With the Holiday’s upon us we are constantly bombarded with pies and cakes that go great with whipped cream. You can grab a spray can or a tub of whipped cream product, but nothing tastes as good as homemade whipped cream. It is super simple to make. Just add whipping cream, sugar and a hint [...]
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I love to grill. It is as simple as that. I love whole meals that can be made outdoors. I have discovered that stone fruit works great on the grill. This is the type of fruit with a hard pit in the center. Peaches, nectarines, etc. The other day I came across this article where [...]
Posted in All, Dessert, Grilling, Recipes Tags: balsamic vinegar, grilled fruit, Grilling, honey, nectarines, recipe 1 Comment »
Over the past couple Months, Dana and I have been traveling a lot. We have found ourselves in a ton of airports. While we were waiting for one of our many delays, we stumbled upon one vendor selling Tres Leches cake. It was awesome! Ever since that day, I have been craving Tres Leches Cake. [...]
Over the last week I have seen a few ads for the bacon sundae at Denny’s. I looked at it and it seemed like a good idea. However, I wanted to take it over the top. So I decided to make my own. I fooled around with the basic concept and came up with the [...]
Posted in All, Dessert, Ice Cream, Recipes Tags: bacon, bacon sundae, hot fudge, ice cream, maple brown sugar bacon, maple fudge, maple sauce, sundae, sunday, sweet bacon, ultimate bacon 4 Comments »
When I was a child my Mom would make us these amazing little bars as a treat. They were delicious and tasty. They have a sweet peanut buttery taste but a little crunch from the cereal. I just recently found out how easy they are to make. They are super simple. Just five ingredients and [...]
The other day, Dana and I were watching TV and it suddenly hit me. I have never made cheesecake on the website. I had to remedy the situation immediately. So I went to the store and picked up the ingredients. I then noticed that I did not have a spring form pan and was unable [...]
Posted in All, Baking, Cakes, cheese, Dessert, Recipes Tags: cheesecake, mini cheescakes, parchment cups, single serve cheesecake 5 Comments »
I have been making a lot of pizzas lately, so I had some extra pizza dough. I have been known to make dessert pizza in the past but I wanted to make something new and exciting. So I came up with S’more pizza. It starts out with a pre-baked crust and ends up with perfectly [...]
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It has been horribly hot here in DC. Averaging 95 every single day. When it is that hot outside you do not want to cook or even venture outside. The only problem was that I wanted dessert. However, there was no way that I was going to turn the oven on to bake. So I [...]
Posted in All, Dessert, Fruit, Healthy, Recipes, Strawberries Tags: banana, smoothie, strawberry, vanilla yogurt 1 Comment »
I am sorry that I have not been posting daily. I was on vacation and clearly relaxed a little bit too much. While I was visiting my family, my Mom made me Eclair Cake. It is my favorite cake. It is a mixture of graham crackers and a vanilla pudding mixture. Super delicious!! Eclair Cake [...]
Posted in All, Dessert, Recipes Tags: best cake ever, cake, eclair, graham crackers, nestles pre-melted chocolate 7 Comments »
Over the past month I gave up ice cream for lent. Then half way through lent, I purchased an ice cream machine. I know, bad idea, but it was extremely cheap and I did not believe that it would too tempting. I tried to keep it in the box until after lent, but it was [...]
Posted in Dessert, Ice Cream, Recipes Tags: alton brown, Chocolate Ice Cream, custard, egg based ice cream, homemade ice cream 2 Comments »A couple of weeks ago I picked up an ice cream maker at the discount store. It was cheap, but it expanded my culinary reach by a lot. So I made this super simple lemon sorbet. After tasting it, I knew it would be the base of an amazing cocktail. So I had a few [...]
Posted in Cocktails, Dessert, lemon, Recipes Tags: bartending tips, cocktail, Drinks, lemon, lemon cocktails, lemon sorbet, Recipes, vodka 3 Comments »The other day I needed to pick up some supplies for my house guests so I stopped by Marshall’s. While roaming through the aisles I found a white box. A large white box. It had a couple red clearance price tags on it. Each one going lower and lower all the way to $29. So [...]
The other night I was sitting and watching TV and I came across a old Bill Cosby standup routine. After that, he was stuck in my head. The only thing that I could think of was him saying pudding. So I had to make some. Damn you Bill Cosby. So I went through the cupboard [...]
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