Looking for dessert ideas for Easter? Try these Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies. For Easter I usually make Carrot Cake or some form of Cheesecake to have after dinner. A couple of years ago I decided to switch it up and made these delicious Whoopie Pies. Boy were they a hit! This year instead of your traditional Easter dinner, the family decided to do brunch! I … Continue reading Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
I didn’t know what a London Fog was until a couple of weeks ago. I was watching a YouTube video called Pure Living For Life. Alissa and Jesse were raving about this drink that was the new craze, but didn’t explain what it was. Go figure. I gathered it was a tea drink since I saw a tea bag sticking out of the cup. Now my … Continue reading A London What? (Pssst…It’s a tea latte)
A few weeks ago we were blessed with some nice warm weather here in California….65-70 degrees. Of course I got spoiled and of course, as I do every year, I thought the mild temps were here to stay. Just as fast as the mild weather came, it went away. In fact, last week we had freeze warnings at night. This week rain is expected and … Continue reading Spicy Black Bean Soup
Bananas and peanut butter! How can you go wrong? What surprised me was how easy this is to make. All you need is a banana, english muffin, peanut butter, and a little brown sugar. This is supposed to be for breakfast, but I would eat it for a snack or even dessert! I wish I could take all the credit for delectable concoction, but I … Continue reading English Muffin with Bruleed Banana and Peanut Butter
Southwest with a flair. This healthy taco-like salad is loaded with protein and healthy veggies with a taco ranch dressing. Oh Yum! It’s perfect for lunch or dinner and can feed a big crowd if you double the recipe. I like to get all of my ingredients out so there’s not a lot of running back and forth from the fridge and pantry. Lots of … Continue reading Southwestern Chopped Chicken Salad
I just love my Cooking Light magazine. It’s probably the one magazine that I’ve subscribed to the longest. Healthy eating is where it’s at for me and this magazine fits the bill. One of the sections I like the most is Dinner Tonight, where I can find healthy, time saving recipes. It’s geared for the working crowd. I wanted to find an easy, hearty recipe that … Continue reading Italian Sausage Polenta Bake
Hello Mon! I belong to this really cool page on Facebook called The Cook’s Cook Community Forum. The page has about 83,000 members! I can’t think of any page that I belong to with that many members. We post pictures and recipes of food that we have created, sometimes members ask for advice, and we give tons of positive praise. One day on the page, … Continue reading Jamaican Jerk Chicken Stew
Hi everyone! Well my husband listened to me and checked my Amazon wishlist for Christmas gift ideas. On my list was Bobby Flay’s new book, Bobby Flay Fit. When it comes to cookbooks, I prefer hardback additions, not kindle. I love to flip through the pages reading each recipe and also look at the pictures. Just something I love to do. If I can find … Continue reading Avocado Crema with Cilantro
Hi everyone! Happy New Year. I hope this post on my blog finds you all enjoying the first day of 2018. Since I indulged way too much between Thanksgiving and New Years, it’s time to get back on track. I love soup and the colder winter months always scream soup to me. I’m always looking for new healthy soup recipes to try out. This is … Continue reading CHICKPEA, SWEET POTATO, LIME & COCONUT SOUP
Happy Holidays everyone! I do like Eggnog, but I can’t drink a lot of it. So, I decided to try and make Eggnog Cupcakes. You can’t go wrong here. Basically what I did was take my go-to vanilla cake recipe and replaced the milk with Eggnog. I also added 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg. For the buttercream I used 4 tablespoons … Continue reading Celebrate the Season with Eggnog Cupcakes
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