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Donair Sauce

Originating in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Donair, and this sauce, is a tasty, and simple to make at home, take on gyros. We will cover the actual Donair recipe tomorrow, but today, let us handle the sauce, which is a little … Continue reading

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Key Lime Pie With a Side o’ Blueberries

One of our fave desserts is Key Lime pie, and with good reason: it is tasty, but, it is also wicked simple to toss together! Especially if you buy a graham cracker crust already made from the market. One bit … Continue reading

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Dark Chocolate Heath Toffee Fudge

Sometimes, fudge just happens. In this case, dark (60%) chocolate fudge with Heath toffee pieces stirred in to make things just that much better. Pretty simple to toss together, and wicked tasty. I guess I could’ve added some walnuts, but … Continue reading

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Oh Fu-u-u-u-dge

Yep. ‘Tis the season for all of the tasty treats; and if they just happen to be wicked easy to toss together, and gluten-free, I call that a holidaze bonus. I was scanning Salon.com and when they featured this microwave … Continue reading

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Parfait! Tres Leches Lemon Cake

This riff on the classic (and wicked fine) tres leches cake calls for sour cream in place of the more usual milk as part of the “three milks,” but, not to worry, this version, also, is wicked fine. And, if … Continue reading

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Key Lime Pie

We have a soft spot in our hearts around here for key lime pie. Usually, when the mood strikes, it is only the matter of a drive down the street to our local fishmonger/smokehouse/baker to pick up a slice or, … Continue reading

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Parfait! Slow Cooker Salted Caramel

Also known as Dulce de Leche, this fine caramel sauce is dead simple to make, but it will take about ten hours in your slow cooker, so plan accordingly. We’re having friends over for diner this weekend, and Rich found … Continue reading

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Butterfinger & Reese’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

This is another variation of a Betty Crocker Cookie Bar recipe I first tried last fall (I also did one as a Parfait! recipe using Kit Kat Bars). For this version, I started with Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix, again made … Continue reading

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

So, we’ve all been there… gathering all of the ingredients to make a new recipe – you’ve even gone out to the market to pick up some of the stuff you don’t normally keep in the house, then… you pull … Continue reading

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Snickerdoodle Poke Cake

This cake recipe slipped into my email box from the always nice folk at Betty Crocker, and, since Rich LOVES snickerdoodle cookies, I figured the cake would be a big hit. It was. But, I had a couple of issues … Continue reading

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