Category: Snacks
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Homemade Nutella
Whenever I slept over at my Italian grandparents’ house as a kid, I would wake up to freshly baked panini with homemade nutella. It was just about the best thing I could imagine having for breakfast at the time.
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
This one is moist and scrumptious, and based on a breakfast I enjoyed at a retreat center once. It’s also a great way to use up leftover bananas. A freshly baked best banana bread never lasts long around here!
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Grandma’s Bread and Butter Pickles
Whenever I had lunch at my British Grandma’s house, there was always a dish of bread and butter pickles on the table.
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Zucchini Fritters
Whenever we get farm-fresh zucchini, it’s a toss-up between making zucchini fritters or zucchini muffins. Either way, getting green stuff into kids is a good thing!
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Chocolate Coconut Yummies
I remember standing on a stool to make these chocolate coconut yummies when I was a kid, stirring the chocolate and marshmallows around to melt them.
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Italian Panettone
This is my Mom’s super easy recipe for Italian panettone – an orange-scented Italian breakfast cake that’s traditionally eaten around Christmas but is delicious anytime of year.
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Paqa’s Best Banana Muffins
The kids call my mom Paqa, which she says means Wise Elder in Peruvian. This is her recipe for the moistest, yummiest, best banana muffins we’ve ever tasted.
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Dundee Cake from Scotland
Dundee cake is a Scottish fruitcake that dates back to the time of Mary Queen of Scots. It’s made with almonds, raisins, and marmalade.