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i love stuffed bell peppers! or, really anything you can stuff. my grandma makes this crab dish, where she reuses the top shell as the baking & serving tool. i made stuffed bell peppers this past halloween, but they were extremely spicy...which made them hard to eat, but they were fun because they looked like mini jack-o-lanterns (i'll save that for a future/follow-up post). when i was looking for something inspirational to make for dinner, i found this beautiful photo of stuffed bell peppers with melted cheese on top. i mean, it is really hard not to resist anything with melted cheese. what was fun about this recipe is that i've never cooked with ground chicken and i loved the idea of incorporating rice. there were a couple things i may try next time though: 1) add beans...i love beans & rice and 2) preheat peppers in the oven while making the stuffing to soften & roast the peppers...in this recipe, the peppers only go in the oven for 7 minutes, so when everything...

wow, it has been an incredibly long time since i last posted anything. i have been eating out a lot this month and i haven't been very inspired, until now. we've been going to whole foods for their delicious baked goods. i particularly had been wanting a slice of this tres leches cake i enjoyed at a friend's birthday. i also remembered that i used to come to whole foods for their rice pudding. recently, i even tried a shop that specializes in rice pudding, loving cup . so, since i enjoyed that simple treat, i have been on the hunt for a recipe i can try. there are so many out there, but here is one i decided to try. RICE PUDDING posted on egg to the apples on august 17, 2010 (originally found on america's test kitchen ) 1/4 t salt 1 c medium-grain white rice (i used jasmine rice) 2 1/2 c whole milk 2 1/2 c half-and-half ( i used heavy whipping cream) 3/4 c granulated sugar 1 1/2 t vanilla extract 1/4 t ground cinnamon bring 2 cups of water to boil in hea...