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...
National Rum Punch Day Recipe for the Holiday Season
National Rum Punch Day offers us all a chance to brush up on our rum knowledge, as well as celebrate the beauty of its flavor when mixed with other ingredients, or all alone on the rocks… Distilled from sugarcane juice or the sugarcane molasses. Rum is a traditional alcoholic part of the many tropical type drinks we enjoy. It is produced primarily in South America & the Caribbean. Certain rums coming from Jamaica, Martinique...
National Butterscotch Pudding Day a Hit with Creamy Recipe
One of my favorite flavors out there is that of butterscotch, and being that it’s National Butterscotch Pudding Day, I am feeling celebratory. What I’ve noticed is that I’m finding it harder and harder to find butterscotch pudding mixes in the stores, like it’s an old, outdated flavor or something. Butterscotch is still alive & kicking when you ask your taste buds. It’s rich, it’s sweet,...
How to Make Crème de Menthe Parfaits
There are times when I truly enjoy a Crème de Menthe Parfait at the end of a hearty meal, or a fish dinner to take the edge off of any fats, and provide that hit of something tangy & sweet. Type: Dessert Recipe Serve with: whipped cream, maraschino cherry Prep Time: 6 min Serves: 1 Ingredients: 1 oz Crème de Menthe + splashes ~ 3 scoops French vanilla ice cream 2-3 tbsp whipped cream 1 maraschino cherry chocolate shavings –...
How to Make National Crème de Menthe Day Parfaits
How beautiful a shade of green — like a perfect emerald…So refreshingly minty! Happy National Crème de Menthe Day, everyone! Don’t know what Crème de Menthe is? Well, translated from French, it means mint cream, and it’s an alcoholic liqueur. With so many uses for mint & CdM, I had to choose just one recipe I love so much. I truly enjoy a mint parfait at the end of a hearty meal, or a fish dinner to take...
National Chocolate Milkshake Day: How to Make Chocolate Milkshakes
Happy Chocolate Milkshake Day! Chocolate Milkshakes are one of my all-time favorite treats… As a youngster, living on a farm, it didn’t take much to encourage me to go out with my Dad, in one of his trucks to enjoy a delicious chocolate milkshake on Friday evenings. We would sit in an old fashioned diner-type restaurant about 8 miles or so from home. The shakes were served in huge, glass containers and made right in front...
Baked Apples in National Apple Month
An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Well, let’s keep him away for National Apple Month! Truer words have never been spoken. Actually, one apple a day isn’t enough for me. it is easily stored & carried for snacks, making it, well, just a perfect, little, health bomb that is crunchy, sweet & juicy. I usually purchase more than I think I’ll need because they are easily incorporated into salads and other...
How to Make Quick Watermelon Rind Pickles
So, as I keep eating watermelon, I keep on thinking about stories my mom has of my grandparents making watermelon rind pickles. Although I’ve never made them myself, nor eaten them, I want to try them. I asked my mother how she liked them when her parents made them and she said she never really liked them because they were too vinegar-y and that’s why she has never made them at home. Doing a little pondering, this is the...
How to Bake Pastel de Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake
My good friend, Melania McCarley, from Dallas, Texas has made us this delicious treat a few times when we’ve visited her home. She is Costa Rican and creates really tantalizing tidbits like chimichurri, also known as pico de gallo (be sure to click that link for her original recipe). However, she really outdoes herself when it comes to dessert. Melania gave me her recipe for Tres Leches, but I couldn’t find where I put it...
How to Make Cherry Brandy n’ Coke
Cherry Brandy n’ Coke is a tasty twist on your typical alcoholic drinks with cola in them! This fun & delicious recipe may bring some people back to the days of Cherry Cokes from the soda jerk at a diner. My mother loves these! Type: Alcohol Drink Recipe Prep Time: 1 min Yield: As much as you’d like…1/2 cherry brandy, 1/2 Coke Ingredients: 1 part cherry brandy 1 part Coca-Cola – You could use Cherry Coke...
How to Make Angel Kiss Shots + Video
Angel Kiss Shots are the perfect after-dinner surprise, when it comes to special occasions! The Angel Kiss is not only beautifully, but delicious, and lovely as a dessert liqueur beverage. Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, a birthday or anniversary, even Easter…these after dinner shots are impressive & indulgent, making them wonderful for entertaining guests. Angel Kiss Shots: You have some options with this recipe,...
How to Cook Holiday Ham from Heaven
We are usually all “turkeyed” out come Easter, so we go in a different direction with Holiday Ham from Heaven… How to Cook Retro Holiday Ham from Heaven: Though you might think it’s unconventional, this is my Grandmother’s method of preparing a Holiday ham. It is delicious beyond measure served hot, and oh-so-good served cold for a picnic or buffet…You’ll wake up craving ham sandwiches during...
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