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5-Ingredient Baked Balsamic Peaches with Fresh Maple Whipped Cream
Today August 22nd is Eat a Peach Day! What does that mean? Eat a Peach Day is all about the glorious peach. Today we are supposed to eat peaches since it is right in the middle of the peach harvest season. I didn’t know that China produces half of the world’s peaches! I did know about Georgia, the Peach State — I used to live there. Everything peach and all. So to follow the suggestion of “Eat a Peach”, here is a quick and easy recipe for baked peaches. A little tangy and sweet but bursting with peach flavor. If you make this recipe, please share it with us in…
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S’mores for National S’mores Day
August 10th is National S’Mores Day! When I think of s’mores, I think back to firepits or BBQ grills in the backyard — we didn’t camp all that much — when all of our family was around. We would make s’mores at the end of the day — good memories! It is said that the word s’mores are a contraction of the phrase “some more”. The origin is still unclear, but some reports suggest that the recipe was developed as early as 1925. The s’more word was officially found on the Merriam-Webster in 1974 and was said to be born during night camps, specifically made by some Girl Scouts way…
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National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day: Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
August 4th is National Chocolate Cookie Day. And a great day it is! Chocolate chip cookies stand near the heap of all cookies Nothing is better than a perfect chocolate chip cookie. A perfect chocolate chip cookie is slightly crispy on the outside, chewy, and chocolatey on the inside, the perfect combination in every single bite. This gluten-free chocolate chip cookie is no exception. It’s been adapted from the recipe here: http://www.landolakes.com/recipe/1470/chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies-gluten-free-recipe but made slightly ever healthier with egg substitute and more flavorful with almond flour. The butter flavor shortening actually works better than the butter as it’s more stable in baking. It is fun to find different recipes to…
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Try Different Flavors with Your Homemade Ice Cream
Happy Friday! Today — July 23th — is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. That’s one of the perfect National Days, right? I have a couple of recipes for or that use Vanilla ice cream on my blog which I will link to. However, today’s post will look at something on the other end of the ice cream spectrum from vanilla. We’ll look at some different flavors that you can try with your homemade ice cream. Introduction Some ice cream stores may have 31 flavors, but there are many more flavors available if you care to give them a try. What are some of the most unusual flavors of homemade ice…
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National Ice Cream Month: No-Churn Salted Caramel and Pecan Ice Cream
July is National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of July is National Ice Cream Day. ANy time in July is a perfect time to have some ice cream! Have you avoided making ice cream at home because you don’t have an ice cream maker and you can’t justify buying another piece of kitchen equipment you’ll only use on occasion? If so, you’ll want to give this easy 2-ingredient method inspired by this post on thekitchn.com. This recipe builds upon their technique by adding a delicious salted caramel sauce and some chopped pecans. The results? Fantastic! If you love ice cream and a bit of salt in your snacks,…
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A Tribute to Strawberry Shortcake Day
Oops! I missed National Strawberry Shortcake Day on June 14th! This year I am feeling a little nostalgic — last year was a tough year. My first without both of my parents. So, I have been thinking about things that happened in my childhood. Ibe constant was dinner with my parents on Sundays. One thing that I looked forward to was strawberry shortcake with my parents. My Strawberry Shortcake Journey… We could have this lovely dessert in one of two ways. The most common way was at the Piccadilly Cafeteria. A frequent Sunday dinner spot for our family. My parents really enjoyed going there so they could get their veggies.…
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Almond Buttercrunch Candy
When I was a youngster, June would have been my favorite month. Why? It’s National Candy Month! National Candy Month National Candy Month was started by the National Confectioner’s Association (NCA) in January 1974 to help boost the sales of various candies which tended to drop after the holidays. The celebration moved to May for a while and then to June where it is celebrated today. I had no idea how much money is spent nationally on candy — I should have given how much I can spend on candy. LOL On the NCA website, they note that there are $36 billion in confectionery retail sales in the USA. Today’s…
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It’s National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day 2021
Hello, everyone! Things are getting back to normal slowly here in Texas. We survived the winter storm Uri. There was so much damage but the people who lost everything are getting help. Hopefully, they will take the necessary steps to prevent this from happening again1 So, on the month of March! Today is National Peanut Butter Lovers Day. It’s the perfect day to celebrate the versatility of peanut butter. There are so many ways that peanut butter can be used — in desserts, meals, smoothies, sandwiches, You can have it for every meal if you wish (and my daughter often has that very wish!) To revel in the joy that…
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More National Chocolate Lovers Month: Chocolate Peanut Clusters
Hi, everyone! Another month has flown off the books! And with the end of February comes the end of Chocolate Lovers Month. I have shared a few chocolatey recipes this month: Chocolate Cherry Brownies and Keto Chocolate Mug Cake But I have one more to round out February! This one is CANDY! Chocolate Peanut Clusters For this recipe, a layer of melted milk chocolate provides a nice contrast to the underlying darker bittersweet chocolate underneath. However, you can use any type of melted chocolate you prefer. As written, this recipe is prepared with raw, unsalted peanuts. This option is generally more economical, and it allows more control over the amount…
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Keto Chocolate Mug Cake
Here is another recipe for Chocolate Lovers Month — Keto Chocolate Mug Cake. Mug cakes are always cool — they don’t take that long to make and you can make just enough for you! No extra dessert lurking around the house — calling your name at all times of the day. Especially when you are not supposed to be eating all those sweets… And this mug cake is keto!
