Off Season Caprese Salad

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On days like today when the snow is falling and the daffodils should be blossoming (yes, I wrote this post in March!), I long for summer.  Early summer when  sweet, succulent berries are plentiful at the farmers’ market…and late summer when juicy garden tomatoes are ripe for the picking. Most of the tomatoes I spot [...]

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Chocolate Chip Butterfinger Cheesecake Bars…#TwoSweetiePies

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I’m back on track this month…being I posted my Two Sweetie Pies recipe swap a week early last month. Ay, yi, yi… just another reminder to slow down and quit overextending. Do you do that? I love to volunteer in my community, but I bit off more than I could chew this year. Well, these [...]

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Milky Way Brownies…#SundaySupper #Mother’s Day

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The hubby doesn’t go ape for caramel like I do. I’ll always pick caramel sauce to drizzle on top of my vanilla ice cream over fudge or chocolate. Every single time.  Though using BOTH fudge and caramel toppings is a spectacular idea. So when our Sunday Supper theme this week was Mother’s Day, I figured [...]

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Coupétade…#FrenchFridayswithDorie

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French toast or bread pudding? What exactly was this coupétade? Well, it’s a French-toast bread pudding…and a rich, sugar laden one at that. Brioche or challah slices were soaked in a sweetened French toast batter (I spiked mine with a slosh of Grand Marnier), then browned in butter. Next, these slices were cut on the [...]

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Key Lime Bars with Coconut Crust…#DessertChallenge

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I definitely wasn’t very creative this month with our Dessert Challenge ingredients of  Lime and Coconut. I was self serving, though. I adore Key  lime pie…and, of course, the hubby does not. Lemon Meringue, yes. Key Lime, no. My parents made us slushy virgin daiquiris when we were children…another foodie memory I’d forgotten till my [...]

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Dulce de Leche Bars…Guest Post from Roxana GreenGirl

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Aren’t you the lucky ones today? My sweet and talented friend, Roxana, is guest posting for me while I am tied up with my volunteer gig. As an accomplished baker, Roxana wows me again and again with her beautiful breads and sweets. She is the creator of the Chocolate Party in which I participate each [...]

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