Easy Rum-Soaked Grilled Pineapple
This Easy Rum-Soaked Grilled Pineapple recipe is my flameless version of “pineapple foster”. It’s fresh, easy and crazy delicious. And it’s also perfect for entertaining! Oh, and then top this heavenly grilled goodness with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. Reduce the rum+cinnamon+brown sugar marinade into a caramelized sauce, and drizzle it on top. And then maybe even sprinkle on a pinch of cinnamon, if you’re feeling extra fancy. INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup dark rum 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1...
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These Banana Split Bites place a fun and simple twist on your favorite summer treat. Just place Strawberries, Pineapple and Banana on a stick. Then add on some chocolate dipping and nuts! Bam! You have a fun summer time treat. We are always on the hunt for fun treats to serve up to the kiddos after a fun day in the pool during the summer months. It can quite often be extremely challenging to find a snack that is not filled with junk. This simple treat idea sneaks in some fruits so it has me totally pleased. Banana...
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Mango Panna Cotta ~ a simple, light and creamy dessert! The ‘king of fruits’ is reigning high this summer in our local rhythu bazaar (farmer’s market) and the varieties available seem endless. I have had my fair share of mangoes in its pure form this season. Recently, I got down to incorporating it into an elegant Italian dessert, Panna Cotta (meaning’cooked cream’ in Italian). The luscious tropical flavor of ripe mangoes pairs beautifully with soft and creamy Panna Cotta. INGREDIENTS: Fresh cream...
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This simple Summer Berry Cheesecake Salad recipe comes together with just 5 ingredients. Rich and creamy cheesecake filling is folded into your favorite berries to create the most amazing fruit salad ever! Your family will go nuts over it. As I am sure you remember I love my coffee and always have creamer on hand, so it is super convenient to use in my recipes. It adds cream and sugar all in one. Well, one of my new favorites is this Simply Pure Vanilla Coffee Creamer. INGREDIENTS: 1 pound strawberries, hulled and...
read moreChocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Parfait
Fill a glass with this beautiful NO BAKE Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Parfait! Layer after layer, it’s a delicious dessert recipe any time of year! Easy desserts are my jam. I mean sure, I love baking a decadent, over the top cake from time to time. But most nights? We go the easy route. This is the perfect recipe to hang on to for summer. If you’re like me, you probably avoid turning on the oven as much as possible. INGREDIENTS: 15 chocolate chip cookies (I used Chips Ahoy) 1/4 cup...
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In true Nigella style, instead of sticking firmly to the recipe, I modified it to use what I had, something she strongly encourages in her cookbooks. I also lightened it up a bit, giving it a mini-makeover. Nigella originally concocted her orange blackberry trifle to use up her leftover marmalade pudding cake, a recipe that is on my list to try. I instantly thought it would be a great way to use up what remained of my light yogurt pound cake. INGREDIENTS: 3 to 4 slices reduced fat pound cake (to make 3 cups of 1-inch...
read moreCheesecake Lemon Bars
Here you get not just one or two layers of utter decadence but FOUR layers of heavenly, sublimely lemony, utterly creamy, melt-in your-mouth bliss! You will most definitely wow a crowd with these over-the-top bars. How could you go wrong with layered buttery shortbread, vibrant lemon bar filling, perfectly rich and creamy cheesecake and lusciously smooth sweetened sour cream all together in one bar? You just can’t. Yes, it may seem these have an overdose of sugar but it’s not much more than that cake I just baked, plus keep this...
read moreNutella Cheesecake Mousse
Cheesecake mousse. They contains no eggs (like many mousse recipes do) so it doesn’t require any cooking on the stove top either. It’s just simple, irresistibly silky smooth and luscious, and amazingly fluffy mousse, at it’s finest. Then you add Nutella into the mix (literally and people what are you waiting for? These are calling your name! Simply put, these are what dreams are made of. Cheesecake and Nutella combined into one easy to make dessert that will leave you begging for more. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS: ...
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This Lemon Cheesecake Mousse is everything I’d hoped it would be an then some – even though it does use a store bought lemon curd (which have you added it to a s’more yet? It’s dreamy times one thousand! Just graham cracker, fire roasted marshmallow and a generous slathering of lemon curd as done here). These individual mousse cups would be perfect for Easter and Mother’s Day or for any get together. And of course they are also perfect for a weekend treat! INGREDIENTS: Crust: 3/4 cup crushed graham crackers (6 full...
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Blackberry Cheesecake Bars – made with a sugar cookie crust, cream cheese filling, and blackberry topping. An incredibly easy dessert to make and seriously divine. These are the absolute perfect treat for Spring! This recipe is made easy with a pre-made sugar cookie crust. The cream cheese filling is creamy and the blackberry topping completes it. Just look at the filling. Wow! I could eat that plain with the blackberries on top. The sugar cookie definitely adds the perfect flavor though! INGREDIENTS: 1 (16-ounce)...
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