Sweet Treats

Want something creative to do with that Halloween candy? Mike and I were mulling over going to the store to buy Halloween candy on sale, when I remembered 3 Musketeers Pancakes. Sleepovers with all the girl friends were fairly common in high school. And breakfast the next morning was usually pancakes. Pancakes made by Erica [...]

I was excited when my first batch of pickling cucumbers came in, and I quickly used them all for the Spicy Dill Refrigerator Pickles. I checked my garden a few days ago and only had one small pickling cuke. But there were a couple teeny-tiny growths starting on some of the other plants. Two days [...]

As I mentioned in the green tea ice cream and peanut butter ice cream recipes, it’s possible to make ice cream without a machine. Granted, it can be difficult to get a really creamy and smooth ice cream, but the lack of an ice cream maker doesn’t doom you to store-bought desserts. Take granitas, for [...]

Having an ice cream maker is dangerous. Fresh ice cream, whatever flavor you want, in half an hour, who can resist? (I mostly don’t.) This is the inaugural batch of ice cream this summer. I meant to make a green tea ice cream last summer but never got around to it. My sister was drinking [...]