Ice Cream/Pudding/Custard

Colorado Lamb Chop from Ototo Restaurant, Denver Colorado

I was contacted near the end of September by the PR firm that represents Star Fine Foods; wondering if I would be interested in helping them to arrange a local food blogger dinner. The intent was to introduce local bloggers to their olive oils and most specifically their California Extra Virgin Olive Oil. My role [...]

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Strawberry, Vanilla Yogurt and Limeade Popsicles

Time again to post for the Secret Recipe Club (details after recipe). This month I was assigned the blog ‘A Pretty Life in the Suburbs‘ – a sometimes food blog that is more that story…the everyday story of life in the burbs, little kids and all. The story of Jo-Anna and her family; her hubs, [...]

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Blue Bunny Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pie and a Giveaway!

As all of you must know by now…I’m not the giveaway queen. I want to make what I want to make and seldom agree to participate in promotions that are offered to me. My goal has always been to share the food that I prepare for my friends and family and most often that food [...]

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Affogato – Vanilla Ice Cream, Espresso, Caramel Sauce and Salted Nuts

Have any of you ever had an Affogato from Starbucks in the past couple of years? I would hear people order them but had no idea what they were. I ‘might’ do the occasional latte but I’m an Americano girl through and through so I never usually opt for the fancy schmancy drinks that are [...]

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Gold Brick Milk Chocolate Banana Split Sundae

When I was a young teenager, I would travel by bus on Saturday to have lunch with my mother who managed a designer boutique inside a department store called Stix, Baer & Fuller in St. Louis, Missouri. When I think of that time and how adventurous I was…always quick to catch a bus or ride [...]

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Homemade Caramel Sauce with Cinnamon and Rum

The first part of November is never about holiday shopping plans for me; it is about gift giving preparation. Every year, I make a basket of goodies for my best friends and family. I’ve learned over the past several years that I had better not wait as it’s best to get things done and in [...]

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Raspberry Cheesecake Flutes

My friend Mardi of Eat. Live. Travel. Write. won the Hay Hay it’s Donna Day cooking event last month and is hosting this month’s Hay Hay it’s Donna Day, a food blogging event in which a blogger chooses a recipe by Australian cookbook author Donna Hay.

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Limoncello Panna Cotta

Simple to make, beautiful in presentation…what more could you ask for? I love Limoncello; I had never heard of it until a trip to Boston several years ago. My daughter, sister and I spent several wonderful days in a beautiful B&B in the North end of the city (like going to Italy) and it was [...]

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Lemon Ice Cream Sandwiches with Blueberry Swirl

Just got a post these are being made by a Twitter friend. I’m posting now in anticipation of her review; they just sound too good to imagine it will not be glowing! Makes 8 Everyone’s free to be a kid again with one of these wickedly good frozen treats in hand. Chewy blondie cookies bookend [...]

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