I love it when the fresh fruit season gets here. The only problem is it doesn’t last long enough. So much of it ends up in the freezer. However; it is real easy to use fresh frozen fruit to make a topping for ice cream or for anything else you might need a fresh [...]

  In many parts of the country the gardening season is under way. Here in Upper Michigan it is just getting started so I decided this would be a great time to post this Simple Zucchini Muffins Recipe. You can have moist warm muffins on your table within 30 minutes. This recipe is very simple [...]

    When I first tried PHILADELPHIA INDULGENCE with its rich chocolaty taste, peanut butter came to mind, and I thought this Peanut Butter Cupcakes recipe using PHILADELPHIA INDULGENCE for frosting would be a great combination. I was right; they are made for each other. The rich chocolate PHILADELPHIA INDULGENCE taste, combined with the Peanut [...]

    When I saw this recipe I had to give it a try. Pancakes from scratch are not hard to make, but to have a readymade mix on hand can be convenient.  This Homemade Instant Pancake Mix is a good tasting recipe and not very complicated to put together. Just prepare a large amount, [...]

  I had a busy week. My sons were home on college break, and it was my oldest son’s birthday. We planned a big dinner, and with a combined effort it was fantastic. For desert I decided on this Mixed Berry Cheesecake Parfait recipe which is absolutely delicious. Like my son said “what’s not to [...]

  I know I’m rushing the season a little bit, but the local grocery had fresh blueberries on sale and this Blueberry Streusel Muffins Recipe sounded so good I had to try it. The recipe went pretty well up to the end but the batter seemed a lot thicker than I am accustom to. It’s [...]

  I like Chinese food, but I like to stay away from the sugar as much as I can, but unfortunately this Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe doesn’t meet that standard. Intra family pressure kind of pushed me toward this recipe. They wanted sweet and sour pork on the menu, and sweet and sour port [...]

    A week doesn’t go buy that I don’t make a Yogurt Smoothie for an evening snack. The family loves them; they are healthy and delicious. I have included a few tips here to turn your Yogurt Smoothie Recipe into perfection. In this recipe I used the new Activia Harvest picks; it was a [...]

  I have kind of taken a break on baking lately; I guess I felt we had too many sweets over the holidays. I knew it was time to bake something when my wife started looking at the muffins when we were grocery shopping the other day. I said to her, “don’t even think it, [...]

  Colorful and tasty for the Holidays; this Krispy Cream Donut knock of recipe is pretty good. I don’t think it’s exactly the same but pretty close. It’s been a long time since I made donuts so I decided to make some up, and add some Christmas color. I have been making a lot more [...]