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22 recipes | nutella cheesecake pots

Nutella Cheesecake Pots by the Gluten Free Scallywag

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you know that I absolutely LOVE Nutella.

I love Nutella so much that I’m always up for trying anything that involves Nutella.

Enter Nutella cheescake pots.

These pots are rich and creamy and super delicious. All the goodness of cream cheese and Nutella, mmm.

Even just typing this post makes me hungry for some.

I added more Nutella than the recipe required, since I like having a prominent Nutella flavor. And I also didn’t whiz the chocolate chips in the food processor because I bought the mini chips.

These make a great dessert for a dinner party (or any kind of part, really!), because you can put them into little glass pots or containers which are easy, delicious, and professional-looking.

This will definitely not be the last time I’m making these!

8 down, 14 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

22 recipes | apple brownies

Apple Brownies by All Recipes

When I made this, I wanted to try something a little more “fall-ish”, different from my regular go-to chocolate desserts, and not too difficult.

The reviews on the website promptly noted that these have more of a cake texture, than a brownie texture which the name states. This was certainly true for me. But regardless of what you call it, this apple brownie-cake was moist and flavorful. Mine ended up being a little too moist for my liking, so I’ll probably cut back on the apples next time.

Overall, I loved how these turned out – a really great alternative when you need your sugar fix.

7 down, 15 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

22 recipes | spinach, mushroom & feta crustless quiche

Spinach, Mushroom, and Feta Crustless Quiche by Budget Bytes

I made this as a quick and easy lunch one week day. It was so easy that I popped it in the oven and promptly forgot about it once I went back to finishing my work. Which explains the more-than-golden-brown color on my quiche.

Aside from the color, the combination of cheeses was quite delicious. And the spinach and mushroom made the whole dish healthier. Which just made me feel less guilty about the cheese in the dish. That is a very good thing, of course.

The texture of this dish is really more like a frittata, except you don’t have to cook it on the stove top before putting it in the oven. And even the leftovers for breakfast and lunch the next day were yummy.

I would absolutely make this again.

Except this time, I would definitely keep an eye on it.

6 down, 16 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

22 recipes | one-pan pasta

One-Pan Pasta by Martha Stewart

After seeing this recipe being pinned multiple times on Pinterest, I finally decided to try it for myself.

And I really liked it! Maybe because of the fact that it’s all in one pot, which saves lazy me from having to do extra dishes (ha). But aside from that, I just loved the novelty of cooking everything in one pot and have it come together so nicely.

I couldn’t find any basil at the grocery store on the day I made this, hence the lack of color. Now I can only imagine how much dimension the basil would add to this already flavorful dish.

I guess I’ll just have to make it again to find out.

5 down, 17 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

22 recipes | chicken with mustard cream sauce

Chicken with Mustard Cream Sauce by Pioneer Woman

Pioneer Woman always makes her recipes sound so delectable, and she’s always right.

Because this was extremely delicious. And while my cream sauce didn’t quite thicken like how I’d expected it to, it was all finished nonetheless. For the recipe, I used white wine instead of brandy, and chicken thigh instead of chicken breast. But it was all super yummy either way.

4 down, 18 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

22 recipes | rosemary balsamic potatoes

During one of the weeks of my blog break, I really got on a roll with trying out new recipes. So I’ll be sharing them with you all over the next couple of weeks!

Rosemary Balsamic Roasted Potatoes by Let’s Dish Recipes

First up are these roasted balsamic potatoes.

I generally quite like balsamic vinegar, so this was a nice twist to regular roasted potatoes. I served this dish as a side for one of the dinner meals, and it was pretty good. Although I am may have been slightly enthusiastic with the balsamic vinegar so it was a little too tart for my liking. And my potatoes ended up needing much longer than 5-10 minutes in the oven unlike what the recipe stated, so I had to make adjustments to the cooking time.

But these came together quickly altogether, and were so easy to do!

3 down, 19 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

the 22 list | run a half-marathon

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When I ran my first official 10K run back in April of 2012, never did I imagine that I would run a half-marathon just eighteen months later in October 2013. To me, 10K runs were pretty manageable. But I thought that half-marathons were just a little too long and certainly not for the faint-hearted.

I don’t know what possessed me to sign up for the craziness of a half-marathon. But I did. And now that it’s over, I’ll say that it was one of the best things I did this year.

This race was originally scheduled for July of 2013. However, due to the haze that smothered us in June, the organizers postponed it until October. It would’ve been pretty cool to add “Ran my first 21K” to the list of things I did at twenty-one. But at least I still get to say that I ran 13.1 miles in 2013 (:

I wasn’t as prepared for this race as I should’ve been. Training started late, but I tried to be consistent with my long runs as much as possible, working up the miles each week to race day. My goal for this race was just to FINISH under three hours. I really wanted to push for two and a half, but I think under three hours was much more realistic.

I felt pretty good during the first 15k – my energy level was high and I hardly walked at all (must’ve been those GU chomps!). But the last 4k really killed me. Everything was hurting and all I wanted to do was stop. It took everything I had to keep going. But I had my support team who pushed me on and soldiered with me to the end. I crossed the finish line with a time of 2:37, which exceeded my expectations so I was pretty happy about it (:

I surprised myself. But I know I wouldn’t have done it without the support of my siblings, who were my biggest supporters. They cheered me on, pushed me forward, and just ran with me even when I felt like giving up.

Sometimes, I’m still in disbelief that I actually ran (and finished) a half-marathon. It’s one of those things that I never thought I’d do. But I guess, you can accomplish more than you think you can – if you believe you can.

I’m not sure if another half-marathon will be a part of the future. But I’m definitely loving this running thing while it lasts.

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The 22 list is a list of things I made to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. For more about my 22 list, read this post.

22 recipes | ferrero rocher nutella cupcakes

Ferrero Rocher Nutella Cupcakes by Lick the Bowl Good

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I don’t know if these technically count as cupcakes, because they don’t have the traditional buttercream/cream cheese frosting. Either way, cupcakes and I have a love-hate relationship. Sometimes they turn out beautifully; other times, they stress me out to no end. But I love that these cupcakes turned out wonderfully with no stress at all. The chocolate cupcakes came together easily and the “frosting” was so easy to put together.

Plus, the thought of Nutella AND Ferrero Rocher together for this Nutella-loving girl was too good to pass up.

Interestingly, the chocolate cupcake recipe for this uses chocolate syrup instead of cocoa powder as most other chocolate recipes do. However,  this cupcake base didn’t impress me – it was a little dry and wasn’t one of the better chocolate cake recipes that I’ve tried. But the combination of Nutella and Ferrero Rocher more than made up for the lack of flavor that the chocolate base was.

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How do you resist such layered goodness of chocolate cake, Nutella and Ferrero Rocher?

We ate a couple, and I stored the leftover cupcakes in the fridge. I suppose there’s no reason not to store them outside. But I decided against that in the end, because of how humid things get around here, and because I wanted to ensure that the Ferrero Rocher remained crisp. So the refrigerator it was. Or you could always store them in an airtight container. Problem solved.

2 down, 20 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

22 recipes | snickerdoodle blondies

Snickerdoodle Blondies by My Own Sweet Thyme

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I think it seems like snickerdoodles have a very special place in my heart. The reason? They were one of the first cookies I remember learning how to bake. I had a Betty Crocker Cookie Recipe book and snickerdoodles were one of the things I kept making whenever I needed cookies. (Chocolate chip cookies are the exception to this, but let’s just focus on snickerdoodles for now, shall we?)

But I stopped making them after awhile, for some reason, and just never quite got to them again.

Then I came across this recipe for Snickerdoodle Blondies and they combined all the goodness of snickerdoodles into one easy bar! My friend and I made this for our baking date and I think they turned out pretty well – these blondies are soft and crumbly, pretty much all you could ever want in a snickerdoodle (: Plus, it came together in about fifteen minutes, which is definitely bonus brownie blondie points. No pun intended, ha.

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Fast and tasty recipes are always right up my alley.

1 down, 21 to go.

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The 22 recipes are part of my 22 list, a list of 22 things I’m working to accomplish while I’m twenty-two. Check out my other 22 recipes here.

the 22 list

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So I finally got around to putting my 22 list together!

This year, I decided to break down the DIYs into individual items instead of stressing myself out having 22 new recipes AND DIYs. And as usual, some of these are repeats from the past year(s) but they were so good that I decided to keep them there.

  1. Try 22 new recipes.
  2. Read at least one book a month.
  3. Run a half-marathon.
  4. Write a business plan/start a business.
  5. Document life.
  6. Make a recipe folder.
  7. Make at least six creative projects.
  8. Bind a book.
  9. Establish a routine.
  10. Learn to take better pictures.
  11. Learn how to use Photoshop/Photoshop Elements OR HTML/CSS (or both).
  12. Take an online/craft class.
  13. Make a project using cork.
  14. Sew something.
  15. Make jewelry.
  16. Stay on the Dean’s list.
  17. Paint something.
  18. Make something with canvas.
  19. Make a DIY with bobby pins.
  20. Use a sharpie for a DIY.
  21. Write/send five pieces of snail mail.
  22. Carve a stamp.

It’s kinda hard to believe that my birthday was already more than a week ago. But the list is always a fun part of my year so I’m definitely excited to get started on this list!

Stay tuned for updates.