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Moose Tracks n’ Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwich

My family loves Ice Cream Sandwiches. I usually keep it simple, chocolate chip cookies and vanilla or cookies n’ cream. Not today! We’re going for the ULTIMATE ice cream sandwich – The Chocolate Moose Track and Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwich! The big Daddy of ice cream sandwiches. The king. The […]

Linguini with Turkey Meatballs in Marinara Sauce

Linguini is that pasta that goes well with so many sauces. Personally, I prefer it over spaghetti. I mean, it’s great with white sauce, butter and pesto, red sauce and especially with meatballs. Speaking of marinara or red sauce, I have a recipe for you that is so simple and […]

Dry Rub Grilled Beef Tri-tip with Pickled Cucumbers

It’s Memorial Weekend!  Of course that means, SUMMERTIME is here!  People around the country are firing up that BBQ and slappin’ on that meat. If you happen to get as lucky as I did, you may find some Tri-tip on sale. I picked some up for $5.47. A nice big, […]

Ice Cream Cake goes old school – $2 bucks!

OK. Who remembers ice cream logs? Not the overpriced Baskin Robbins rolls, but the ones they sold in the grocery store. The simple ones. The cheap ones. OMG! I loved those things. I always asked for that instead of a cake and ice cream separate. Something about the mixture that […]

Skateboard Cakes rock! And so do the Paloma Panthers!

My daughter’s school has their annual carnival tomorrow. Part of the fundraising is a “cake walk”. You know. Parents make cakes and other parents bid on them and the PTO earns a little cash.  This is my favorite part of the carnival because I LOVE creating crazy cakes!  No pretty […]

Chicken a la King on Rice with Sautéd Corn & Carrots

I had leftover soup and mushrooms from my Mushroom and Swiss burger recipe. It happened to also be a super busy night with Soccer practice for my daughter and me trying to train for this 1/2 marathon. Yeah! My time is becoming more and more limited and I’m becoming more […]