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Better Living Through Chocolate

It’s Easter, and this means that it took my daughter an hour and a half to go to sleep last night. This is by no means due to her chocolate intake, of course. She had two Easter egg hunts and a special family dinner yesterday, and the chocolate threshold was quite high. Thank goodness for our special smoothies in the morning, or I suspect that her vegetable tally would have been close to zero yesterday. Chocolate is a vegetable, isn’t it? It comes from the cacao tree. Now, I have nothing against chocolate. It does contain sugar and it does … Continue reading →

Addicting Desserts

I love Anderson Cooper as much as he loves Crack Pie. The incredibly decadent dessert made famous by Mr. 360 himself during a recent guest stint on Regis and Kelly, and sold at Momofuku Milk Bar in New York City, is supposedly to die for. The way Cooper describes his obsession for the rich dessert is the way I wish he would wax poetic about his adoration for moi. Unfortunately, the cable news hunk is just not that into me… or my gender. Fortunately, I have my own to die for desserts to drown my sorrows in. They may not … Continue reading →

Simple Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

You don’t have to cook corned beef and cabbage for a busload of guests or paint your house green to show that you have St. Patrick’s Day pride. Instead, you can celebrate the holiday in a more low-key fashion by completing some of these simple projects: 1. Bake Glazed Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies Ingredients for Brownies: 3/4 cup Cocoa 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and divided 1/2 cup boiling water 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon salt 1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) Mint Chocolate Chips Ingredients for … Continue reading →

Cheap and Easy Chocolate Christmas Treats

To me, chocolate is as an essential part of Christmas as evergreens, stockings and St. Nick. I view the sweet treat as the gift that keeps on giving, which is why I try to incorporate it into as many holiday desserts as possible. The following chocolate recipes are simple, inexpensive, and more importantly, great to share. If you are looking for a delectable dish to contribute to a holiday party you are searching for homemade gifts to give to friends and family members, these recipes will do in a pinch: REINDEER SNACKS Ingredients: 12-ounce box Crispix cereal 1/2 cup butter … Continue reading →

Delicious Lemon Coconut Dessert

Necessity is the mother of invention so they say. Also of good recipes. This is another delicious coconut pie which came about because I didn’t have a tin of pineapple one time when I wanted to make it. Rather than rush up to the local store, which would have cost me more as they are expensive I opted to adapt. Yes, I know, if I’d planned ahead it wouldn’t have happened. But hey, we won’t go there. And tinned pineapple is usually a staple in my pantry. Anyway the result was an even more delicious dessert. Wheat and Gluten Free … Continue reading →

Pineapple Coconut Pie

Good recipes can result from experimentation and trying different things. They often come about by not having the correct the ingredients on hand and so substituting others for what a recipe says, or taking a little bit of a few recipes and combining them. The coconut topping for this recipe came from my mother years ago. Since then I have adapted it to lots of other recipes, all of different fillings in dessert pies. One of our favorites is Pineapple Coconut Pie. Here is the recipe for Gluten Free Pineapple Coconut Pie Pie shell 8 ounces of gluten free sweet … Continue reading →

Fresh Fruit Desserts for Your Easter Buffet

Spring is in the air, so why not add some color to your Easter buffet with fresh seasonal fruit? The following desserts are excellent alternatives to the traditional all-chocolate creations typically featured at Easter feasts. Not only are they simple to make, they’re also relatively healthy as well. BLUEBERRY COBBLER BARS Ingredients for Crust: 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/2 cup sliced or slivered almonds 1 cup (2 sticks) cold butter, cut into cubes Ingredients for Pastry Cream: 4 large eggs 1/4 cup heavy cream 1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 … Continue reading →

Easy and Affordable Easter Desserts

If you are looking for ways to brighten up your Easter buffet with spring colors, then consider making the following simple sweet treats. Not only are they a delicious way to end a holiday meal, they also can be made for less than $10. ORANGE FLUFF CAKE Ingredients for Cake: 1 box orange cake mix, prepared according to package 1 small box orange gelatin 1 cup hot water 1 cup cold water Directions: Bake cake following the box’s directions in a 9 by 13-inch pan. Remove cake from oven and poke holes it in with a fork. Let cool. Dissolve … Continue reading →

Easy Easter Recipes

Easter is less than a week away. Do you know what you’ll be making to celebrate? If you prefer sticking with traditional Easter dishes, then the following simple yet delicious recipes should come in very handy. To save time in the kitchen look for short cuts. For example, with the ham recipe, consider purchasing a fully cooked ham and dressing it up with the glaze listed below. In addition, for the Easter Petit Fours you can cut down on prep time by using store-bought pound cake. EASTER HAM Ingredients: Whole ham 1/2 cup peach or apricot preserves 1/2 cup honey … Continue reading →

Add Spring Colors to Your Menu

I’m not much for matchy-matchy color schemes and menu planning. However, I’ve had a change of heart after trying a piece of heavenly Lemon Chiffon Cake last night. A friend of mine made the delectable dessert for her gourmet group and saved me a slice. It was beyond delicious. This cake is divine… delicately divine… with a lemon cream that melts in your mouth. Needless to say I had to have the recipe and now I plan to make it for my family’s Easter feast. Though it wasn’t planned, the cake’s yellow color and bright red raspberry garnish will only … Continue reading →