Talk about a delicious dessert topping! The whipped cream mixed with cream cheese makes this light and airy, but still very tasty. This frosting is a great topping on the banana bars, as I’m sure it would be on many other desserts. Ingredients 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1 cup white sugar 1/8 teaspoon […]
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Pork taco salad
0A friend of ours gave us this recipe for a pork taco salad. It tastes just like the one served by Cafe Rio. It’s now one of our favorite dishes. True there are a lot of ingredients, but it’s well worth the effort. Cafe Rio Pork Taco Salad Pork 4 pound pork roast 4 8 […]
Great Harvest pumpkin chocolate chip bread
1I’ve blogged about this before: our family has a fetish for Great Harvest products. They’re whole grain goodness is just too irresistible. My cousin, Lisa, recently tried a recipe that comes awfully close to my daughter’s favorite bread, Great Harvest’s pumpkin chocolate chip bread. So, for those of you willing to give it a try, […]
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
2One of my favorite treats is the chocolate chip cookie served by Great Harvest Bread Company. I love its whole-grain taste. I have experimented with a recipe to get just the right flavor and texture and have one that’s pretty close to the real thing. Great Harvest serves their chocolate chip cookie as a large, […]

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies
1One of our family’s favorite cookie recipes is a peanut butter cookie with a Reese’s peanut butter cup in the middle. If you like chocolate and peanut butter, you’ll love these cookies. Ingredients ½ cup butter at room temperature ½ cup chunky peanut butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 […]
Homemade Oreo-type cookie
0I have a new favorite cookie. Many thanks to our friend, Ellen Gianni Nelson, for introducing me to my new epicurean delight. In fact, I love this recipe so much that I’m going to post it. I don’t normally engage in online recipe activities, but for anyone who likes the taste of Oreos, and the […]