeknight dinner. Save money on Asian carryout and make your own fresh at home. Looking for the best chicken stir-fry recipe? In under 30 minutes, you can craft a flavorful, zesty, easy chicken dinner that tastes super authentic and is perfect for lazy cooks. This…
The author of this ciabatta bread recipe had me laughing out loud – literally – with comments like this as you went along with the recipe: Add flour and salt to your bowl of yeasty water. This, after measuring out the flour, presents another prime opportunity to get flour on your person. This will be…
Brewer’s blondies are a cross between malted milk cookies and walnut blondies. They’re rich, nutty, and full of flavor. Just like a great dessert should be. The dog is broken. I am not sure what happened or how but his tongue wont stop licking. Slop, slurp, slop, slurp can be heard any time day or…
Meatloaf burgers are made with a mixture of spicy and sweet ground sausages and ground beef, then topped with tomato sauce and melted Parmigiano cheese. This is comfort food the way it was intended to be. Satisfying! Great news… I have a new PtS original recipe for you! I’m bringing you this amazing recipe so…
Malted milk cookie tart. A buttery, malted milk cookie crust topped with chocolate and malted milk balls. The dessert of champions! Kitchenaid Food Processor, oh how I love you. Let me count the ways… Seriously, if my rents weren’t so good at making the holidays rock, I’d say best present ever – but really, they have made…
This easy lemon pie recipe will cool you down and try to help you forget how hot and sticky humid is outside. It’s full of fresh lemons, and the graham cracker crust is perfect with it. It’s been blazing hot here with no break for rain. The humidity is so thick you could slice it with a…
This copycat Olive Garden chicken scampi recipe is perfect for a quick weeknight meal. It tastes great, and it’s less expensive to make it at home. Raise your hand if you love a great copycat recipe at home. Mine’s raised. True story. I can’t always swing going out to eat, even if I love unlimited…
The Baked cookbook brownies recipe will produce a chewy, rich, chocolaty brownie that your chocolate loving sweet tooth will love! I believe in buying butter in bulk. And unsalted butter at that. Without my bulk purchases of butter, today would have been an epic fail. Or at least a two trips to the store kinda day,…
Some more aprons I’ve made. Hope to have a few more done this week. And! Some plants from the garden.
Sharing a grilled salmon recipe is on today’s agenda, but first, we take a break from our normal cooking blog for a special announcement. Here are some musical groups/bands that if you enjoy music (mainly if you enjoy country) you should really keep your eyes and ears open for. All of the musicians listed below…
This Fontina Cheese Sauce recipe is rich and thick with so much cheesy flavor and a kick of spice from cayenne and cajun seasoning. It’s the perfect finishing touch over any dinner, from pasta to chicken, veggies, and more! If you’re a cheese lover, this is the kind of sauce that’ll make you weak in…
New Orleans-style red beans and rice has all of the flavors you expect in Cajun food, plus bacon! Really, you can add just about anything you want with bacon and it will be awesome. Looking for the best red beans and rice recipe? Making red beans and rice at home is totally worth it. Its…
I pretty much live at my boyfriends house – though everything I own (minus my two fluffballs) is at my parents house or in my uncles basement at this point. I have previously written how its driving me nuts not having a space of my own…. Well, I guess this weekend that all caught up…
Chicken manicotti is Italian comfort food at its best. Chicken, cheeses, and a rich tomato sauce tucked into pasta shells and baked up with even more cheese. Dinner never tasted so good. We’ve all danced around our kitchens fantasizing about being the next food network diva (I mean some of them are so boring, a…
Today’s blog breaks the Pass the Sushi rules. There’s no food – just ramblings from myself about the craziness that is my life. A few weeks ago my cats moved into my boyfriends house (which was a personal meltdown for another day as I generally don’t believe in living together). He (the bf) has a…
This coffee cake recipe is perfect for a holiday brunch. It’s moist and buttery, with just the right amount of brown sugar crumble on the top! Yesterday was Easter, and for the first time in a very long time my parents chose to entertain.They invited 11 people over, both family and friends. We started cooking…
So, with only a few more light switches and trim work to go my kitchen is almost back in tip top condition. I am both relieved to finally have a functioning kitchen again (just in time for the holidays) and kind of saddened by the fact that my house wont be filled with friendly faces…
Comic shop manager by day – food whore by night. Saving your inner fat kid one recipe at a time. Hi, I’m Kita, a web savvy girl geek and who can rock an apron like there is no tomorrow. I love to travel, mountain bike and run. All that requires good eats. This whole thing balances…
Party foods are essential for any outdoor barbecue or picnic. So last week I threw my annual backyard get bash where I invite people from the comic book store, DND and a few other walks of my life to get together and chill. It usually rocks but this year had more stress involved then previous…