We are doing two fitness, eating and being healthy challenges; RSBC 2010 Iron Man mets Iron Chef and Ten in 10 Healthy Challenge. Instead of writing about each one separately I am going to incorporate them for the month of February.
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A little something to wet your appetite for the main event.
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Mama’s home cooking, California Style!

I missed the last two years of the Nutella celebration, there was no way we were going to miss it this year! I made these ultra moist and very sinful brownies to take to a party, where they main gobblers would be under the age of 10 and extreme Nutella lovers. They received a 10+
Recipe: Nutella Brownies
1/2 cup unsalted butter
8 oz good quality bittersweet chocolate – we use schaffenberger
1 container of nutella
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup coco powder – used schaffenberger
pinch of salt
3 eggs
1 teaspoon mexican vanilla
Heat oven to 325. Line a square baking pan with parchment paper and lightly butter. Heat butter, chocolate and nutella in a medium saucepan over low heat, until melted. Whisk in sugar. Remove from heat. Combine rest of the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs one at a time to the melted chocolate, whisking well, after each egg. Add the chocolate mixture to the dry ingredients, stir until combined. Add the vanilla, stir. Pour into the baking pan. Bake for 25 – 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool before slicing. Serve. Eat.
Chocolate Macarons with Bergamot Buttercream and Vanilla Bean Macarons with Bittersweet Chocolate Cherry Ganache.
Last November Current Lifestyles and Clorox invited us to be part of a press trip at Kingsford University. We were honored and somewhat intrigued, “why us”? Regardless we were ecstatic to be included with an outstanding group of writers, publishers and food bloggers who all shared the same interest, the love of great food (particularly grilled) and wine. We hope you will enjoy the following write up that includes many videos to give you that “feel like you are there” experience – lots of good grilling tips included!
The sixth food we have for our Super Bowl Healthy Eats Series is chicken wings. Chicken wings? Yes, chicken wings, after all you cannot have Super Bowl food without the token chicken wing dish. Healthy? Yes, we hardly used any extra oil in our recipes, just good seasonings and cage free chickens.
The fourth appetizer we have for our Super Bowl Healthy Eats Series is spring rolls with a green garlic and soy dipping sauce.
We love making spring rolls as a healthy appetizer. As well they are great …
Okay, we promised you a “great” post on how we are doing our healthy challenge and we are failing you. Saturday just beats me to the punch every week. As well we are going to …
Sweet butternut squash is slowing cooked with onions, garlic carrots and celery until caramelized and then simmered with a rich vegetable stock to create this dairy free creamy soup.
Sweet fragrant vanilla beans kiss tart buttermilk just slightly giving it a creamy melt in your mouth custard that is complimented by the tart but slightly sweet passion fruit.
I am going to keep this short and sweet just as this drink is. I was not even going to share this recipe but then I was telling Allison about it and well … …