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I meant to have this recipe ready BEFORE Easter, but I was asked to bring the dessert for our family Easter get-together. To me, it is important to show…

After the long nights of winter, it is always wonderful to see the sunshine come back. That sunshine may be in the sky, or it may be in the…

If you saw my post for Lavender Cookies with White Chocolate Chips and Lavender Icing or Gluten Free Lavender Cookies, you know that in my flower gardens, I often…

“Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don’t!” With this cake, I didn’t feel like a nut. Mounds candy bars are coconut candy covered with dark chocolate. I…

On a cold winter day, there is nothing better than warm chocolate chip cookies with hot cocoa or cold milk. Almost everyone has a favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe…

While looking for some peanut butter for a cookie I wanted to make, I realized I still had some Nutella. Hey, that could make a good cookie, right? Since…

As I type this, Thanksgiving was a few days ago and the holiday season is upon us. Sadly, winter typically signals the end of fresh fruits and vegetables from…

I grow and cook my own pumpkins. I am especially fond of Blue pumpkins- blue on the outside and deep, deep orange on the inside- which is perfect for…

As I type this, it is early November and Persimmons have been back in stores for about a month. YEA! I never had a persimmon until about a year…

I am often accused of growing tomato TREES rather than tomato bushes. My record, to date, is 15′ tall tomato bushes. (Yes, that is a 5′ tall ladder that…