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Burger Grilling Tips for the Perfect Burger & my California Burger Recipe

06.06.2011 Beef

It is burger grilling season for sure! Summer is here to stay well… at least at my house it is. It’s already above the 90 degree mark so cooking outdoors is a must. I think you could just throw your burger on the cement and it would probably sizzle, but if you want those pretty […]

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Pina Colada Re-Fresher

06.02.2011 drinks

Doesn’t this picture make you smile! Good it was supposed to, it’s time to take a break, kick back and relax with a tropical drink. Sorry for all those expecting alcohol, meet the virgin pina colada 🙂 my friends. I got to know the vpc a few years ago, we took a “work trip” to Jamaica, yah I […]

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Chocolate Marquise-A Daring Bakers Challenge

05.27.2011 Daring-Bakers-Challenge

If you haven’t heard of Chocolate Marquise don’t worry I hadn’t either until this months Daring Bakers Challenge. I am so glad that our hostesses Emma of CookCraftGrow and, Jenny of Purple House Dirt, chose this dessert for us because it was INSANELY GOOD! I’m not trying to toot 😉 my own horn here, this was a delicious dessert that […]

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Coconut Ice Cream in Edible Bowls with Tropical Salsa

05.23.2011 Sweet Things

So you can’t go to some tropical place this Summer and lay on the beach enjoying the sun and surf, no worries just pretend by… serving something that makes you feel like your in the tropics. These little desserts are impressive and of course pretty simple to make too, so you can go back to […]

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Chocolate Dipped Frozen Bananas

05.19.2011 Sweet Things

Oh my goodness, who doesn’t love frozen chocolate dipped bananas? I know,who wouldn’t right. I remember getting them at amusement parks from one of those little vending carts. The ones I remember either were plain or had chopped peanuts on them, I thought of something better…roasted salted chopped pistachios (sigh). The whole sweet,salty crunchy thing […]

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Healthy Frozen Strawberry Popsicles

05.12.2011 Sweet Things

Pin It If you have little ones you might as well plan on making these over and over again because they will become pretty popular and your freezer will not stay closed. Have fun and enjoy the fruits of Summer.

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A Few Changes

05.10.2011 Tidbits & Miscellaneous

I feel like I need to explain a few things to my regular readers. If you have tried to leave a comment you will have noticed it is no longer available. I’m probably the only food blogger who doesn’t have a comments section available. This is not because I don’t like comments but after some […]

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Happy Cinco de Mayo and a King Ranch Chicken Casserole

05.05.2011 Chicken

Happy Cindo de Mayo, even if you don’t care about it, I’m still going to give you a few good recipes that I like and consider worthy of the celebration. This dish is what I would call Tex-Mex being that it originated from Texas, named after a cattle ranch the “King Ranch”, strange that its […]

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Vanilla Bean Gelato with Vanilla Bean Caramel Walnut Sauce

04.30.2011 Sweet Things

Gelato is an Italian ice-cream that I have been wanting to try for a while now and thanks to Dessert Wars for having a giveaway of 3 vanilla beans from Beanilla and hosting this months dessert challenge to use vanilla in 3 ways in your dessert, I was able to try this ice-cream out. As […]