I gave up my ice cream maker last year after not using it very often and decided to make only non-churn ice cream instead. It took up a lot of space and I am trying to be practical and not feel that I need to own every kitchen gadget! Besides it takes more time to … Continue reading
Is anyone celebrating Friendsgiving this year? Please refer to last years post Friendsgiving With the Bombsquad at Cherry Bombe. Last week began their second year of celebrating these fun zoom discussions/demonstrations with “friends” based around food. If you are gathering together with friends before Turkey Day a Fall/Thanksgiving charcuterie board is a great way to … Continue reading
I’ve been wanting to make one of these seasonal trifles for longer than I can remember. This trifle bowl was a gift many years back and I just never got around to using it. This is an ideal summer dessert that you can prepare ahead of time using different fruits, which often are strawberries, blueberries,, … Continue reading
Portuguese Sweet Bread is a mainstay among Portuguese bread lovers, often at Christmas and Easter when it includes a boiled egg. Traditionally it is served plain or with butter but it is delicious on its own. I plan to make French toast with it this week. I have read that this bread would make excellent … Continue reading
Thanksgiving will be very different this year as I plan for a stay-at-home dinner without family. First of all instead of a huge whole turkey I will be cooking a turkey breast (my favorite part). So, I won’t be making my fancy gravy when I roasted chicken wings and veggies to get a beautiful chicken … Continue reading
Are you looking for a new holiday appetizer? Do you like Brie, bacon, maple syrup and walnuts/pecans? Then you will absolutely Iove this appetizer. Creamy, crunchy, salty bites of pure decadence. A perfect treat to serve any time of the year and only takes a few minutes to make. When I have used a big … Continue reading
Anyone who has followed me has probably seen an Oreo post or two or three. I love to make them and here is another Christmas idea. These are very simple as you need only lime green candy melts (white chocolate colored green), red candy melts for the mini hearts, mini and large Oreo cookies and … Continue reading
Well, I was hoping to make a strawberry dessert using Baileys Strawberries and Cream liqueur, but the strawberries have not been that good. Not surprising as it is winter here in Michigan but sometimes we do get some very juicy and flavorful berries mid-winter but not in time for Valentine’s Day this year. I will … Continue reading
Two new gingerbread cookies – a smaller hugging gingerbread man, only 3 inches tall, and a gingerbread cookie cutter turned upside down to look like a reindeer. Use your favorite gingerbread cookie dough (or see below) make your royal icing to decorate and use m&m’s for the nose, candy eyes and sugar candies such as … Continue reading
Halloween may be over but I decided to post these two recipes that I stuffed into Jack-o’Lantern orange peppers. The problem was I looked all over for orange peppers and could only find them in packages with red, green and yellow. Then the other day I was shopping at Meijer’s and lo and behold I could … Continue reading