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Summer Popsicles Grandparents Can Make for Little Grands It’s P-O-P-S-I-C-L-E time! Surprise your little loves with a summer frozen treat. When I am going for a visit to see my grandchildren, I love to bring them a surprise. I chose popsicle containers on this current visit. It took a little bit of waiting to create a recipe and freeze them, but they were definitely appreciated. My granddaughters got excited when I showed them what I brought. The toddler didn’t understand what the colorful container was. She thought it was a toy. But when she got to eat the yummy fruity treat, she was delighted! NutritiousRead More →

Pudding in a jar

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Satisfy dessert cravings with Easy Shortcake Pudding in a Jar. Make sugar free. Puddings make wonderful summer desserts. Preparing pudding in jars ahead of time makes them handy to serve. Can’t find the lids? Just cover the top with Glad Press’n Seal. Use Colorful Jars Use colorful jars like purple and blue ones for fun. Cover with regular jar lids, or use Press’n Seal which works perfectly. You can pack these jars with pudding and put them in a cooler with ice. This works for taking them on a picnic. Mix Milk and Buttermilk in Pudding I like to mix milk and buttermilk in myRead More →

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River Oaks Donuts Going on an outing in Houston at the River Oaks Donuts shop is a fun thing to do if you have grandchildren. I had never eaten filled donut holes until I visited this delightful place. It’s a small establishment but very friendly. They do have a couple of tables set up outside. Though hot in July, it’s nice if you get there early. There is another reason you want to get to this donut place early. They run out of a popular filled donut flavor fast. It’s called Red Velvet. I heard about it and didn’t get there in time to tryRead More →

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An Easy Way to Bake a German Chocolate Cake This week I’ve got chocolate, German Chocolate and Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake, on my mind and woke up today wanting to bake one of them. What did you think about the Texas Sheet Cake I posted about this week? You’ve gotta try it. Make it and share with family and friends. Otherwise, you’ll want to eat it all yourself. 😀 The thing about German chocolate is that you have to like coconut or it’s not for you. But if you like chocolate AND coconut, you’ll love this cake. Remember I told you I’d be sharing anRead More →

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Best Texas Chocolate Cakes The two best chocolate cakes ever that were made happen to be the Chocolate Sheet Cake and German Chocolate Cake, both popular Texas cakes. They’ve been a southern thing but their popularity has spread beyond the South. History of German Chocolate Cake Sam German created a chocolate bar in 1852 that would bring joy to a multitude of chocolate lovers. The first “German’s Chocolate Cake” recipe, as it was originally called, was first published in 1957 by a Texas homemaker. My mother must have read that Dallas newspaper because, from the time I was a little girl, she made German ChocolateRead More →

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Grown-up Girls Like to Color Have you seen these coloring books for grown-up girls? Some of my writer friends got one. When I saw this one (of course, it’s about food and the kitchen, so I love it!), I just had to get it. I’m getting ready to hang out with my little granddaughter to do some artsy recipes. When I was a young girl, I loved to color. Now my oldest granddaughter likes to color. So I got the coloring book to color with her. Kitchens are for Food and Fun Kitchens are for the whole family to gather to do activities other than just eating. It’s goodRead More →

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Strawberries in Summer If I had to pick one favorite thing about summer, it would be fresh strawberries. Plan a Strawberry Picking Outing Want to plan a fun outing with your daughters or sons? Take them to a strawberry farm to pick fresh berries. It’s so much fun. You pick. You pay. Then you take them home and come up with all kinds of recipes for the big basket of strawberries you came home with. My daughter and I were invited by some friend to go strawberry picking when she was a young girl. We had a fun day eating those fresh-picked strawberries.  The strawberryRead More →