I love fruit in my desserts. It makes me feel mildly less guilty about eating a sugary treat and also ensures that I’m at least eating something nutritious (that’s my rationalization and I’m sticking to it). But baked fruit desserts…
I used to be a huge fan of Little Debbie’s snack size brownies. They are gooey, chewy, and have just a few walnuts for that tiny bit of nutrition/crunch (or that’s my rationalization!). I definitely loved to sneakily grab a…
One of my favorite aspects of autumn is the plentiful, seasonal produce – especially apples and pumpkins. I’m not in a cool weather climate until the end of fall, but I still wanted to use apples and make applesauce (which…
I’m a little bit of a rebel when it comes to recipes sometimes. I rebel against too much sugar or try to decrease the amount of fat whenever possible. I first read this cheesecake recipe in Cooking Light a few…
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Do you ever get an intense craving for a certain food? I had a few small packages of Orea cookies sitting in my kitchen and thought “I have to make a dessert out of this!” and “How do I make…
Fact: fried food is delicious. But a moist delicious morsel also leads to a few extra pounds as well as an increased risk of health problems including heart disease. Not a delicious thing for your health. So that is why…
I’ll admit it, I get a little swell of pride when my husband tells me a dish I make is “SOOO good!” that he could eat it every day. This, my dears, is one of those beloved dishes. I was…
I was back home for my first Thanksgiving in five years and I had barely set my suitcase down when my mother turned to me and said that I had to make spinach puffs. She is the main beneficiary of a Bon…
I can’t imagine some seasons without certain foods. I remember feeling the cool temperatures of fall as a child and hoping this was the signal that I could soon barrel through golden and auburn piles of leaves. Ideally these leaves…