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Alyssa Brantley

  • Blogger, Everyday Maven
Seattle
As seen in: AARP, Joyful Healthy Eats
2x cookbook author: The "I Don't Want to Cook Book" and The "I Don't Want to Cook Book: Dinners Done in One Pot. Writer, Recipe Developer, Food Photographer

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Alyssa Brantley’s Biography

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Alyssa has always been interested in food and healthy cooking. She grew up in Philadelphia, PA where she was taught by her mother, a classically trained chef, to appreciate fresh and local offerings and the love of food preparation. Learning how to cook, season, and properly treat every ingredient was not only expected, but dutifully cultivated.

Alyssa honed her writing skills while she earned her B.A. in Broadcast Journalism at New York University. She didn’t waste a minute while living in Man…

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Homemade Creamy Caesar Dressing

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By Alyssa Brantley
| everydaymaven.com
We have not been cooking that much lately. Mostly because it has been hot. Not just a regular summer in Seattle, my house is warm because I don’t have central air, but HOT, like 90F for days and days. I have talked to death on here about how our house faces west, and our kitchen gets exceptionally hot when it’s warm out, but the last couple of weeks have been unbearable. So unbearable that my cousins were here visiting us last week, and I didn’t cook for us once! Not one meal.
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Marbled Chocolate Banana Muffins - Healthy and Delicious!

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By Chrissie Baker, Alyssa Brantley
| Joyful Healthy Eats
Why choose between chocolate and banana when you can have BOTH? These moist Chocolate Banana Muffins have swirls of chocolate and banana in each bite and they’re just as fun to make as they are to eat! Well, this one took a couple of tries. But boy, was it worth it! At first, I was trying to make chocolate muffins with peanut butter, but it just wasn’t working out. Plan B: Chocolate Banana Muffins. Moist. Magnificently marbled.
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Six Cheap and Easy Fruit-Based Recipes

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By Alyssa Brantley
| AARP
Watermelon Pizza Courtesy Alyssa Brantley Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Memorial Day is May 26, and it’s time to prep for the potluck. Wondering what to feed your friends and family? Why not kick off the unofficial start to summer with something fruit-based? It's an especially great idea because older Americans aren't getting enough fruit, according to the National Institute on Aging — and adding more can benefit overall health.
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