Cate, Author at Chez CateyLou

Cream Cheese Biscuits

September 9, 2014 by Cate 26 Comments

These Cream Cheese Biscuits are so light and fluffy thanks to frozen cream cheese and butter. This will become your new favorite biscuit recipe!

I may not be from the south, but I love a good biscuit! Every time I see a biscuit on a menu, I just have to order it. There is something about biscuits that are so comforting and delicious.

There are so many recipes and methods for making biscuits. It is amazing that a food that seems so simple could actually be so complex. I have made many varieties of biscuits, but I think that this recipe for cream cheese biscuits might be my new favorite. They are so amazingly light and fluffy, and have a delicious rich flavor from the combo of the butter and cream cheese.
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Orzo and Snap Pea Salad

September 4, 2014 by Cate 16 Comments

This quick and easy orzo salad is packed with healthy veggies and tossed in a delicious olive oil and lemon dressing. An amazing one-pot dish from Yahoo! Food.

Were you expecting a pumpkin recipe today? Not so fast. This week has been one of the hottest we’ve had all summer in NYC, so pumpkin needs to wait a few weeks! I’m still cooking summery dishes and loving it! Like this Orzo and Snap Pea Salad, with yellow squash and zucchini. This is an easy one-pot meal that is the perfect light dinner!

This recipe comes from Yahoo! Food, which is one of my new favorite sites for all things food. There are so many awesome recipes, interesting articles, and handy tips – I could spend hours browsing their website!

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{Healthier} Double Chocolate Muffins

September 1, 2014 by Cate 30 Comments

These double chocolate muffins are a chocolate lovers dream breakfast. And you can feel good about starting the day with chocolate because these are actually light!

Did everyone have a nice labor day weekend? TheBetterHalf and I were in St. Louis visiting my family. In fact as you read this, we are on our way to the airport to head back to NYC. The weekends always fly by way too fast!

Tomorrow morning is going to be rough – not only is the long weekend over, but summer is over. I am definitely going to need something good for breakfast to cheer me up, and Double Chocolate Muffins will be just the thing. Light and fluffy chocolate muffins full of chocolate chips – who wouldn’t smile if that was on their breakfast plate?! And the fact that they are actually light and healthy is just icing on the cake!

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Skinny Desserts

August 30, 2014 by Cate Leave a Comment

You won’t believe that these 15 skinny desserts are actually light! Healthy twists on classic desserts means you can go back for seconds!

(Click the images in the slideshow above for the recipes. The collection of recipes is on Foodie.com)

It is no surprise that I have a HUGE sweet tooth. I love anything sweet and eat dessert pretty much every night. I just can’t resist sugar! And that is why skinny desserts are my best friend. I love lightening up classic dessert recipes whenever I can. I’m always subbing in Greek yogurt, applesauce, and almond milk in my recipes. This collection of recipes is full of healthier versions of classic desserts. You won’t even miss the fat or calories – all of them taste absolutely delicious! And since they are skinny, you can have seconds 🙂

Disclosure: This is a sponsored opportunity with Foodie.com. All opinions are 100% my own.

Baked Blueberry Donuts & a Giveaway!

August 29, 2014 by Cate 21 Comments

Light and fluffy baked donuts are full of fresh blueberries and topped with a homemade blueberry glaze. These Baked Blueberry Donuts are bursting with berry flavor!

Happy Friday! Labor Day Weekend is so bittersweet. I love having a day off work, the promise of my favorite season ahead, and Notre Dame football starting tomorrow (!). But on the other hand, it means the end of summer which is always kind of sad. So to send summer off in style I drank a bottle of Rosé with my friends last night and made baked blueberry donuts for you – because nothing says summer to me more than fresh berries! And Rosé.

Also, today marks the year anniversary of the Mystery Dish group!! I joined the group late, but I still get to celebrate with them, right?! We are giving away a copy of two fabulous cookbooks – Luca Manfe’s My Italian Kitchen and Christina Ha’s Recipes from My Home Kitchen – scroll to the bottom and enter to win!

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