Single Serving Cheesecakes
Last week we celebrated our daughter’s twelfth birthday with our family. As is tradition, the birthday girl got to choose the dessert. While most people think of cakes and birthdays as a given pairing, our kids tend to choose other dessert items. Sam decided on a chocolate swirl cheesecake.
I had figured that Sam would want something with chocolate, as all four of our kids are chocolate addicts. However, more than half of our crowd aren’t chocolate lovers. So, I needed to find a way to make a dessert that would please the birthday girl and her adoring crowd. Obviously, my…
Warm Banana Cake
A mom can break the rules every once in a while, can’t she?
As part of our Christmas presents to our kids, we planned a trip to an indoor water park. To maximize our time there and make the trip more fun for the kids, we spent all day at the water park and then spent the night at the hotel attached to it. The following morning we enjoyed a filling breakfast and slowly made our way home, stopping at a small art museum on the way.
When we returned home it was late afternoon and quite chilly. After spending the previous…
Blueberry Sorbet
Editor’s note: Food brings people together! And this week, Think Tasty and Glamour Cow are trading recipes.
This recipe is courtesy of Marisa, who is one of Glamour Cow’s food writers, as well as being a home cook, specializing in raw & vegan recipes. To find more of Marisa’s scrumptious meals & treats, check out Glamour Cow.
I always have been so obsessed with frozen treats! It doesn’t matter the season, as long as I have my hubby to snuggle up with. For me there is no better dessert. Cool, sweet, fruity and refreshing! Deelish!
This mixture would work great in an…
Day 10- Overnight Eggnog Bread Pudding
If you’re a regular reader, you will note that the Day 10 post is a day late. However, with a full day of Christmas celebrations yesterday, there wasn’t much time for editing photos and writing. Saturday was filled with Christmas excitement: opening presents, eating lots of delicious foods, and enjoying the company of family and friends.
It was a wonderful day, to say the least. The day itself was the best present I could have received. From the squeals of our daughters, as they opened Team Jacob photos, to the giggles of our nephews, as our first floor became their racecourse,…
Day 9- Maple Cinnamon Pecans & Almonds
As part of my holiday gift making, I decided to try a new recipe for flavoring almonds and pecans. In the past, I have made Sweetly, Spiced Pecans, which have an egg white coating to hold the sugar and spices. For this recipe I wanted to try a new coating and a different sweetener.
Maple syrup seemed like my best option as the main ingredient in the coating. It would have dual purposes, acting as both the sweetener and the adhesive for other ingredients. To give the nuts more diversified flavor, I decided to use cinnamon as the second ingredient…
Day 8- Tortilla Sundaes
We spent New Year’s Eve the way we prefer- at home. We decided to make a menu of Mexican foods, as my husband had received a quesadilla maker in a work gift exchange. So, we began our evening with some fresh fruit, espinaca, guacamole, and chips and planned on making our main dish later.
Our evening progressed, and a few hours and many games of cards later, I considered whether to make quesadillas. However, I was still full from our munchies earlier. Of course, my appetite isn’t always a good barometer for others, so I asked others, and the consensus was…
Day 7- Sugar Cookies
What would Christmas be without a batch of sugar cookies? For me they are an important part of the holiday season. I made numerous batches with my mom when I was a child and now make batches with my children. I oversee a crew of four cookie makers, but luckily, everyone usually chooses to be harmonious during these times. However, I have learned to divide when needed, such as having the boys cut out there half of the cookie dough and then have the girls cut out theirs.
While they take a little more work to make than chocolate chip cookies…
Day 5- White Chocolate-Irish Cream Fudge
With the holiday season in full swing, it is the perfect time to make extra goodies. . .and give them to friends, teachers, etc. Of course, I always leave some extras for the kids to enjoy but prefer to give my share to others.
I have made fudge as a gift several times and have found that it can be tricky. Between watching the temperature and glossiness of the mixture for the exact moment at which it needs to be transferred from pot to pan, I have had a failed batch or two. Timing is of essence. A little too long…
Day 4- Chocolate Covered Pretzels
A trend has begun. This is another simple, yet tasty, recipe. Day 4’s recipe has 50% more ingredients than Day 3. However, if you remember Day 3’s recipe, it only had 2 ingredients, so this one is fairly easy on the shopping list.
Although this recipe only has 3 ingredients, it pleases my children every time I make these pretzels. The combination of salty pretzels and chocolate is addictive, and they often clamor for more.
While I made all of this batch with semi-sweet chocolate, white or milk chocolate can be used also. To make more festive snacks, the white chocolate pretzels…
Day 3- Happy Blackberries
The third day of Christmas treats is neither from my childhood nor a treat for children. This is a simple, adults only recipe, which really is almost not a recipe at all. However, it makes blackberries even more appealing than they already are, as I discovered at our Christmas dinner.
Yesterday, my husband and I spent our afternoon and evening at my brother’s house with a fun group of family and friends. As we always do at family gatherings, everyone brought dishes to share. We brought an appetizer (a fruit tray) and a dessert (a homemade cheesecake).
I prefer to make plain…
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