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Recent Posts Tagged With 'desserts'

Dec 17

Chocolate Almond Biscotti

Biscotti. Good dunking cookie, but not so fond of anise flavor. By consulting several basic recipes in my “collection” (read: stuffed binder), I devised a Chocolate Almond Biscotti. No anise, yes almond extract. And a chocolate co (read full article)

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Nov 30

Marcella’s Fudge

This is a big plus to attending Thanksgiving on my side of the family: Marcella’s Fudge may be eaten before dinner. It is right there with the appetizers. Most of us thought Marcella was a relative from the Old Country (Wisconsin). (read full article)

Chocolate, desserts, fudge, holiday, milk, recipe, Sweet

Nov 12

Double-Ginger Chocolate Chunk Cookies from More Magazine

More Magazine is me me me. Besides being written for Women Of A Certain Age, the magazine publishes decent recipes. Such as “Cookies for Grown-ups.” I’m a grown-up and so is Larry. We like grown-up flavors and this particular recipe in the Nov (read full article)

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Oct 23

How to Make Pots de Crème The Lazy Way

This is positively YUMM-O.  I say yumm-o because Rachael Ray made this on Oprah.  I used to watch Oprah religiously (now, she may have jumped the shark… we’ll discuss that another time).  Rachael was talking my language:  Chocolate.  Easy.  (read full article)

Chocolate, desserts, pots de creme, pudding

Oct 19

Pumpkin Pie Rice Pudding

Making fresh pumpkin puree the other day yielded 9 cups of potential. Larry and I like pumpkin pie, but we also like rice pudding, so I googled around for recipes and ended up combining a few to produce this one. I suppose I could have tried to croc (read full article)

arborio, Custard & Pudding, desserts, pudding, pumpkin, Rice, Vegetables & Herbs

Oct 05

Orange Ribbon Cheesecake

Larry gets full credit for this beauty.  I’ve been out of town for several days conducting our fun women’s weekend, Camp GetAway.  One activity at our event is the traditional Magazine Swap (bring ‘em, take ‘em), which (read full article)

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Sep 28

Zinfandel Soaked Cherry Clafoutis

There was Larry, the winning bidder of a Food Lover’s Basket at a recent fundraising event for Project Angel Food.  I was eyeing something a little more WOW, like the beauty basket which included botox services; I was outbid. The exper (read full article)

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Sep 28

Zinfandel Soaked Cherry Clafoutis

There was Larry, the winning bidder of a Food Lover’s Basket at a recent fundraising event for Project Angel Food.  I was eyeing something a little more WOW, like the beauty basket which included botox services; I was outbid. The experience turned (read full article)

cherry, custard, Dessert, desserts, egg, eggs, french, Wine

Sep 16

Light Pumpkin Custard

Is it really, truly, finally Autumn? Gimme Pumpkin! Here is what’s so great about Light Pumpkin Custard… you can eat piles of it with few worries. The calorie intake is pretty low, your Vitamin A intake is sky high and you are enjoyin (read full article)

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Sep 16

Light Pumpkin Custard

Is it really, truly, finally Autumn? Gimme Pumpkin! Here is what’s so great about Light Pumpkin Custard… you can eat piles of it with few worries. The calorie intake is pretty low, your Vitamin A intake is sky high and you are enjoying one of the (read full article)

custard, Dessert, desserts, holiday, Light, pumpkin

Sep 10

‘09 LA County Fair Blue Ribbon Cheesecake Winner

Last evening, I “covered” the Cheesecake Competition at the LA County Fair (another post upcoming on that fun blogging adventure) and witnessed first-hand as the very capable home cook and happy contestant, Ann Turley scored the Firs (read full article)

apricot, cheesecake, contests, desserts, events, LA County Fair

Sep 10

‘09 LA County Fair Blue Ribbon Cheesecake Winner

Last evening, I “covered” the Cheesecake Competition at the LA County Fair (another post upcoming on that fun blogging adventure) and witnessed first-hand as the very capable home cook and happy contestant, Ann Turley scored the First Place Blue (read full article)

apricot, cheesecake, contests, desserts, events, LA County Fair

Sep 09

Truvy’s Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa from Steel Magnolias

Is Steel Magnolias one of your favorite chick flicks?  I watch whenever it airs, maybe because food has such an active role.  The Easter eggs getting smashed in Truvy’s car trunk starts it off.  Truvy and Annelle scooping corn and po (read full article)

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