My husband loves dark chocolate and so do I. In fact, if he could find a bagful of Milky Way Midnight Dark candy bar in the fun size, he would be in heaven! When I saw the pie recipe, I knew I had to make it for us very soon and thought I would jazz it up a…
Christmas
Coconut Roulade with Rum Buttercream for National Cake Day
Every month, I look forward to the newest issue of Food Network Magazine. I peruse the pages trying to find a recipe that is appealing to our family, easy enough for me to make, and does not require a bunch of difficult-to-find ingredients. I am always successful although sometimes I end up preparing a fairly…
Strawberry Santa’s
A Facebook friend of mine from high school sent me a picture last week of little strawberry Santa’s and I just knew I had to make them. I searched the Internet for a tutorial or instructions and didn’t find too much. I honestly could only find 2 other posts with them and only one with…
Holiday Leftover Potato Pancakes
There are many “leftovers” recipes floating around the web right now and some of them look delicious. I haven’t posted in over a week so I wanted my first post back to be spectacular! I chose my Nana’s favorite recipe to use……….I guess the holidays make me think of her a lot because she and…
Nana’s Banana Pudding
Most of you read my post Dan Taylor’s Determination last week about my Nana. When several of my cousins saw it, they asked for many of her recipes which I promised to scan and send to them this weekend. But many things happened last week and I was unable to do so. I spent the…
Freakin’ Delicious Fruitcake
My dad loved fruitcake. Secretly, I kind of liked it but always thought it could be much better tasting if it just didn’t have all those candied bitter bits in it and it had too many big nuts AND it was so heavy and dense! One year I decided to try my hand at it…
A Kinder Gentler Gingerbread Man Cookie
I love the look of gingerbread men cookies – but the taste is just too strong and intense for me. For years, I would see one and think that maybe this time I would like it – but I never did. That is, until today. For those of you who follow my Facebook page, you…
Small Fried Apple Pies
***This is the most important thing to remember when reading this post: Mr. Picky Eater LOVED them – he even complimented me. He didn’t get that nickname for throwing about admiration for my cooking skills, so this recipe is a great big success as far as I am concerned! As I was reading other…
Banana Nut Butter Crescents
Y’all know how much I loved my friend Pam’s Reese’s Banana Bread Muffins, right? Something else I’ve become a little obsessed with different flavors of nut butters! Until a few weeks ago, I had never tried Nutella, Biscoff, or any other kind of exotic peanut butter. I’m a Peter Pan girl and I lived in…
Sweet Heat: Our only Holiday Tradition
We are serious non-traditionalists when it comes to the holiday season. Top Girl’s dad and I are divorced. My husband’s parents are divorced – his mother is deceased now, but wasn’t when we married. Obviously my step-son’s parents are divorced. Top Girl is married with a 3rd family to consider especially with Rocket being here…