Strawberry Pretzel Salad

I am doing it again. Posting a recipe to share because I typically lose my copy of the recipe and can’t find it at the moment I need it. Now I will have it on my blog — forever. Well, at least for as long as I need it! I adore this salad and/or dessert. … Read more

Spicy Peach Chutney

Got peaches? Our peach crop wasn’t anything near great this year, but our two little peach trees did produce enough peaches that I could make a batch of spicy peach chutney.  I am so glad I decided on the chutney for the use of our few peaches.  This stuff is incredible and has a thousand … Read more

Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

Last year I saw a post from Brown Eyed Baker for these Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake bars.  I printed out the recipe and added to my “to-bake” and “to-make” pile of recipes.  It has surfaced several times in the past 18 months but something else always caught my eye. But this August my youngest son Chris, … Read more

TWD Baked Yogurt Tart

This month our Tuesdays With Dorie baking group decided to bake two tarts, one sweet and one savory, from the cookbook Baking With Julia.  Starting with this sweet Baked Yogurt Tart, most of the group baked and posted their results on July 2.  You can find links to those posts right HERE. I baked mine … Read more

Healthified Frosted Banana Bars

Do you ever have bananas that look like these? I over-shot bananas on my shopping list and ended up with 3 1/2 rather ripe ones I couldn’t get the Chief nor my Sous-Chef Dish-Washing mom interested in eating! 🙂 I ran through the gambit of banana nut bread, or crunchy pecan banana muffins,  and then … Read more