Susie Csorsz Brown
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
How are you doing with that zucchini haul? It's pretty astonishing, isn't it, how big those things can get. And so many! Wow. Here's...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Aug 23
- 3 min
Mango Streusel Muffins
One mango, two mango, three mangoes, four .... we are super lucky in that most of the countries we have lived in have amazing mangoes. ...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Peanut Butter, Date, & Chocolate Chip Bread
Please do not think I am complaining about getting mail. I love love love and am most grateful for having mail come to us, and for...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Chewy Maple Peanut Butter Granola Bars
Sometimes you just want to make a recipe and not turn on the oven, not heat everything up, just get in, get things mixed up and get it...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Spicy Green Bean Salad Salsa
This is an excellent salad to have as a side or, maybe even better, as a salsa with chips. I loved it spicy; others in the family wanted...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- May 24
- 2 min
Snickerdoodle Cake
Cake!! Cake with a yummy cinnamon swirl and tangy frosting. Cake that comes together in with minimal effort and will make the house...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- May 16
- 1 min
Maple Walnut Date Balls
A combination of flavors that is outstanding PLUS is a good option for snack break or breakfast. These date balls are a family favorite....
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- May 2
- 2 min
The best cheese cracker: Frico
There is a special kind of lovely that happens when you take a good cheese and bake it into a frico. What, you may ask, is a frico? ...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Coffee Cake
A nice cake to have in your back pocket, ready to go with ingredients you most likely have in your cupboards already. Because sometimes...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Mar 15
- 4 min
Tomato Pie
You have all sorts of options when it comes to pie: you have sweet, savory, swe-avory, and then you have quiche... many wonderful...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Chocolate Espresso Date Oat Bars
Date bars = yum! Dates + chocolate = yummier! Dates + chocolate + coffee + walnuts = yummiest! These bars are high in fiber, fairly low...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Fudgy Banana Breakfast Cake
We have so many bananas here. I mean, I put them in everything from cakes to bars to smoothies ... so.many.bananas. I think this might...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Breakfast (and other times) Nut Blondies
Blondies for breakfast? Why, yes thank you! Especially if they are full of fiber and protein as these are. Not to make them sound like...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
Better Banana Bread
I know thousands of banana bread recipes are floating around in Internet-land. I have a few on this site, too. I go through phases for...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Blondies, but better
I know, I know. Another blondie recipe? But this one is different. First, no flour. You are making these with 100% oats; you'll grind...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Pineapple-pineapple Cake
Yes, you read that right. So much pineapple that it deserves to be mentioned twice. This particular cake is a play on THAT plum cake. ...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Date Caramel Chocolates
Chocolate should definitely have a place in your diet. Especially really good chocolate. Here is an option that we came up with that...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
Almond 'Cheese' Spread
Sometimes you make something that catches you by surprise as to how tasty it is. I know, that's probably not a good way to lead up to a...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Sep 7, 2021
- 2 min
Oat and Coconut Breakfast Bars
How are you doing with back-to-school mornings? Us? Things are p r e t t y c r a z y every weekday morning. I like to have options like...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
Peanut Butter Cereal Bars (no-bake)
Breakfast has always been a less-than-enjoyable task: it comes early in the morning, when you'd really rather be sitting, waking up,...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
Peanut Butter, Pretzel and Chocolate Chip Granola
Okay I admit it: I make breakfast every morning for the boys and hubby. I know that seems like a daunting undertaking but the freezer is...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Red Lentil Hummus
There's a little cafe not far from the house that has some pretty amazing hummus. Turns out, it isn't made from chickpeas but from red...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
Pear-Apple Cake
This is a fruit-forward, nicely-spiced tasty little cake that would be as well-suited for a brunch table as it would for after dinner. ...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
Quick Cinnamon Roll Biscuits
These are so great. The best part is that they are partially whole wheat, lower in sugar and - even better— you can get these on the...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
Ollie's Strawberry Applesauce
My eldest had his wisdom teeth removed over Winter break. For those of you who have also had this procedure, you probably remember well...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
Cheesy Puff
No, this is not a recipe for that weird neon orange colored cheese-flavored snack that dyes your fingers the same orange. This is a...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
Berry-and-Coconut Muffins (Always ready)
Muffins. Super easy, berry-filled muffins that you can even wait to bake when you are ready. I like these because they are lower in...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
Cinnamon Sugar Muffins
These muffins. Wow! They smell amazing baking, they come together super quickly, and with the added whole grain, they will keep your...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
Susie's Devil's Food Cupcakes with Fudgy Topping
This is one of those one-bowl wonders that comes together quite quickly, making this is a last minute sort of solution to any baking itch...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Sep 29, 2020
- 2 min
Curried Peanut Sauce/dip
You should know going into this that this is NOT a photogenic sauce. In fact, unless you sprinkle some sort of color on top (chopped...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
COOOOOKIEEEE!!
You know the kind of day, when you just need to do something productive, and then you do, and it turns out well, and everyone is excited...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
PB&J, bar-style
What do you get when you do a mash-up of a traditional PB&J and a blondie? These yummy bars. You can opt for whole grain flour if you’d...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jul 28, 2020
- 2 min
Chocolate (Cherry) Pudding Cake
First, I should tell you: I tried to get a pic of this cake but it was consumed too fast. So there's that. Second, the jam you use...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jul 7, 2020
- 3 min
Almond Butter Bread
Every single foreign service or expat family will be able to empathize with this: we get to the end of a tour, and it is all about...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
Blueberry Banana Cake
Tired of banana bread? Looking for something a little different but almost as easy to throw together? This may be your new favorite way...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 16, 2020
- 3 min
Cheese Zombies
So first of all, Zombies?! I mean, what a name! Have you ever heard about the website www.atlasobscura.com? It is a treasure trove of...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
Banana Walnut Granola
So you have some extra bananas and you are tired of banana bread? This will help reduce your banana stash and give you a lovely option...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
Date bars
An easy snack or addition to breakfast that everyone will love? And has no added sugars plus is high in fiber? Sold. The other great...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
Lemon-Almond Cake
So. Cake. Let’s talk about getting something sweet on the table and doing tout de suite. We are busy in a normal world. This...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Simply the best Financiers
‘Simply’ because these can go from idea stage to popping into your mouth in less than 40 minutes (though you might burn your tongue, I...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Mar 10, 2020
- 2 min
Grilled Zucchini + Eggplant Hummus
What happens when you take two much-maligned veggies, get them nice and toasty (okay, even a bit charred) and whirl them up in a food...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Feb 25, 2020
- 1 min
Chocolate Walnut and Cherry Bars
These are an amazing breakfast. Or energy bar. Or after-school snack. And the best part is your kids will very quickly be able to make...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
Muhammara Dip
Something magical happens when you puree together roasty nuts and full-flavored red peppers. This dip is proof of that. Plus the name...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Nov 26, 2019
- 2 min
Loads of Apple Cake
What happens when you have a little too many apples on hand? Either you get baking or you have a lot of rotten apples. We just...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Oct 20, 2019
- 1 min
Liquid/Dip Gold
I found the original recipe on www.minimalistbaker.com, and immediately started tweaking it. This is one of our current favorite dips...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Sep 15, 2019
- 2 min
Almond Berry Breakfast Cookies (or Granola)
I realize my kids are healthy eaters. They know the best options for breakfast, and gobble up oatmeal, whole-grain muffins, etc without...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Sep 9, 2019
- 2 min
Carrot-Almond Coffee Cake
This super moist hybrid of a quick bread and coffee cake is also high in fiber (thanks to veggies and almond flour), and comes together...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 4, 2019
- 1 min
Marshmallow treats, Susie-style
There’s no point in making a food if no one is going to eat it. There’s also no point in healthing something up so much that it is no...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
Snack idea: Almond Joy Snack Bites (no-bake)
Yes, another good-for-you-but-you’ll-never-know-it snack idea. Kids will love this. Big people will love this. These snack bites are...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 4, 2019
- 1 min
Coconut Date Balls
You should know that I consider my three boys my guinea pigs, and pretty much everything I put in this blog, they have tasted and tested....
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