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I have a horrible weakness for brownies with lots of nuts and coffee ice cream. It’s why I never make brownies because it’s just too painful to pass it up!! But there you have it, a rainy day with friends…
Pear Cake for someone special!
May is quickly becoming the Bundt Month for me! But I have to tell you this is quickly becoming my favorite Bundt so far. This is really easy to throw together and your slightly bruised pears for the gorgeous pie…
Cocoa Applesauce Cake….for Weight Watchers fans!
This sounded really, really good and healthy. Plus, since I have never tried a recipe from Weight Watchers I thought it might be fun. Ridiculously easy….literally ridiculous! Since I have a girls night coming up, and we are all terrified…
Zenn Car…….it’s easy being green. These guys are funny too!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri2BG2qOvCg] How aBOAT that! Yes, I will get back to some great cooking recipes, but in the meantime, this was a funny little story about some green cars actually Made in Canada! But wait there’s more…….. Au revoir!
You’ll never feel the same way about sharks after this! Fabulous.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=WK2LpUoqX6A&vq=medium] (I turned the volume completely down and it’s more mesmerizing!) Aren’t we glad summer is almost here? Enjoy!
Coffee Cake with Pear and Walnuts…….perfect for getaways.
Wanted to make something special for the Whale watching trip that would be easy, yummy and would travel well. Not to mention I had just made this Sour cream coffee cake recently with apples and walnuts, but I got this…
Sweet, Moist Almond Cake for friends……..yum!
Whomever invented almond paste I will be forever indebted to. Forever. Love the stuff. Just think it is the best thing since sliced bread. I try to stay away from it as much as possible, but I don’t or rather…
Crystalized Ginger for tea and other amazing dishes……
I have a favorite dish at Thanksgiving that calls for crystalized ginger. It’s a bit pricey, and I began to ponder how to make such an item. I googled and found this from Alton Brown. (Ya gotta love that guy)…
Sour Cream Coffee Cake…with walnut and apple filling!
The great gals at Tastespotting are having a sour cream recipe day so this is what I wanted to throw in the ring. I found this on ….Tastespotting of course, but made a few adjustments. I thought the apple would…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Reese’s Peanut Butter cups are one of my favorite indulgences. This week I had to have some but didn’t want to buy candy and knew there were plenty of these kinds of cookie recipes on the web. I found this…
Healthy Sprout Bread
After growing my first batch of Red Winter Wheat Berry Sprouts, I remembered how yummy that sprout bread at the health food store was. So I decided to experiment. And I have to tell you I had better results than…
Snack bar is closed again!
What’s a beaver to do?
Pizza time with home made dough
Been at it again with that bread machine of mine. But for the first time instead of making bread, tried to make some pizza dough with it. The ingredients were as basic as it gets and it’s half the time…
Sprouting into Springtime
Remember growing sprouts as a kid? You remember, in a jar and putting some panty hose over the top of the jar to let them breathe? Yes, it was remembering those healthy sprouts that made me want to start…
Spinach Frittata too easy, soooo good!
Being a quiche fan, no ….let’s make that a really huge quiche fan, this frittata is quickly becoming my new “go to” food. While quiche is my comfort food, when it comes to time, the frittata is hands down mach speed…