Healthy New Year’s Day Desserts
Posted on January 2, 2007 - Filed Under dessert, fruit, weightloss | 4 Comments
I love dessert.
But I am working on the healthier lifestyle thing, so dessert means healthier alternatives. That’s why I turned to Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking by Jenny Stacy for our New Year’s Day dessert. It’s a handy book with quite a few excellent recipes. I definitely recommend checking it out.
I wanted the desserts to be light [...]
Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Rods
Posted on December 28, 2006 - Filed Under Gifting Goodies, dessert | 1 Comment
Mmm, chocolate dipped pretzels. These could quite possibly be the easiest things I have ever, ever made. Seriously. And of all the treats I made to give away this season, they got the biggest wow. Go figure.
How did I do it? It all started with a bag of pretzel rods (be sure your bag has [...]
Read More..>>A new cookbook and a realization
Posted on December 10, 2006 - Filed Under cookbooks, cookies, dessert, product reviews | Leave a Comment
I received The Good Home Cookbook in the mail a few days ago after Andy of Spittoon Extra fame alerted me to these babies being given away to good homes so long as they got honestly written about.
Honesty? That’s my specialty!
First off, I was totally shocked by the size of this cookbook. [...]
Read More..>>Review: Trader Joe’s Brownie Truffle Baking Mix
Posted on November 6, 2006 - Filed Under dessert, product reviews, stores | Leave a Comment
I was at Trader Joe’s not too long ago and decided to pick up their Brownie Truffle Baking Mix. I know. Boxed. I don’t do boxed, right?
Well generally no, since boxed mixes tend to have more ingrediants than I am comfortable feeding my family. Nonetheless, I decided to have an exception since I had heard [...]
Fall Feast-ival: Oh pie, oh my!
Posted on October 21, 2006 - Filed Under dessert | Leave a Comment
I promised this recipe over a week ago, and wanted to come through. I thought it would be a good addition to the Fall Feast-ival event going on at FitFare this month. Check it out if you haven’t already.
French Apple Pie
yields one pie
1 good quality pie crust (I like Oronoque Farms)2/3 cup sugar1/4 cup [...]
Pumpkin Cookies
Posted on October 13, 2006 - Filed Under On the web, cookies, dessert | Leave a Comment
I got busy in the kitchen for FitFare making these delicious pumpkin cookies. They were soft, moist and deliciously cake-y. And they went really fast at a recent family event.
You can read all about them over by clicking here.
Read the full post at Cucina Bella, a family cooking blog.
This feed contains copyrighted photos and [...]
The Secret of the Palmier
Posted on October 13, 2006 - Filed Under dessert | 2 Comments
There was a mad rush at my desk yesterday as word spread through the office that there were cookies. Gotta love it. There is nothing better than hearing the mmm’s of people enjoying something you’ve made. That’s enough to get me cooking even more frequently to share.
In truth, the cookies were for my husband’s office. [...]
Fall Feast-ival: Apple Cake
Posted on October 5, 2006 - Filed Under dessert | 1 Comment
So when I was trying to decide what to make first in honor of FitFare’s Fall Feast-ival, two thoughts came to mind: pumpkin and apples. These are the two fall produce items that I most associate with fall. Now I L-O-V-E pumpkin, but I haven’t worked much with apples. That, to me, sounded like [...]
Read More..>>ARF: The things cravings are made of …
Posted on July 18, 2006 - Filed Under cookies, dessert | Leave a Comment
I am not a big fan of oatmeal raisin cookies. Really. I rarely touch them. So you can imagine my surprise when that was exactly what I wanted - no craved - last week. It must be the hot weather getting to me…or the medicine for the bronchitis (yes, ladies and gentlemen, I managed to [...]
Read More..>>Recipe: Vanilla Frosting
Posted on June 7, 2006 - Filed Under dessert | 1 Comment
Vanilla Frostingadapted from Betty Crocker’s Cookbookyields about 1 3/4 cups
3 cups confectioner’s sugar1/3 cup butter, softened1 1/2 tsp vanilla2 tbsp skim milk
Combine the confectioner’s sugar, butter and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer (or other medium sized bowl). Blend on low for 2-3 minutes.
Turn mixer onto medium speed and slowly blend [...]
