Enjoying life with family & friends through food
Craving something sweet? Take a look at these recipes and try something new.
Something is sure to satisfy your taste buds!
These pumpkin bars are so easy to make and can be made with gluten free flour or regular all purpose flour (if you don’t have gluten sensitivities). They are dense, moist, and just delicious with their yummy cream cheese frosting. Other than having to by…
I always have to have sweet potato and cranberries represented on my thanksgiving dinner table, usually in the form of the traditional cranberry sauce, and baked sweet potatoes with an orange honey syrup…but, I have come to realize that not everyone enjoys these two staples…
I love making edible items for Valentine’s Day. I have wonderful memories of Valentine craft parties that I would have a week or two before Valentine’s Day, every year, for my youngest daughter and her friends. We’d make cards, frost cupcakes, eat, and play games.…
These cake hearts are so cute and real easy and quick to make. This recipe is basically just cutting, opening a jar, and melting to make a beautiful and tasty dessert. You can get all the ingredients premade, like I did this time, or you…
Every year around the holidays I make decorated cookies. I love art/creating and love cooking/eating so it’s the perfect pastime for me to get both in one! I usually make a basic vanilla type sugar cookies for the base of my decorating but this year…
These cookies are so pretty and real festive looking on your table during the holidays. Their pure white color, from the powdered sugar, make it look like snow has fallen onto them. These are also very pretty, and popular to have at weddings since the…
This carrot sheet cake is delicious! Whenever I make it I wonder why I don’t make it more often, since it’s so easy! Both the cake and frosting have the perfect balance of sweetness and great to make for a party since you can get…
Everyone loves a good trifle, I know I do…but are you looking for a trifle that is a little more healthy than most? This one is for you! It uses fresh berries and Greek yogurt to create a refreshing summer treat that you can eat…
Have you ever tried diples? If you have, you know that they are a melt in your mouth goodness of a dessert…with a delicately crunchy shell dipped in a sweet flavored syrup then drizzled with honey and topped with nuts and cinnamon. If you haven’t…
If you have ever had a good cannolo then you know how yummy they are with their slightly sweet and creamy interior and crunchy outer shell. Some are embellished with chopped pistachio’s or mini chocolate chips on each end and dusted with powdered sugar on…
