Category: food
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KEY LIME PIES
The friend who taught me how to make these molten lava cakes , also taught me how to make these key lime pies at her cooking class. I remember while in Key West a few years ago, we had our fair share of key lime pie. Blue Heaven in Key West has the best key…
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APRIL FOOLS’ DAY MEAL
A few years ago I made this meal for my kids for April fools’ day. Now, they want this meal all the time especially when we have people over for dinner. Everyone we serve it to loves it and the kids love trying to trick the guests by telling them that we get to eat…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY CUPCAKES
I really wanted to try making a marshmallow buttercream frosting because I had some leftover marshmallow from the s’more donuts I made. Also, we have a little stockpile of Girl Scout cookies, so I wanted to incorporate those some how. I ended up with these yummy chocolate cupcakes. For the cupcakes I used this box…
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ITALIAN HOT CHOCOLATE
I am a fan of hot chocolate and one day while at the store, I saw some hot chocolate in a can labeled “drinking chocolate.” I was in the international foods section so I got excited thinking that it was the really thick hot chocolate they have in Europe… I was so disappointed when I…
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GRILLED PEACHES
A couple weeks ago a friend of mine taught a grilling class at my house and she told me about grilling fruit. I have always loved to grill pineapple, but never thought about grilling peaches. Just cut the peach in half and place it directly on the grill. I sprayed the grill with cooking spray…
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S’MORE BAR
{I am sharing this and another post over at Time Out For Women, go check it out!} I love making s’mores-all year round but especially in our fire pit over the summer. It’s such a fun family activity-(except for the fact that it means everyone has to take baths afterward because we all stink like…
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AMERICAN FLAG PIE
My husband loves pie, so any time I have an excuse to make a pie, he loves it. Not many things are more American than a pie…except maybe a pie that looks like the American flag… 🙂 It is a great patriotic dessert for the fourth of July. For the “stripes” part of the pie…
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4TH OF JULY YOGURT POPS
Hey these yogurt pops are a super easy way to have a festive dessert on the fourth of July. I just filled some popsicle molds with three different types of yogurt. I used blueberry, vanilla and strawberry. I did add some fresh blueberries and strawberries in there. Also, because the organic yogurt I buy isn’t…
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::TOP PICKS:: 4TH OF JULY
The fourth of July is my favorite holiday. I love planning for it and thinking about it. So I thought I would share some of my favorite fourth of July recipes and DIYs. I have a few of my own in there from last year. I also have a few I am working on now…