This time of year, I start getting free veggies from friends. Even at work, people bring in their excess squashes and other veggies. I happily partake. This recipe come about because one of our friends gave us a summer squash. I had to figure out what to do with it. I love squash sautéed with [...]
Before I get started with this recipe, I wanted to make another plea. PLEASE GET VACCINATED!!!! I understand there are still people out there who are afraid to get the shot. It doesn't matter, get your vaccination to protect the people who cannot. There are children under 12 and immunocompromised folks that need your help [...]
I grew up on a hobby farm. If you are not familiar with a hobby farm, it's basically a farm that is not your job and livelihood. We had horses and beef steer as well as a huge vegetable garden. We even had a small orchard with all types of fruit trees. While the chores [...]
I am sending a copy of this post to my brother. The reason for this is he is a die hard pumpkin pie lover. He would rather have a pumpkin pie on his birthday than cake. His birthday is in August, when baking a pumpkin pie would be a little hard to do. It's still [...]
I love pie, but outside of Thanksgiving, you won't see me making one from scratch. It's too much work. The pie crust is finicky and the slices can not come out evenly for calorie counts. Pies like lemon meringue are even more work. Making a crust and a meringue is a lot. I think I [...]
When I had birthdays as a kid, there were only two options for my treat: raspberry pie and ice cream or ice cream cake. I had ice cream cake a lot when I was older. It was the perfect blend of cake and ice cream. Baskin Robins got a lot of money from us through [...]
This recipe is something I wanted to make for a long time. This one has a back story. I started downhill skiing at 21 months and have been doing it most of my life. When I was a kid, my dad and I would take trips up north to ski together. We ended up eating [...]
This dessert is one last hurrah before it gets too warm to use the oven. I wanted a challenge to see if I could take something that contains something as sweet as bananas and bring down the sugar level to something more manageable. Also, it just looked really good. Who doesn't love a good crumble [...]
This week's recipe is a fruit-based dessert, that is really easy to make. I love fruit-based desserts and non-fruit-based desserts. I happen to like more fruit-based desserts when it gets hot outside, when chocolate, peanut butter and caramel feel a bit too heavy. This recipe comes from Southern Living for Cakey Strawberry Cobbler. A cobbler [...]
When you think of stuffed cookies, what comes to mind? Probably a bunch of good thoughts on the taste and the ooey, gooey filling. You know what doesn't? How many calories are in a stuffed cookie. You have a cookie AND the filling. Depending on the cookie and the filling, the calorie count, as well [...]
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