Susie Csorsz Brown
Maple Granola Bars (no-bake, gluten- and dairy-free)
Here's a secret: toasting things makes them taste better. This is true for nuts, yes, and also grains. Take this recipe for example:...
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Snacks
Susie Csorsz Brown
- Oct 17
- 3 min
Roasted Pear Crunch Bread
The great thing about baking is you can take a combination of ingredients, combine them in what feels like a magical way, and the end...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Oct 10
- 1 min
Bake Sale Winners
It's always at the last minute, and it is always said with a whine/beg/demand. "But Mom, if I don't bring something, everyone will get...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Oct 3
- 2 min
Harissa & Cheese Crackers
Resharing a favorite recipe, because I KNOW you will be asked to bring a snack for some bake sale/event/club meeting/etc. These are...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Sep 12
- 3 min
Lunch options: PB&J deconstructed
I still firmly believe that homemade lunches are the best choice, even if it means we have to add task to the never-ending list of things...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jul 18
- 2 min
Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars
This is that happy combination of what to make for breakfast (the night before, please, because the bars do need to chill) and what works...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 26
- 2 min
Tahini Chocolate Chip Bites
Need an after-school snack? Try these. Need to take a treat to Book Club? Bring these. Want to make a fun treat with your kiddos? Yep,...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 20
- 2 min
Strawberry Pretzel Pie
Take a salty crunchy pretzel crust, add some tangy billowy cream cheese, and a sweet (but not too sweet!) berry topping ... that's what...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Berry-Pecan Loaf
Sometimes it takes 5 minutes plus ingredients already in your cupboard to make something really amazing. Really, it's true! Fresh or...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Panisse (Chickpea Flour fries), Air-fryer style
Turns out that little air fryer is a pretty awesome machine! Who knew? I mean, it isn't frying but it is concentrating intense heat and...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Picnic Pizza
A cheesy muffin-like base topped with pizza-like toppings and ready to eat within an hour. I mean, could it be any better? My boys and...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Caramelly Banana Crunch Bread
Take a tasty banana bread recipe enhanced with brown sugar. Add some chopped bittersweet chocolate. Add some granola crunch. Bake to a...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Tahini Granola
Tahini is not a new ingredient but it has certainly become the darling of the cooking world, now surfacing in savory and sweet recipes...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Our Favorite Hummus
I know, I have Susie's Hummus on the site. That is outstanding hummus. It is better than anything you can buy in a tub at the grocery...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Harissa & Cheese Crackers
(also known as the recipe everyone will be asking you about after you serve these as an app/scoop/accoutrement/stand-at-the-freezer...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
Gooey Oat Bars
What is it about kids and their inability to plan ahead, especially when it comes to your time? Why do they come to you on Thursday...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Roasted Veg with Tahini Sauce And Savory Granola
This started out as an attempt to remake a dish I had a restaurant and then we ventured off into creative cooking land and ... there you...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
Trail Mix Energy/Breakfast Balls
The beauty of trail mix is that it can include whatever it is you like to snack on, and (especially?) if you are running...
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Susie Csorsz Brown
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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