Chocolate Fondue

Is there anything better than sweet treats dipped in chocolate? If you love fondue, you will love this recipe! We love to serve this with doughnut holes, marshmallows, bananas, cinnamon bears, pretzels, and my personal favorite: strawberries! If you can eat it, it is probably better smothered in a layer of this sweet stuff! Great for parties because it feeds (and pleases) a crowd.

• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla

1. Combine chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, milk, butter, and vanilla in fondue pot or saucepan. 2. Stir constantly over medium heat until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. 3. Serve with fruit, candies, or pound cake cubes for dipping.

Slow-Cooker BBQ Chicken

Ok, so some may argue that making a slow-cooker meal doesn't really count as "cooking." I say just because you aren't slaving in the kitchen for hours, doesn't mean that you can't take credit for a delicious, homemade meal! This chicken is perfect in a sandwich and can be thrown together in no time. Also, if you use a crock pot liner, clean up is a breeze! *

• 4-5 large chicken breasts (I use flash frozen)
• 1 1/2 bottles of BBQ sauce (I like a sweet and spicy BBQ sauce, but any BBQ variety will work)
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 tsp onion powder

1. Coat bottom of pan with 1 cup of BBQ sauce.

2. Place chicken in slow-cooker (if using frozen, no need to defrost).

3. Sprinkle onion powder over the top of chicken.

4. Pour in water and remaining BBQ sauce.

5. Cook for 8 hours on low.

6. Shred chicken with a fork and coat in sauce mixture.

7. Pile on a toasted bun and enjoy!

Flip-Flopped Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are a favorite at my house. They are satiny chocolate with white chocolate chips. They are so easy to make and are sure to go fast!

Makes: Approx. 5 doz cookies

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups white chocolate chip pieces

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl and set aside.

3. In large bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar with electric beaters until uniform in consistency.

4. Add eggs to sugar mixture one at a time, beating to incorporate after each addition.

5. Stir vanilla into sugar mixture.

6. Slowly add flour mixture to sugar mixture, using electric mixer to blend everything together well.

7. Stir in white chocolate chips with a spoon.

8. Drop onto cookie sheet by rounded teaspoons (cookies will be on the small side) and bake in
preheated oven for 9-11 minutes. NOTE: All ovens are different so baking times are approximate. My oven bakes these cookies in 9 minutes, for example.

9. Let cookies sit on cookie sheet for two minutes after removing them from the oven, then let them cool on a cooling rack.

10. Enjoy!

My Food Philosophy

Hello there! My name is Brittney and I am a bona fide food fanatic. I started this blog in part for the same reason I figure most people start blogs, which is to get your thoughts and feelings out there (ah, to have your musing floating in cyberspace!).

My main purpose, however, in taking the time to blog here is to share my love for food and for what good food can do for your soul!

Food. I love it! Preparing something delicious for others (or just yourself) to enjoy is truly a wonderful thing. Most of us, myself included, are not born excellent cooks, but I believe that with practice and good recipes, just about anyone can find joy in making fantastically edible cuisine!

So, here we go! I hope you will find many tasty tidbits here that you can use to make your life delicious! Enjoy and happy dining!