Great Gingerbread Houses

Sugar Castle

I finally have some time off from work and found this great site. I really thought these houses were wonderful works. I hope you go to the site below and look at all the pictures of these houses.

The Sugar Castle, displayed in the historic Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, took over 400 hours to create.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20243026_20548796,00.html

Recipe Blog - Dessert First

http://dessertfirstgirl.com/


I discovered this blog today. The latest post is of a Plum and Almond Tart. Doesn't the picture look tasty? This is her picture I borrowed from her site to show you how great this recipe looks.

Another post has a recipe for Greek Honey Macaroons that look just as wonderful. This lady has a very cute dog with pictures included on her blog, too.

I hope you visit and enjoy it as much as I did.


I am sorry I have not been posting as much as I wanted to over the summer. I had to put my computer in the computer hospital for a long time and school is back in session. I will post as often as I can but it will definately be more than I have in the last few months.

Take care and Have Fun !!!

Early Easter Goodies

Bunny Pear Salad


What a great way to get a munchkin to eat a salad without fussing !!

Picture and recipe at this site -
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Bunny-Pear-Salad

Early Easter Goodies

Easter Bunny Cheese Spread


I thought this looked like something I would be interested in trying.





Picture and recipe at this site -

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Easter-Bunny-Cheese-Spread

Early Easter Goodies

Meringue Bunnies

I thought these were so cute.




Find picture and recipe at this site -

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Meringue-Bunnies

Early Easter Goodies

Peeps Sunflower Cake

I thought this was so simple but very impressive.


Picture and recipe at this site -

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Peeps-Sunflower-Cake

Early Easter Goodies

I had just finished looking for St. Patrick's Day goodies. I decided to look and see what was out there for Easter. I felt like a gold miner, in the good 'ol days, finding a rich vein of gold when I checked out this site. Please look at all the goodies they offer.

Picture and recipe at this site -

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Chocolate-Covered-Eggs

St. Paddy Day - Goodies

Kiwi Lime Pie

Isn't this a cute idea?

I found picture and recipe at this site -

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kiwi-lime-pie-714992/

St. Paddy Day - Goodies

Bit-of-Irish Cheesecake

I thought this cake looked yummy.



Picture and recipe from this site-

http://www.recipegoldmine.com/saintpatdess/bit-of-irish-cheesecake.html

Valentine Goodies

Valentine Candy Hearts


This looks like something I would like to try.


Picture and recipe at this address -

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Valentine-Candy-Hearts

Valentine Goodies

Strawberry Towers


Doesn't this look yummy?


Recipe and picture are from this address -

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Strawberry-Towers

Valentine Goodies

I'm getting an early start on Valentine's Day. I found these goodies on the Net. I hope you find them as delicious looking as I do. Have Fun.


Red Velvet Heart Torte

Find this picture and recipe at this address.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Red-Velvet-Heart-Torte

Amazing Gingerbread House

I have always been afraid to tackle this creative form. I did a Google search for "gingerbread house" and they came up with some wonderful examples. This one seems to take it to a new level of art, in my opinion. My hat off to whoever created this masterpiece. Just look at the amazing detail and amount of work it must have taken to create this.

Picture found at - http://youbentmywookie.com/wookie/gallery/gingerbreadapalooza/gingerbread_house_136546.jpg

Christmas Goodie

Cranberry Layer Bars

I thought these looked very tasty tonight. I hope you will visit this site and get the recipe and look around. I saw several interesting Christmas recipes I might try.

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/cranberry-layer-bars/125631ec-50c8-4acd-8d89-48fd7f3d0371/

Thanksgiving Goodie

Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies

Aren't these cute?

Recipe found at :

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/thanksgiving-turkey-cookies/cbe3fa0f-585e-4f8f-af22-d834060252d9/

Thanksgiving Goodie

Chocolate-Cashew-Cranberry Tart

Here's where to get this great looking and sounding recipe-

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/chocolate-cashew-cranberry-tart/a5a05527-87b9-43d5-82b6-660fae1d1f66/

Halloween Recipe

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chocolate-Mice/Detail.aspx

These are so cute. I know all the munchkins I take care of at school would flip over these. You can also roll them in powdered sugar to make them white mice, too. Enjoy

Recipe Site

http://fp.enter.net/~rburk/cakes/cakes.htm

I was in the mood for cake recipes today and found this site. Their recipes are in MasterCook format already, so it is especially nice for me. LOTS of cake recipes, not to mention, a ton of other kinds. I saved many BBQ/Grilling recipes, too.

Enjoy.

Recipes - Halloween Goodies

I found these really great looking recipes for Halloween. Since it's right around the corner, I thought you might like some more ideas. I saved all these to my MasterCook program. These pictures are from their site - so please check them out and look around.

http://www.joyofbaking.com/halloweenrecipes/halloweenrecipes.html

Chocolate Spiders

 Meringue Ghosts

Candy Corn Parfaits

Recipe Site

I was in the mood for lemons today so I searched for some interesting recipes. I found this site with just what I was looking for.



http://www.pillsbury.com/

Lemon Stampers

  Lemon Cream Hazelnut Squares

  Lemon Cheesecake

 Berry Lemon Squares












I saved these all to my MasterCook program. Don't they look wonderful???

These pictures are from their site, so please go there and check them out.  If you try these, please let me know how they turned out.