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Coconutty Orange Salad

Last week I baked some delicious $100,000 Cinnamon Rolls. The recipe calls for orange zest which left me with four zested oranges. I hate to waste food and try to either eat as leftovers, freeze, or use in another dish. I started thinking about what I could do with those oranges. In Sicily, they have an amazing orange salad that consists of […]

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Black Forest Trifle

Today’s post is short and sweet. I am short and the recipe is sweet, ha-ha! Wait! Don’t go! I know that was a bad joke. This trifle dessert is worth sticking around for, I promise. I just love a trifle dessert. They are typically super easy to make and look so pretty. Served in individual glass compotes or wine […]

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Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake

I had about 1/2 of a batch of Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies leftover after Christmas so I decided to crumble them (in my brand new Cuisinart Food Processor that Santa brought me for Christmas) to use as a crust for a peppermint cheesecake. I looked through my cookbooks until I found this recipe. This Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake is a no bake recipe. When […]

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Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle

This is one of my favorite fall recipes! I love this desert sooooo much!   photo from www.pauladeen.com   I do not like fall because I know that means winter is coming and I HATE cold weather. But just being able to indulge in this sweet treat makes it a little easier to cope. This is an “eat for breakfast” kind […]

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Ultimate S’mores Cake

I have said before that I am not a great cook, but I am a good recipe finder.  This recipe is an example of that.  This cake is so good and totally over the top! At our local Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society office where I volunteer, we often have themed potlucks.  This month one of our creative volunteers suggested we do […]