Foodie Friends Friday Chocolate Party!

WELCOME to this week’s Foodie Friends Friday Linky Chocolate Party!

We’re looking for your favorite chocolate bits of goodness! If it lasted long enough to take a picture!

Join the fun at the chocolate party!

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Apple Cinnamon Rice Pudding #DessertChallenge

apples and cinnamon rice pudding

This month Sheryl at The Lady Behind the Curtain posed a new Dessert Challenge using apples and cinnamon.

Lady Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge

Apples and cinnamon is a classic combination so for this challenge I wanted to totally turn around a recipe.
Now I love rice pudding and cinnamon is a must for me in it. I also love apples and cinnamon in oatmeal. I thought about apple cinnamon cobbler with almonds too. So I wanted somehow to combine all my favorite flavors into one dessert. This rice pudding uses almond milk for a hint of almond flavor, fresh apples and apple butter and I used Saigon Cinnamon for a strong but smooth fragrant cinnamon taste. I hope you find it up to the challenge!

Apple Cinnamon Rice Pudding

Ingredients

  • 2 cups plus 1/2 cup almond milk
  • 2/3 cup basmati rice
  • 1/2 cup apple, diced
  • 2 T sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 T apple butter

Combine 2 cups almond milk, rice, apples, sugar, cinnamon and apple butter in a 2 quart saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often until apples are soft and rice is tender and liquid is absorbed (about 20 minutes).
Remove from heat and any additional almond milk to reach desired consistency.
Spoon into serving dishes. Garnish with apple butter or cinnamon if desired. Eat warm or cold.
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Lady Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge

 

Apple Cinnamon Rice Pudding #DessertChallenge
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups plus ½ cup almond milk
  • ⅔ cup basmati rice
  • ½ cup apple, diced
  • 2 T sugar
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 2 T apple butter
Instructions
  1. Combine 2 cups almond milk, rice, apples, sugar, cinnamon and apple butter in a 2 quart saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often until apples are soft and rice is tender and liquid is absorbed (about 20 minutes).
  2. Remove from heat and any additional almond milk to reach desired consistency.
  3. Spoon into serving dishes. Garnish with apple butter or cinnamon if desired. Eat warm or cold.

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Italian Tuna and Shells Salad #SundaySupper

Italian Tuna and Shells Salad
Welcome to our #SundaySupper Tailgate Party!
I must confess I’m not the biggest football fan but I love the food! I’m always up for the traditional fare, yet a little variety can’t hurt either, right?
So I’m bringing a cold Italian Tuna and Shells Salad with some sliced veggies on the side. Use your favorite Italian dressing for this salad and leave the mayo in the fridge!
Get this recipe and over 50 great tailgate ideas!

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Chicken with Roasted Grape Sauce

Chicken with Roasted Grape Sauce
Grapes from California are now at their peak (available every season May – January!).

Grapes of all colors – red, black and green – are a natural source of beneficial antioxidants and other polyphenols. One serving of grapes (3/4 cup) contains just 90 calories, no fat, no cholesterol and virtually no sodium, and also provide potassium and are a good source of vitamin K.


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That’s why The Recipe ReDux and the California Table Grape Commission are challenging us by sponsoring a recipe contest to share with you new ways to “Fall in Love with Grapes!”
Get the recipe and more delicious grape ideas!

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