One day I just really wanted donuts. Or doughnuts. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, here's "What to Know" about this word: In most dictionaries donut is an accepted spelling variant of doughnut. The spelling of donut without the "-ough" has appeared in enough textual references, and been made popular by brands such as Dunkin Donuts, to the point where it… Continue reading Doughnut Day
Tag: cooking with essential oils
Springtime Cookie Bars
These cookie bars are a bright, sunshiny dessert to help move your taste buds into spring. After the warm and spicy notes of wintertime comforting sweet treats, this one evokes the feelings of warmer days ahead. Adding Vitality Essential Oils is an easy way to change up recipes. This version of the cookie bar has… Continue reading Springtime Cookie Bars
Complete with Cranberry Sauce
I found this recipe in my Grandmom's collection. The recipe card was in her handwriting. We always had similar cranberry sauce like this on the table. She claimed she never made a cranberry sauce with brandy. So we had a good laugh over this as I thought I had found a family heirloom recipe. Now… Continue reading Complete with Cranberry Sauce
Magnificent Mango Cake
Because I have lived most of my life in the Northeast, mangos have an exotic fruit connotation in my mind. One of my friends at Penn State was from Hawaii. (What a change in weather climates!) She described how her family had a mango tree in their backyard. This was mind blowing for me as… Continue reading Magnificent Mango Cake
Pumpkin Keeper
I have moved from autumn décor onto the Christmas cheer. However, I still had a pumpkin sitting next to my fireplace. Since it has held up it's orange integrity, I can cook this squash instead of disposing it in my woods. Cooking a fresh pumpkin isn't difficult, only timely. But it is so worth the… Continue reading Pumpkin Keeper
The Pink Lily Pad and Two Tadpoles 