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
Old-Fashioned Hot Cocoa with Homemade Marshmallows
I remember hearing Martha Stewart tell her viewers more than once that they had to make their own marshmallows. She said they were much better than store bought marshmallows. When I heard her, I would never have believed that I would actually make my own marshmallows. Lately, I started thinking about how much my daughter […]
Tasty Roasted Brussels Sprouts
If you wonder why I have not published more recipes for vegetable side dishes, the reason is there is really not much of a recipe usually involved. I usually fix very simply prepared steamed, roasted, and sauteed vegetables. Brussels sprouts are one of those veggies that I usually fix the same way my mom made […]
Seven 1970′s Recipes, Recipe 2: 7-Up Cake
Mom made this cake one year for my elementary school’s “Lawn Fete” and I really wanted it. I remember participating in the cake walk multiple times hoping to win it back. In the end, I went home with two cakes. One of them was indeed the cake my mom had taken to the school. She […]
