Congratulations to RonnaF from Rockville, Maryland! Her Chocolate Cherry-Nut Cupcakes recipe is the winner of the Recipe4Living Valentine’s Day Recipe Contest. Here’s what she had to say about this recipe: “Perfect for Valentine’s Day, these cupcakes are filled with rich chocolate flavor with a touch of white chocolate, pecans, and cherries……yum!” See the recipe after the jump!
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I spent the Saturday night before Easter baking sugar cookies.  The kitchen was absolutely crazy:  I was making two different kinds of cookies (at the same time) and my mom was making her famous deviled eggs for Easter at my godfather’s house.  Read the rest of this entry »

Lately at the Recipe4Living office, we have been getting serious cases of the munchies.  A while back, we received an Emerilware Bread Machine by T-fal.  We used it a couple times, but lately, it has been sitting around and gathering dust.  “Let’s bust out that bread maker and bake some bread!” we decided one day.  After leafing through the Emerilware Bread Maker recipe book, we decided to bake a loaf of the delicious-sounding Pecan & Dried Cranberry Whole Wheat Bread. 
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With every new year comes new year’s resolutions. Some people try and lose weight, while others try and become more organized. But in the foodie world, we have our own sets of resolutions. Like for instance, this year I’d like to make more foods from scratch (or at least attempt to).

So if you haven’t guessed by now, this month we asked our favorite foodies: “What is your Foodie New Year’s Resolution? What types of food do you hope to try, cook, or stay away from in the next year?”

Answers after the jump!
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