To continue with things we can make with cream cheese, I think one of my favorites is Cheesecake. I love it plain. I love it with strawberries in a glaze or raspberries with white chocolate shavings. I love it with caramel. Here's a New York Style Cheesecake recipe that you can top with your favorites… Continue reading Recipe Tuesday
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Play Date Saturday
Snowy Saturday. Though no accumulation. I woke early and the ground looked like we'd had a heavy frost. Light snow was falling, but then the sun came out and the white blanket melted. Soon it began to snow again and what lay on the ground eventually melted. The pattern repeated several times. It didn't seem… Continue reading Play Date Saturday
Recipe Tuesday
Egg Salad Ingredients: 6-10 hard boiled eggs, peeled salt and pepper 2 tbsp. mayo mustard sweet gerkin pickles, chunked slice and mash up peeled hard boiled eggs in a bowl, dash salt and pepper to taste. Add mayo, mustard and sweet pickles, plus a little of the juice. Chill before serving. Good on honey wheat… Continue reading Recipe Tuesday
Play Date Saturday
Today's post is coming live from the Cabin at the Crossing location where my writing group is having their annual retreat. So the play date is this. Getting together with 8 writers and writing. Imagine the quietness and the drumming of laptop keypads as ten x eight fingers are working frantically as the words flow… Continue reading Play Date Saturday
Recipe Tuesday
These are one of my favorite Christmas Eve treats. We'd have these for dinner at my grandmother's along with other goodies when my father, my grandparents and my aunts family would gather to open presents. We'd also have punch to drink. It's great memories. Pigs in a Blanket Ingredients: pkg. lil smokie sausages 1 10… Continue reading Recipe Tuesday
Recipe Tuesday
I love this and my aunt makes the best, but I don't have her recipe. However, I found this recipe and it looks quick and simple. So I'm going to give it a try. Peanut Butter Fudge Ingredients: 10 oz. unsalted butter 1 1/4 cups smooth peanut butter pinch of salt 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla… Continue reading Recipe Tuesday
Recipe Tuesday
This is a different twist on a holiday favorite. Prep and cook time takes a little longer so plan ahead. Green Bean Casserole Ingredients: 2 (16-oz.) packages frozen French-cut green beans, thawed 1 (10-oz.) container refrigerated Alfredo sauce 1 (8-oz.) can diced water chestnuts, drained 1 (6-oz.) jar sliced mushrooms, drained 1 cup (4 oz.)… Continue reading Recipe Tuesday
Recipe Tuesday
With Halloween tomorrow, what treat will you be whipping up for your little ghouls and gobblins? The internet is full of suggestions from filo wrapped mini hotdogs to look like mummies to moonpies decorated to look like owl faces. But what if you don't have a lot of time or are not that creative? Here's… Continue reading Recipe Tuesday
Recipe Tuesday
In the spirit of Halloween that is next week I thought I'd share a cake that I made and came in second in a baking contest where I work. This is kinda lengthy, but it is a fun cake to make. And when you decorate it you can make it look like a pumpkin or… Continue reading Recipe Tuesday
Recipe Tuesday
My son decided for his birthday this year he wanted me to make him a white cake. So I searched for a good recipe. Here is one to share with you: White Cake - from scratch Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups sifted cake flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 4 egg whites 1 1/2… Continue reading Recipe Tuesday
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