Do you remember Red Lobster’s Ultimate Fondue? I do! A little more than 10 years ago they removed it from their appetizer menu. But it was my absolute favorite item on the whole menu. I enjoyed it so much that my husband found a recipe and started making it for very special occasions. Over the…
Valentine Day
Strawberry Upside-Down Cake
This is a very easy cake to make with kids. I made this cake with Rocket and he thought it was really neat to put the cake batter on top of the marshmallows and he loved flipping it upside-down. Using a cake mix makes this really cook cake quick and easy. Give it a try…
Chocolate Salted Caramel Pecan Oatmeal Bars
Good Sunday Morning! Can you guess why I have made these Ooey-Gooey decadent Chocolate Salted Caramel Pecan Oatmeal Bars along with other #Bakingbloggers this month? Here’s Why: Today is the last day of summer vacation for my grandson and me. Usually I eat a simple Mornings Made Easy: Steel-Cut Oats. Tomorrow morning he begins school…
Chocolate Sheet Cake
Below is my very best go-to chocolate cake recipe. Chocolate Sheet Cake. It is the recipe that my childhood best friend’s mom made all the time. I loved that cake. First, let me tell you what got me thinking about posting this recipe. Do you remember trick or treating? I do and it…
Steakhouse Strawberry Lemonade
Last Saturday Top Girl and I went shopping where at some point we decided to get a bite to eat. We drove to our favorite sit-down place to eat on Saturday only to be told the wait would be almost an hour! We left, walking across the parking lot to one of the chain steak…
Twix Cookie #Cookieofthemonth
First, this month’s theme is frosting and I say that frosting is in the eye of the beholder. Our family doesn’t like traditional frosting, well several of the family members don’t so creamy caramel and melted chocolate looks like frosting to us! Don’t forget to go HERE and check out the ways to enter the…
Shoney’s Strawberry Pie
Do you remember visiting Shoney’s as a kid? I know there are still some around the U.S. but not nearly the number there used to be. With the slimmed down number, comes upgrades and updated looks like this (used by permission of Shoney’s). But nothing will change how excited I would get when we would…
My Valentine to YOU!
Hi all! This is just a quick note to let you know I have put about 60 of my Nana’s Vintage Valentines on the blog and you can copy any of them for personal use. Also, if you look on the right side bar, you will see I took one of them and made…
Thick and Soft Sugar Cookies with Icing
You know the cookies I am talking about, the wonderful Lofthouse sugar cookie with thick luscious icing that costs around $4.99 for nine cookies? That works out to a little more than $.55 cents per cookie. I love the cookies but I do not always love the icing – I’m funny about my icing colors….
Strawberry Chocolate Poke Cake
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Do you like poke cakes as much as my family? They all do and this is a new creation of mine that I’ll be serving on Valentine’s Day – and you can too! It’s easy and does not take any special skill, that’s for sure. This cake is Strawberry Chocolate…