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  • Real Food Girl: Unmodified- Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream
    Desserts,  Gluten Free,  Snacks

    Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream

    Have you ever had a culinary epiphany?  I had one tonight and it sort of started out with me replaying old Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup commercials in my head.  I was all “You put your peanut butter in my chocolate” and “You put your chocolate in my peanut butter” except for some reason I was doing that in a British accent, and then I considered that this decadent chocolate pudding would taste amazeballs if instead of using a plain whipped cream garnish, I added peanut butter to the whipped cream! KABOOM!! …Mind. Blown! Yeah, that epiphany made me a little light headed, as brilliant revelations often do.  So there I stood thinking,  who…

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    Kristine Cocchiarella

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    June 4, 2013
    Better than Hershey's Chocolate Syrup. Use this on ice cream, cheese cake, brownies- or make hot chocolate or chocolate milkshakes! 5 ingredients, super easy! GMO-Free

    Rich and Tasty Chocolate Syrup GMO-Free

    February 6, 2013
    Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies. Organic and featured on Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

    April 11, 2013
  • Real Food Girl: Unmodified The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie
    Desserts,  Snacks

    The Quest for the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie

    You know that episode of FRIENDS where Phoebe misplaces her grandmother’s chocolate chip cookie recipe (which happens to be the famous Nestle Tollhouse recipe) and Monica spends an entire day in the kitchen making like 23 different chocolate chip cookie recipes so she can try and duplicate the taste and texture of that one amazing chocolate chip cookie that Phoebe gave her?  Well, that’s me. I’m in search for a chocolate chip cookie that doesn’t make me grumpy.  I’m looking for the best chocolate chip cookie. A cookie that has some depth of flavor to it, subtle nuances, something more than just sugar, butter, flour and chocolate.  I want a cookie that makes…

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    White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies- Made with awesome non-GMO ingredients. Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Macadamia & White Chocolate Cookies

    March 11, 2013
    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. GMO-Free--By Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

    August 3, 2013
    Organic Brown Sugar Blondies by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Brown Sugar Blondies (Organic/GMO-Free)

    July 31, 2013
  • Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug-- by Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Desserts,  Snacks

    Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug

    We have 11 weeks until we pack up our entire home here in MN and move down to SC.  I’m starting to panic.  Just a little.  I have to have a somewhat major surgery in a few weeks, I have a house to sell, I have a moving/garage sale to organize, there is packing and deep cleaning that still needs to be done and I’m starting to wonder if one 26 foot U-Haul is going to be enough to hold all our stuff. Because I have no idea if that U-Haul is going to hold everything, I decided to start using up as much of my pantry baking staples as I could so…

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    Real Food Girl: Unmodified- Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream

    Decadent Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream

    June 9, 2013
    Real Food Girl: Unmodified| Cranberry-Coconut Oatmeal Cookies. Chewy cookies with dried cranberries, sweet coconut, tasty organic oats, cinnamon and nutmeg! Yes Please!

    Cranberry-Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

    March 28, 2014
    Seriously! A sugared chocolate cookie with oozie caramel in the center and a pinch of sea salt on the very top of the cookie- Ya'll *this* is gonna blow your mind! #Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Sea Salted Chocolate Caramel Cookies

    January 9, 2013
  • Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies. Organic and featured on Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Desserts,  Snacks

    Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

    Several months ago I posted my “Not Half Bad Peanut Butter Cookies” recipe.  Being that I’m not a peanut butter cookie fan, yet I am a huge fan or peanut butter, I felt those cookies really weren’t half bad.  After experimenting with some new recipes, I have to tell you, that these cookies are spectacular, seriously good, kinda-almost-rolled-my-eyes-when-I-took-a-bite scrumptious. Amen, Holy Mary, The End, Good Night!   <—– I have no idea where all that came from, but we’re gonna just move right on past it.  Stop the rubber necking folks, it’s just an accident.  Ya see ’em every day.  It happens to the best of us. I have been using my original PB…

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    Classic Tapioca Pudding. Old-fashioned goodness made GMO-Free. This pudding is so good, I ate the entire first batch ALL by myself. No lie, hand to God, it was that good and I snarfed it all down!! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    March 6, 2013
    Ridiculously easy lemon curd by real food girl: unmodified|| tart, creamy, amazing!

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    September 11, 2014
    Roasted Cherry Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream. Real Food Girl:Unmodified

    Roasted Cherry & Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream

    June 12, 2013
  • Pineapple Coconut Chia-colada, Healthy, organic, rich, creamy and yumtastic, healthy recipe, healthy drink recipe, real Food GIrl: Unmodified
    Beverages,  Gluten Free,  Snacks,  Vegetarian

    Pineapple Coconut Chia-Colada

    I need to create more recipes while under the influence of pain killers because this one is AWESOME!  So not kidding!  What good is a decade long back injury and twice a year spinal epidural injections if you don’t get a freaking spectacular recipe or two out of the deal? 

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    May 22, 2013
    Real Food Hot Cocoa Mix by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    November 24, 2013
    Better than Hershey's Chocolate Syrup. Use this on ice cream, cheese cake, brownies- or make hot chocolate or chocolate milkshakes! 5 ingredients, super easy! GMO-Free

    Rich and Tasty Chocolate Syrup GMO-Free

    February 6, 2013
  • White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies- Made with awesome non-GMO ingredients. Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Desserts,  Snacks

    Macadamia & White Chocolate Cookies

    There are only 3 reasons that I can think of why White Chocolate exists.  The first reason is to be baked into a cookie.  Any cookie. It doesn’t really matter; white chocolate tastes good in cookies.  The second reason is as a coating for pretzels.  I love white chocolate covered pretzels and prior to going all Food Hippie and striving to eliminate processed foods from my diet, I used to eat pretzels covered in white chocolate.  Great. Now I want pretzels.

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    April 11, 2013
    Old-Fashioned Coconut Icebox Cookies by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Soft, and chewy and loaded with coconut!

    Old Fashioned Coconut Icebox Cookies

    May 19, 2014
    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. GMO-Free--By Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

    August 3, 2013
  • Classic Tapioca Pudding. Old-fashioned goodness made GMO-Free. This pudding is so good, I ate the entire first batch ALL by myself. No lie, hand to God, it was that good and I snarfed it all down!! Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Desserts,  Gluten Free,  Snacks

    Classic Tapioca Pudding

    Do you love tapioca pudding?  I totally love it.  I don’t like store bought because they’re very parsimonious with their tapioca pearls and in my opinion, those little gems are the best thing about the pudding.  It’s like having a jell-o-y party in your mouth.  It’s dozens of little baby Nemos dancing in your mouth.  Crap- I just lost ya didn’t I?  Shoot.  I*knew* I shouldn’t have told you that the tapioca pearls remind me of Nemo (fishy) eggs. 

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    Old-Fashioned Coconut Icebox Cookies by Real Food Girl: Unmodified. Soft, and chewy and loaded with coconut!

    Old Fashioned Coconut Icebox Cookies

    May 19, 2014
    Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug-- by Real Food Girl: Unmodified

    Chocolate Depression Cake in a Mug

    June 4, 2013
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    Rich and Tasty Chocolate Syrup GMO-Free

    February 6, 2013
  • Delicious roasted red pepper hummus with homemade pita chips. Easy and affordable. You'll never buy store bought again! @Real Food Girl: Unmodified
    Appetizers,  Snacks,  Vegetarian

    Roasted Red Pepper Hummus & Parmesan Herb Pita Chips

    I think I missed my calling as Weird Al Yankovic’s side kick.  I know I only have like 3 seconds to capture a reader’s attention, and thought that a fun song about Chickpeas set to the famous BeeGee’s tune “You Should Be Dancin'” was a great way to do just that. And because now you’re all totally curious what a song about Garbanzo/Chickpeas would sound like and about how I might manage to slaughter a perfectly good BeeGees tune, I bring you my song: “You Should Really Make Some Hummus”… Here is a little video to get the right tune in your head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaXdTe2TYhs “You Should Really Make Some Hummus” By: Real Food…

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    February 26, 2013
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    Jalapeno Bacon Deviled Eggs. Oh YES I did! Real Food Girl: Unmodified

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    December 18, 2013
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I'm a classically trained chef, who thinks that every aspect of health and wellness starts with food, but I also believe that you need to make room for a slice of cake every once in a while! Join me as I show you how to navigate a realistic and achievable 80/20 Real Food lifestyle, without breaking the bank, losing your sanity, or feeling shame because you can't live up to the "perfection" preached on other Real Food Blogs. Yeah, I went there.

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