Inside my recipe box
I make treats for my kids every Tuesday. The other four school days, I’m a stickler for healthy snacks. On Tuesdays, however a mid-day dessert is waiting when they come home from school. They always walk in the door asking, “What is Treat Tuesday?” and I always keep them guessing by challenging them to identify the treat by smell. The only downside of this tradition is I hear about it if I have a particularly busy Tuesday and don’t get around to making the treat. That rarely happens because I can’t stand the groaning! (OK, and I’m a sucker for their appreciation for TT’s, even into their teen years.) When you see a dessert recipe with a TT next to it, you know it was one of our Tuesday Treats!
Seems as if we have been going back in time lately. Exercising in the neighborhood vs. hitting the gym. Puzzles and board games have made a resurgence. We have been eating at home instead of eating out. While on a recent cleaning binge, I came …
There is something so fun about mini desserts and this is the perfect treat when you do not need a whole cheesecake sitting in the fridge to tempt you. I make these a day before I want to serve them and add the blueberry preserves …
Happy Cinco De Mayo! While everyone is probably thinking Margaritas for this fifth day of May, I’ve had a few too many of those during our quarantine time. In fact I have been pretty focused on eating and drinking but not sharing my treats, yikes! …
Keeping with the citrus theme for this season, I thought it would be fun to mix with Valentines! These cookies are super easy to make because the dough does not have to chill before you roll it out. This is a also a great recipe …