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Coconut Ice Cream in Edible Bowls with Tropical Salsa

05.23.2011 Sweet Things

So you can’t go to some tropical place this Summer and lay on the beach enjoying the sun and surf, no worries just pretend by… serving something that makes you feel like your in the tropics. These little desserts are impressive and of course pretty simple to make too, so you can go back to […]

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Chocolate Dipped Frozen Bananas

05.19.2011 Sweet Things

Oh my goodness, who doesn’t love frozen chocolate-dipped bananas? I know, who wouldn’t, right? I remember getting them at amusement parks from one of those little vending carts. The ones I remember either were plain or had chopped peanuts on them. I thought of something better…roasted salted chopped pistachios (sigh). The whole sweet, salty, crunchy […]

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Healthy Frozen Strawberry Popsicles

05.12.2011 Sweet Things

Pin It If you have little ones you might as well plan on making these over and over again because they will become pretty popular and your freezer will not stay closed. Have fun and enjoy the fruits of Summer.

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Happy Cinco de Mayo and a King Ranch Chicken Casserole

05.05.2011 Chicken

Happy Cindo de Mayo, even if you don’t care about it, I’m still going to give you a few good recipes that I like and consider worthy of the celebration. This dish is what I would call Tex-Mex being that it originated from Texas, named after a cattle ranch the “King Ranch”, strange that its […]

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Vanilla Bean Gelato with Vanilla Bean Caramel Walnut Sauce

04.30.2011 Sweet Things

Gelato is an Italian ice-cream that I have been wanting to try for a while now and thanks to Dessert Wars for having a giveaway of 3 vanilla beans from Beanilla and hosting this months dessert challenge to use vanilla in 3 ways in your dessert, I was able to try this ice-cream out. As […]

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Pavlova with Maple Mousse and Berries-A Daring Bakers Challenge

04.27.2011 Daring-Bakers-Challenge

The April 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Evelyne of the blog Cheap Ethnic Eatz. Evelyne chose to challenge everyone to make a maple mousse in an edible container. Prizes are being awarded to the most creative edible container and filling, so vote on your favorite (me 😉 ) from April 27th to May 27th at […]

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Chocolate Banana Caramel Trifle

04.23.2011 Sweet Things

The easiest way to salvage a cake that didn’t quite turn out right is to turn it into a trifle. I hate to admit it, but my cakes aren’t always perfectly moist and fluffy—and when that happens, I’m not tossing them in the trash. This time, I had made a homemade sheet cake that ended […]

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Easter Menu Game~ Tag…”I’m it”

04.22.2011 Tidbits & Miscellaneous

Hello everyone and Happy “Good Friday” and “Happy Easter” I’m doing this post because I was tagged by another food blogger Curry and Comfort. The idea of the game is to create a menu for Easter just from my blog recipes. Although I’ve been blogging for a year I realized that I hardly have any […]

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Sunday Spotlight Recipes- Spring Salad with Bacon-Homemade Poppy Seed Dressing

04.16.2011 Side Dish

This salad may look ordinary but it doesn’t taste that way. It’s a crowd pleas-er, I got the recipe from our church potluck and of course tweaked it a bit and changed the name. All the ladies at church were asking who made that salad and how do we get the recipe. My friend Deb […]