I found the recipe for Poor Man’s Cookie Bars in my Mom’s recipe file. It was typed on an index card. I don’t know where it came from originally. I don’t recall Mom making them, but it doesn’t mean she didn’t. The recipe looked really good, so I thought I’d give it a try. They…
Chocolate Cream Candy, Rich and Delicious
Chocolate Cream Candy is a delicious sweet treat that Mom and I always made around Easter. The chocolate center is smooth and creamy with a rich chocolate flavor. Coating the chocolate centers with milk, dark or white chocolate completes the candy. You can color white chocolate using food coloring so that you have different colored…
Apple Butter Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Apple Butter Bacon Wrapped Shrimp are a delicious appetizer or meal. They are easy and quick to make. Shrimp are wrapped in cooked bacon, then basted with an apple butter glaze and baked for about 10-minutes. Mouthwatering! The sweet glaze pairs well with the salty bacon. Shrimp and bacon are a winning combination but…
Mahi Mahi with Zesty Basil Butter
Mahi Mahi with Zesty Basil Butter sauce is a mild flavored fish entrée. It’s quick and easy to make. First, prepare a vegan butter sauce in a saucepan then use the sauce to baste the Mahi Mahi before and during baking. Spoon more of the zesty basil sauce on top of the fish once it…
Apple Butter Crumble Cake
Apple Butter Crumble Cake is made up of layers of cake, apple butter, oatmeal crumble and a powdered sugar glaze. This cake is good served as a dessert or a breakfast treat. The cake is mildly sweet without the powdered sugar glaze. The powdered sugar glaze adds a little sweetness to the cake. Apple Butter…
Coconut Chocolate Chip Bread
Coconut Chocolate Chip Bread is a delicious, not too sweet, quick bread. The outside is crunchy with a moist inside. It has a mild coconut flavor and is full of chocolate chips. I found this recipe on the Alice and the Mock Turtle Site. I slightly modified the recipe to use bittersweet chocolate chips…
Peanut Butter and Coconut Easter Eggs
Peanut Butter and Coconut Easter Eggs were a treat that my Mom made around Easter. The centers are creamy and not too sweet. Once the cream cheese base is prepared, you can either add creamy peanut butter or shredded coconut. The base can be split in half, then one half made into peanut butter eggs…
Edith’s Beefburger Pie
Edith’s Beefburger Pie is a dish that I grew up eating. It’s one of my favorites. I chose it as my birthday dinner several times! This is a filling casserole made by mixing hamburger sauce and corn then topping with biscuit dough and baking. Delicious! It warms up nicely, if you have leftovers. …
Glazed Carrots, Sweet and Salty
Glazed Carrots are my favorite way of eating cooked carrots. To me, they are a mouthwatering side dish! The glaze gives the carrots a sweet, salty coating that isn’t too sweet or too salty. The glaze blends really well with the flavor of the carrot. Carrots are boiled then removed from the saucepan and…
Smoked Shrimp Tacos
Smoked Shrimp Tacos are a mouthwatering meal. I love the smokey flavored shrimp paired with the Caribbean Salsa. I wanted to try smoking proteins, but I didn’t want to go to the expense of a large outside smoker. So, I did some research and found a small stove top smoker, Cameron’s Mini Stove top…