Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a rather nostalgic dessert as it reminds me a little of an orange push-up ice cream treat from my childhood. Plus, it is a molded gelatin dessert, which always reminds me of the past. As with other gelatin and fruit dishes, someone might call this a "Jello salad" in the United States. However, this recipe uses an entire quart of orange sherbert in addition to gelatin, so I can not bring myself … Continue Reading about Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert
Sticky Rice with Mango
My favorite dessert in Thai and Vietnamese restaurants is sticky rice with mango. It also happens to be one of the few Asian dishes I cook at home. I used a short-grained brown sweet rice for the dish pictured. Although I used a different brand (I bought mine at a natural foods store), I noticed […]
Snow Cream or Snow Ice Cream
While growing up in the Mid-Ohio Valley, I heard my mother tell of making ice cream out of snow (snow cream) when she was a child in rural West Virginia far from any industries. It was never something that she (or I) ever considered doing in our city or farm homes closer to the manufacturing […]
Easy Peach Cobbler
Alas, this is the final recipe I am sharing as a result of one weekend camping trip this summer. It is another dutch oven friendly dessert…peach cobbler. This super easy version of peach cobbler is can be made with just a few ingredients making it great for camping or a simple dessert at home.
Easy Campfire Cooking: Banana Boats
A recent camping trip has inspired me to do a series of recipes that you can make over or in a campfire…or in a kitchen. Our last night camping, we had what I call a “foil dinner.” Each of our easy classic campfire dishes were cooked by wrapping them in foil and placing them in […]
Watermelon Sorbet
You can plant a watermelon up above my grave, And let the juice (slurp) ooze through, You can plant a watermelon up above my grave, That’s all I ask of you. These lyrics are part of my favorite song…when I was six. So, why am I quoting a song I learned in first grade? Well, […]
Quick and Easy Cherry Turnovers
In honor of National Cherry Pie Day, I decided to share one of my favorite quick and easy desserts, cherry turnovers. (A turnover is a folded pie, isn’t it?…Okay, I am stretching the occasion to fit what I have already made). What makes them super easy is that I use frozen puff pastry dough and […]
Cream Horns
Surprisingly simple to make and sinfully delicious, cream horns are a very special treat. One of the reasons cream horns are such as special treat to me is that they remind me of my father. He had such a “sweet tooth.” He would bring home a half a dozen cream horns from a bakery or […]
Simple Poached Pears
Until recently, the only poached pears I was familiar with were poached in wine. The one time I had them did not turn me into a fan. I guess I do not like wine enough to enjoy my dessert fruit poached in it. However, I recently read about pears poached in just a simple syrup […]
Hot Fudge Sauce
I must be insane. It is mid-January and I am making hot fudge sauce. I should be concentrating on healthy foods, budget-friendly meals and warm soups, but I want peppermint hot fudge sauce. What makes me question my sanity most is that I am not the biggest chocolate fan. I like it every once and […]
French Apple Cobbler
After making three apple cakes for our church dinner about a month ago, I still had a lot of leftover Granny Smith apples. My plan was to make up a few apple pies and freeze them. I still would have apples left (I got carried away at the orchard), so I decided to make a […]
