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I’ll admit I have a bit of a midwest bias, but fresh cherries from Door County, Wisconsin are the best cherries in the world. I was lucky enough to take a trip to Door County recently, and cherry harvest was in full swing. Cherries are the primary food product of this area in Wisconsin, and [...]
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As a midwesterner, my favorite blueberries are from Michigan, where blueberry festivals are held in small towns along the coasts of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior in mid-to-late July through mid-August. For a few weeks of the year — blueberry season — it seems everything is made out of blueberries. Yes, you’ll find blueberry pancakes [...]
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Note: Hours after making this cake, my Crock-Pot met with an unfortunate accident and fell off the counter (or was it pushed???). Needless to say, I was devastated by this tragedy. We were just getting so close, and it just isn’t fair, to be cut down in its prime, performing so magnificently just hours before, [...]
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Yes, you can make a real cake in a Crock-Pot! A really delicious cake, in fact…
I am not sure what this says about the excitement level of my life, but this was an exciting cooking event for me because I honestly had doubts about how a cake would cook in a slow-cooker. Stephanie has some [...]
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It’s blueberry season and blueberries are my all-time favorite fruit, so when I saw this beautiful and easy recipe at Inn Cuisine, I knew I had to try it. With pineapple, blueberries, cake mix and walnuts added in layers, it’s an unusual method, and I was curious how blueberries would pair with pineapple.
It definitely [...]
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This is a refreshing dessert on a hot summer day. It’s a simple classic recipe (with a few possible short-cuts), and there’s only 30 minutes of oven baking. Make it in the morning and freeze all day. I use a spring-form pan, but you can use a pie pan — either way is cool and [...]
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I’ve tried many different kinds of cheesecakes and this is my favorite — simple but rich, creamy and soft but firm and not too airy. It’s delicious on its own, but if you have fresh fruit, cut it up and layer it on — it tastes great with strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, raspberries or melon.
I made [...]
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Can bananas be sublime? Can white rice? I think they can be, together; try it and you’ll agree that this banana rice pudding is surprisingly sublime.
It started out simply enough. I had very ripe bananas, pleading for attention, and lots of left-over white rice, insolent, daring me to devise something more thrilling than fried rice. [...]
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With only 8 ingredients and one bowl, this rich and moist cake is really easy to prepare.
I’ve been loving my bundt cake pan a lot recently and I’m not sure why. Could be a retro-nostalgia thing, unexplored childhood issues maybe, or I just found one at the thrift store (along with a never-used-still-in-the-60s package mini [...]
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These hearty carrot cupcakes are made with pineapple, coconut and walnuts in addition to lots of freshly grated carrots. Even with the cream cheese frosting, they are more like muffins and are substantial enough to be a breakfast-on-the-go.
The recipe is adapted from Simply Recipes, where it is presented as a beautiful cake. I’ve made both [...]
