A few side dishes and desserts always make it to the table on Thanksgiving day, but I’m not one of those cooks who have a menu that never changes. I find it helps keep the occasion fresh to mix up a few new recipes with the old standbys. Most sides I’ve prepared in the past […]
Eyes with pinpoint pupils gaze at diners on this Halloween night. An appetizer plate presents bat meatballs with their purple cabbage wings spread wide, as if to fly off the table. Miniature spider webs, ghosts and jack-o-lanterns glow in their warm orange pumpkin sauce dotted with black olives. And for dessert, a werewolf paw makes […]
Cream cheese. Toasted pecans. Praline Frosting. You get a triple whammy of decadence with this cream cheese swirled, apple spiced bundt cake. I love apples throughout the year, but this cake is perfect for autumn entertaining with spices like nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon scenting the moist batter. And the praline glaze is heavenly. It drizzles […]
Product: Yoplait Splitz Birthday Cake Yogurt Size: 3.25 ounces Price:$3.49 for a 4-count container Available: Most grocery stores You can have your cake and live bacteria, too. Yoplait’s new Birthday Cake Splitz yogurt brings on the flavor of vanilla-scented birthday cake without all the fat. Each container is just 90 calories, 1 gram of fat, […]
Product: Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate Morsels Size: 10 ounces Price: $3.84 Available: Most grocery stores Dark chocolate chips from Nestle Toll House was a treat I couldn’t pass up. At 53 percent cocoa, the morsels are larger and pack more of a chocolate punch than any I’ve tried. These are so good that […]
