Tag: desserts

Growing up with German parents in Canada and now living in the United States, many years we have had the privilige to celebrate Thanksgiving three times in one year 🙂

German Thanksgiving is typically celebrated the first Sunday in October, Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October and of course American Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November.

We’ve all said it right?  That we have two things that taste SO good that the ultimate dessert would be to mash them up and create one dessert of both… well Dorothy Kern from Crazy For Crust has done it – she’s authored a book with all your favorite treats combined together and it’s appropriately named Dessert Mash-Ups.

Cavemen *probably* didn’t eat ice cream. So for those living paleo today, the frozen treat would be something they’d have to give up–until now!

Introducing “Paleo Ice Cream (Ben Hirshberg),” a new cookbook packed with 75 recipes for rich and creamy frozen treats that leave out unwanted dairy, refined sugars and chemical additives.

Growing up golden sponge cakes filled with cream were a huge treat that were only available to us at Grandma’s & Grandpa’s house. We’d help around the yard, in the kitchen and with various odd tasks, and then we’d get some money to head to the corner store to buy ‘dessert’ for after the dinner meal. When it was my turn to choose, I’d always get a package of them. Every time I take a bite of a Twinkie I relive those memories of simpler times.

When my friends say “let’s meet up for coffee,” what they really mean is “let’s meet up at Tammy’s house.”  You see I’ve got my very own built in coffee bar in my house, and I’ll play ‘barista’ for anyone who wants to share a cup with me 🙂  You name it, I have it, and my coffee machine collection includes not just one, but two Keurig brewers.  When I have guests in summer I replace the hot beverage concoctions and brew iced coffee, iced tea and low calories drinks, over ice.  And yes I do that with my Keurig!

New Pebbles flavors bring on family fun.

The classic cereal your children already love now comes in two new flavors, Poppin’ Pebbles and Xtreme Cocoa Pebbles.

Here’s another sneak peek at a recipe from Everyday Confetti, the book I’ll be reviewing early next week.  This is a perfect one for a family gathering because not only does it feed a crowd, it can be prepared ahead.  

Slightly reminiscent of a Dairy Queen ice cream cake, the taste difference won’t matter so much when you factor in the price difference.  For the same size cake you’d pay approximately $29.00 or so at Dairy Queen.

Things have been absolutely crazy around here the past two weeks.  First my parents came to visit for 12 days and then just as they left we got hit with this massive ice storm in North Texas.  And do you know what you do before you’re ‘iced’ in for 4 days straight and you might lose power?  You do some holiday baking… and then eat it!  I’m so glad that when my mom was visiting she taught me how to make one of our family’s traditional German Christmas recipes “NußEcken”, which literally translated means Nut Corners.

I’m still coming to terms with the fact that October is almost over – seriously how did November creep up on us so fast?!  I am glad for the cooler weather though, the HOT Texas summer was a bit more intensive than I had anticipated 🙂  And with the cooler weather that means that holiday baking is already commencing in my kitchen, and I had the opportunity to make a few things (and share them!) with Werther’s Original Baking Caramels.

It’s been a long time since we’ve done any kind of Halloween Celebrations around our home, but I’m always up for creating – and so when I had the opportunity to come up with some ‘Spooky’ Halloween Recipes using 7Up, Hawaiian Punch and M&M’s, I was up for the challenge.