Robust Recipes

Healthy, Flavorful Food

Creamy Brussels Sprouts and Artichoke Dip

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Do you know what you need?! You need a good, hearty dip to serve at your Christmas or New Year's Eve parties. This Creamy Brussels Sprouts and Artichoke Dip is exactly the one!! It's creamy, cheesy, and packed with spinach, onion, artichoke hearts, and of course Brussels sprouts and it is glorious! Spinach artichoke dip is one of my favorite things to find at a party or to order as an appetizer at a restaurant when we are with a big group of friends. Within the past couple of years Brussels … [Read more...]

Dark Chocolate Bark with Candied Oranges

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You know those chocolate oranges that you whack to unleash the "orange" segments of chocolate, each little slice is rich in dark chocolate and laced with the most delicious orange flavor ever! Some of my best Christmas memories as a kid was reaching into my stocking and finding a chocolate orange. It was pretty much Christmas magic!   Chocolate oranges have been harder and harder to find. I pretty much freaked out when I found them at our Walgreens store that's three blocks from … [Read more...]

Homemade Gluten Free Oreos

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It's FINALLY here! Today is the day we've all been waiting for! It's Homemade Gluten Free Oreo day! See, I told you, best Monday EVER! I have been building up your excitement and anticipation for this post. First I made my Vegan Cashew Frosting and told you that we would be using it for a recipe coming soon. Then I made my Gluten Free Chocolate Cookies and told you to be prepared and excited and ready for what was to come on Monday!!! And now Monday is finally here! Yes, I could have shared … [Read more...]

Gluten Free Chocolate Cookies

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December means one thing. It's cookie time!!!  Gluten Free Chocolate Cookie time to be exact!!! Oh my, these cookies, where to even start....They are soft and fluffy and chocolate-y and rich and delicious fresh out of the oven - everything you always want in a chocolate cookie! It's snowing here in Iowa. Just little flurries, not much is sticking to the ground. The sky is soft and gray and the flurries are dancing around as they fall. The wind is bitterly cold out - trust me, I JUST came … [Read more...]