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Café de Gelée avec Crème Fouetté + Video
Mar02

Café de Gelée avec Crème Fouetté + Video

Surprise everyone with Café de Gelée avec Crème Fouetté for dessert! Translated from French, it means “coffee jelly with whipped cream” – and this treat is decidedly splendid. Perfect for after a special dinner, like Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, Mother’s Day, a Birthday or Anniversary – even great with a fancy Breakfast-in-Bed, Café de Gelée avec Crème Fouetté is sure to please. Create this...

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How to Make Napa Valley Strawberry Balsamic Jello Parfaits + Video
Dec13

How to Make Napa Valley Strawberry Balsamic Jello Parfaits + Video

For a delicious dessert that is easy & fun to make, try this recipe for How to Make Napa Valley Strawberry Balsamic Jello Parfaits! You will find that people who love their desserts and snacks, adults & children alike, will be excited to enjoy this unique combination of delicious ingredients. Napa Valley Strawberry Balsamic Jello Parfaits are perfect for Christmas or the middle of July. Napa Valley Strawberry Balsamic Jello...

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How to Make White Chocolate Mousse with Toasted Almonds
Feb21

How to Make White Chocolate Mousse with Toasted Almonds

Creamy, dreamy, decadent White Chocolate Mousse is a perfect romantic dessert. Chocolatey, light & airy…what could be better? Plus, chocolate has an aphrodisiac effect too…don’t forget! How to Make White Chocolate Mousse: If you wish to fill Chocolate Cups with this mousse, prepare cups first & fill cups before serving, topping with a Raspberry Sauce. Type: Dessert Recipe Serve with: a romantic dinner for...

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How to Bake Marshmallow Squares
Dec20

How to Bake Marshmallow Squares

Marshmallow Squares are a tasty dessert I love to make & enjoy around the Holiday Season. These pretty squares have a lovely texture & flavor, with a marshmallow layer like a cloud. Believe me, they’ll disappear quickly! Perfect for Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, baby & wedding showers. Try making green ones for St. Patrick’s Day. 😉 How to Bake Christmas Marshmallow Squares: This recipe yields about...

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How to Make Bavarian Cream Pie: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
Nov27

How to Make Bavarian Cream Pie: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day

November 27th is National Bavarian Cream Pie Day, and it’s gonna be sweet with this Bavarian Cream Pie recipe. Bavarian cream can be used as a pie filling, as a soufflé or a Charlotte Russe, which is lined with lady fingers. Chef Marie-Antoine Carême is often credited with inventing this dessert, named in the early 19th century. photo right: Chef Marie-Antoine Carême This recipe is for a plain Bavarian cream pie, using a...

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About the Bundt Pan: National Bundt Day
Nov15

About the Bundt Pan: National Bundt Day

November 15th is National Bundt Day, and these are really fun baked goods to make. About the Bundt Pan: Almost any cake or coffee cake can possibly be baked in a bundt pan. However, there are recipes published & mixes available under the “bundt” name. These mixes & recipes are specially created by “Bundt” to be baked in their “Bundt” pan. The bundt fluted pan is beautifully scalloped,...

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How to Bake Pecan Pie: Georgia Pecan Month
Nov01

How to Bake Pecan Pie: Georgia Pecan Month

Georgia Pecan Month has arrived and it’s time to bake a Pecan Pie. Pecans are a Native American nut, primarily cultivated today in Georgia from a native variety of hickory tree. A high fat, in fact one of the nuts, which is heaviest in fats — sometimes as high as 75% fat. The downside of high fat content is that they tend to become rancid quickly, so it’s best to store them in the freezer to keep them fresh tasting....

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How to Make White Chocolate Mousse
Sep23

How to Make White Chocolate Mousse

White chocolate mousse is something of a “Calgon, take me away…” kind-of-moment. It’s light, creamy, French flair for the delicious, mousse is easy, as long as you know what to do. You can make this dessert at home in under 25 minutes – plus, a few hours to chill out in your refrigerator, and you are subject to compliments from your family likened to that of a French chef.   Type: Dessert Recipe...

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National White Chocolate Day: Decadent Mousse Recipe
Sep22

National White Chocolate Day: Decadent Mousse Recipe

It’s a sweet one because it’s National White Chocolate Day! Now, it doesn’t have to be Easter time to enjoy some white chocolate, and no, white chocolate doesn’t just come in bunny form… 😉 White chocolate is very much like milk chocolate, except it doesn’t contain the chocolate liquor. This is why it is off white in color, instead of brown. Being high in cocoa butter, it has a very mild milk...

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Is Basil King of Herbs?
Sep07

Is Basil King of Herbs?

Basil, or known by its Latin name, Ocimum basilicum, is maybe the most “common” of herbs that grows all over the world.  In fact, that may be why it is referred to as the “King” of herbs in its own right. Photo right: My very own Basil plant in my garden. Historically speaking, being so named the king of herbs came from St. Constantine along with his mother, St. Helen.  They discovered the Holy Cross, and as...

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Are You Food Allergy-Sensitive? Tips, Tricks & Recipe Ideas

A food allergy is a type of immunologic reaction from the intake of certain food protein. Recent studies show that there are about 12 million Americans, who suffer from food allergies. Shellfish, eggs, tree nuts, fish and peanuts are considered familiar causes of food allergies, especially for older people. Children usually suffer from food allergies to peanuts, milk and eggs. Currently, the only cure for people who are...

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