Red Harvest Quinoa Nice quinoa recipe. Different with apples and cranberries in it. I made it with a 50-50 mix of red and white quinoa. I also doubled the apples, celery, cranberries, and parmesan. Used pepitas instead of pine nuts, because that is what I had on had. Yummy!

Pink Bunny Cupcakes I made a double batch of these to take into work for the Friday before Easter. Took a very long time to make/decorate. Couldn't find all of the ingredients so I made the following substitutions: 1.) instead of pink and white M&Ms I used red and white gumdrops cut in half; 2.) instead of mini chocolate chips for eyes I used blue and green round discs/sprinkles; 3.) instead of red hearts/sprinkles I used white hearts and stuck the point straight into the frosting right under the nose so it looked like two bunny buck teeth; 4.) instead of strawberry cake mix and frosting I used cherry chip mix and made a cherry buttercream frosting from scratch. So overall, a lot of work, but I received TONS of compliments on them. Lots of people took pictures to send to friends. So a nice, one-time only effort for me.

Dark Chocolate Apricot Cookies People rave about these cookies whenever I make them. A permanent addition to the Christmas cookie baskets I give as gifts to friends and co-workers. I increase the orange extract to a full teaspoon and increase the apricots to 1 1/2 cups. I find cutting up the apricots with kitchen scissors is much easier than chopping with a knife. Just dip the scissor blades in water occassionally so the apricots don't stick.

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookie Cups I was looking for a gluten-free recipe because one of the people I planned to give holiday baked goods to. Found this recipe and made it. Very easy to make! He loved them and even asked for the recipe! I included these in the holiday cookie baskets I made for everyone, too. No one could tell that they were "different" (i.e. - gluten-free). Thank you!