Desserts - Part 5

Brown Butter Banana Pudding with Blueberries

By Sherry K on July 27th, 2012

When I was growing up, my grandma made the best banana pudding ever. For every summertime occasion, be it 4th of July or someone’s birthday, we could count on her to stir us up a bowlful. As I grew older, I was so surprised that the pudding itself didn’t even contain bananas! She […]

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Blueberry Lemon Zucchini Bundt Cake

By Sherry K on July 13th, 2012

About this time each year, I officially declare that I think I can live on nothing but blueberries and sweet corn.

While that is probably slightly unrealistic, there is something about the summertime harvest season that makes me feel good all over.

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Strawberry Cheesecake Blondies

By Sherry K on June 25th, 2012

Can I just say how excited I am about this post?

I have been tweaking this recipe for YEARS (yes I am a slow learner).

Now I can finally say that it has finally come to fruition. Get it? Fruition? Fruit? Strawberries? […]

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Crunchy Tortilla Chip Cookies with Avocado Frosting

By Sherry K on May 3rd, 2012

A few years ago, I watched an episode of “Good Eats”, where Alton Brown made avocado ice cream. Up until that time, I had never seen anything but savory applications for the delectable and nutritious fruit (yes, fruit, because of the “seed” or pit in the middle).

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Chocolate Nacho Pizza

By Sherry K on May 1st, 2012

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

Last weekend, my S.O. (Significant Other) and I went to the Saugatuck Brewery, in Saugatuck, Michigan. We enjoyed the most amazing hummus with homemade flour tortilla chips, but our ratio of chips to hummus leaned heavily on the chips, so we ended up bringing several of them home. Since […]

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Peanut Butter Caramel Chewy Easter Egg Nests

By Sherry K on April 15th, 2012

When I was in college, there was a bakery inside the Student Union that had the most amazing, addictive treats known as “Special K Chewies”. They were the best peanut buttery, caramel-y, chewy blobs of goodness that served their purpose in rewarding myself after exams, written reports, or…if I happened to […]

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