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German Vanilla Crescent Cookies – tender, melt-in-your-mouth, buttery cookies with ground walnuts. Besides Custard Cream Pie Slices and Walnut Cream Cake, these German Vanilla Crescent Cookies were my mom’s signature dessert. The recipe is handed down for at least 4 generations, as far as I know. All of her friends and guests were delighted when…
Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler – a self-saucing, crunchy autumn delight easy to make with cake mix! I love cobblers. They are so simple and so very tasty. Like a pie without much fat content. Bisquick Peach Cobbler One cannot go wrong with pumpkin-spiced desserts in autumn. Moist Pumpkin Bread This one is simple to make as…
Homemade Banana Pudding – dreamy, easy to make Southern dessert; real pudding, the way it was made before instant pudding mix and Cool Whip were invented. In old fashioned times things were made the old fashioned way. Classic pudding was cooked from scratch, using on-hand staples such as eggs, milk and flour. Real Southern Homemade Banana…
Napa Cabbage Stir Fry – Chinese restaurant quality dish made easily at home in 10 minutes. I’m always on the look for new ways to incorporate cabbage, one of the world’s healthiest foods, into my cooking. Napa Cabbage Stir Fry is one of my most favorite recipes. This is a kind of dish you can…
Cappuccino Icebox Cake – easy, no bake treat with graham crackers softened with airy cream-yogurt-cappuccino filling; only 6 ingredients! Old fashioned icebox cakes are back. Try making this quick and easy no-bake recipe for Cappuccino Icebox Cake for a new taste sensation. Layers of graham crackers (store bought or homemade) are soaked briefly in cappuccino….
30-Minute One Pot Spaghetti dish is comfort food at its finest, its fastest and its easiest! It’s hard to beat homemade pasta recipe (from scratch) that can be whipped up in less than half an hour. Instead of using jar sauce, you can create your own fresh meal with no effort, even if you’re camping….
Cream Cheese Pesto Pasta – you need only 3 ingredients and 5 minutes to prepare this gorgeous creamy pasta dish! The other day I needed to make a quick and easy lunch without much fuss. I had some pesto and cream cheese in the fridge so I thought of mixing them together to make milder…
Chickpea (or garbanzo) sweet potato patties are a tasty veggie alternative to meat burgers. Serve these low fat cakes in burger buns or wrapped in lettuce and drizzled with ketchup or sweet chilli sauce. Chickpea And Sweet Potato Patties This recipe was first published on: January 7, 2013. Recipe adapted from here. Â
Strawberry Banana Greek Yogurt Smoothie – exceptionally creamy smoothie with subtle vanilla flavor. One of the most beautiful parts of spring is abundance of strawberries. Whether eaten fresh with just a little bit of whipped cream, or as a part of a cake or dessert, they always delight kids and grown-ups equally. Today I combined…
Fresh Mint Tea – refreshing hot or cold drink to sooth your mood as well as your stomach! It will help you reduce stress, focus your mind and eliminate appetite. I discovered long time ago how good mint tea (lat. Mentha piperita) is for my stomach. It helped me to sooth it as well as…
Chicken soup with spinach, lemon juice, carrots, kholrabi and dill is comforting and fast to make. It is light, simple and quick to prepare soup full of healthy vegetables, lean protein coming from chicken breast and egg yolk. This low fat soup is seasoned with dill and lemon juice. From start to finish, it takes…
Lemon Buttermilk Blueberry Doughnuts – tender lemon buttermilk cake donuts full of juicy blueberries. Baked, not fried! I was searching for a good blueberry doughnut recipe for a while. I tried some very popular recipes, but was disappointed both with their taste and texture. In the end I decided to use the recipe for my…
