Toffee and Almond Fudge Cookie Cups

Made these little beauties for my friend Terra’s baby shower this weekend; they were scrumptious and so cute too!  The recipe comes from Pillsbury; they weren’t that hard to make either. 1 package sugar cookie mix of your choice (I used Krusteaz), plus ingredients to make cookies 1/4 cup milk chocolate toffee bits 1 (14 … Continue reading

Peach Pie with Almond Crumble

I am a pretty good cook and a pretty good baker but I would not consider myself a very good pie maker but I did volunteer to make a pie for a luncheon and this was the result.  It looks pretty good and it smelled even better but, once again, I don’t know how it … Continue reading

Light and Summery Lemon Trifle

Here is the Lemon Trifle that I made for Bunco, it was so light and sweet and tasty, perfect for a summer outdoor party. 1 lemon cake, your choice, store bought or homemade, this is the one I used 2 small boxes lemon pudding mix plus milk to make pudding 1 pint whipping cream 2 … Continue reading

Chocolate Strawberry Waffle Cake

Book group at my house last night out on the patio to discuss “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, not a bad read you should check it out but I digress, from the food!  Decided to make this little piece of heaven which was outstanding!  … Continue reading

Sand Pudding

The teenagers from church were coming over for a pool party last night and I volunteered to make them a treat so when I saw this, I knew it was perfect!  And apparently it was delicious too because the buckets were scraped clean!  The recipe comes from “Ma Nouvelle Mode”.  I found the buckets at … Continue reading

Lemon Cookie Truffles

Don’t these look yummy and summery?  Last night we had an activity in my backyard for the ladies at church and I asked if I could make some sweets since I haven’t had much work lately and I need some projects so I made these truffles.  They are taken from the Oreo Truffle recipe on … Continue reading

Nectarine Crisp

Last night Courtney and Jaren came over for a belated 4th of July dinner.  On the actual 4th, we were at The Stadium of Fire watching Journey, woo hoo!  And Courtney, who manages the Sodalicious Provo location, was working her little butt off!  So we had dinner together last night.  I had some nectarines from … Continue reading

Strawberry Shortcakes

Spent some of the day Saturday making treats for a church activity that night, I made these from the Food Network and also made a chocolate version which you can find here.  Both are pretty easy to make, I changed up the Food Network recipe a bit so you can check the link for the … Continue reading

Mario Kart Mushroom Pops

So my family is just a little bit obsessed with the game Mario Kart and on Thursday some new tracks were released for the game and there was much excitement around here and then it was decided that there was to be a Mario Kart party on Friday so they could play all the new … Continue reading

Surprise – Inside Crescent Eggs

And one last Easter recipe (although this treat would be great anytime of year)!  We decided to do brunch yesterday inside of dinner so we had “Colleen’s Overnight French Toast”, ham, bacon, hash browns, scrambled eggs and “Italian Easter Bread” and it was all so, so good!  When we were done, I wanted just a … Continue reading