Oreo Graveyard Cheesecake

Monday, October 31, 2016
Probably the spookiest cheesecake you will ever eat. Hot Fudge and Oreo Graveyard Cheesecake a delicious addition to your Haunting Halloween menu.

this is a scary looking Halloween grave yard cheesecake with crushed oreo cookies on top, bones, eyes and pumpkins on top along with grave yard milano cookies with tombstone messages on them a ghoulish treat for Halloween party fun thats delicious the cheesecake is a homemade recipe from scratch from my hometown Utica New York

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Halloween Italian Meatball Pumpkin

Sunday, October 30, 2016
What a fun shaped delicious meatball shaped into a pumpkin and so much fun to serve dinner on Halloween night for the family meal or even when hosting a party.

This delicious extra large sharped meatball is creatively baked decorated with carrots, olives and peppers.

This addition to a festive dinner for a Halloween will put a smile on anyone who sees this and it's a great centerpiece on your party table.

It's always a big hit at any party and of course, you can decorate the meatball with any vegetables you prefer.

Baking the meatball with vegetables will cook them and become brown, so to keep the Halloween pumpkin face we just garnish the meatball after it's baked and remove the raw vegetables when we serve it.

Everyone always gets a big kick out of this meal,and usually we serve it with mashed potates and lots of marinara or pizza sauce on top and sometimes shredded mozzarella cheese.




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Orange Creamsicle Dessert

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Our no-bake Orange Creamsicle Dessert is so versatile that can be made into a frozen parfait or the pie filling that is poured into a cinnamon graham pie crust or layered in a parfait glass.

Its bright light flavors are just bursting with an orange citrus creamsicle taste is so refreshing.

Whether you make a no-bake fluffy pie or a layered parfait this summer or fall treat is an incredibly tasty dessert!

We love the Halloween season and the kids get so excited to have this dessert at all the parties we usually either bring this in a pie decorated (with a holiday theme on top)  or served in plastic throw-away parfait cups.

For summer the tasty filling is just like that childhood ice cream treat on a stick in the frozen ice cream section and hence that's where the name orange creamsicle got in our title.

The ingredients are simple, marshmallow fluff, cream cheese, and whipped topping, so for parties, or something quick with no baking or cooking this is a winner!

The parfaits are layered in either dollar store plastic cups for the kids or when hosting that dinner party we serve them in nice throw-away plastic champagne glasses or parfait style glasses again from a local dollar store.

Of course, you can substitute the graham crackers crumbs for oreo cookies, peanut butter cookies or even crushed vanilla wafers for even another yummy idea.

Scroll down for our no-bake recipe for this scrumptious easy fluffy filling for creamsicle dessert and that taste will bring you back to your childhood favorite ice cream dessert!


frozen orange dessert



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Pumpkin Spiced Caramel Latte Recipe

Sunday, October 23, 2016
Here is a soothing to say the least cup of wonderful pumpkin spiced caramel latte. So easy to make. Just blend the ingredients and microwave till hot. What more can you ask for?




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Halloween Ghoulish Meatloaf Italian Style

Friday, October 21, 2016
I love making Halloween foods for the kids and young at heart and this Ghoulish Meatloaf is the perfect setting to get this party started.

Here's what I am serving up on Halloween night!

Getting the kids to eat meat sometimes isn't easy and who would have thought fun scary character food would do the trick!

This is a fun way to prepare meatloaf, especially around Halloween.

Try the recipe in individual cupcake tins also for individual servings at parties!

Fun to make and delicious to eat. Italian style of course!





This is a meatloaf decorated for Halloween to look like a scary pumpkin wiht olives and peppers for teeth for Halloween.




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Hurricane Tips and Preparation

Sunday, October 9, 2016
Amazing what can be in store when a storm is coming your way and is absolutely terrifying but we do have some tips to help you prepare and a list to go through that in a panic may not think about.

Being prepared is key. If you are in an area that has tropical storms, this post will give you some important tips to follow.

From the time we moved here in 1994 until the present time, we have been through several hurricanes and seen many tornadoes, and tropical storms, and experienced in preparing.

Irma pounded us for more than 15 hours on 9/12/2017. Frances for 36 hours in 2004.

We experienced 20 tornado activities in Brevard county. Lots of floods, mobile homes ripped to sheds. Fish thrown from the rivers and alligators walking across the street in downtown Melbourne.

Prepare by adding frozen plastic water bottles and containers, condensing food in our freezer to keep cold cuts, eggs, and cheeses safe during the almost always counted-on outages is a must.

Being prepared is key. If you are in an area that has tropical storms, this post will give you some important tips to follow.

Don't waste space in your freeze with bread, cookies and things like this can be refrozen add containers of ice, big blocks will take longer to thaw and keep things cold in a cooler.

Take anything that can spoil off the freezer door and place on the racks, the door will thaw out first and spoil.

Some outages have lasted more than 12 hours, others for days and weeks.

Prepare getting gas cans filled, make sure you have 1 gallon of water per person for clean water to drink, and most important listen to what weather station says to evacuate when they say to leave in your area.

Place your led candles, batteries with flashlights, important phone numbers all in one area and charge all phone battery packs just in case you have no electricity for a few days and are hunkering down at home.

We have a list of must-haves when the power is out for you and plenty of tips below to prepare for a storm.

He always shows up and chases the biggest badest storms out there, we all admire his dedication and appreciate his knowledge to keep us up to date on these storms.

Anyone reading this I pray to keep us all safe and out of harm's way.



This is the house we live in before a hurricane


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Blueberry Almond Scones

Sunday, October 2, 2016
Blueberry Almond Scones, are tender, buttery tasting crunchy on the outside soft and pillowy inside with big plump juicy blueberries, sliced almonds and a drizzle of icing sugar.

Easy to make and you don't even need to be a professional baker to make them they're seriously super simple!

I have made all kinds of flavored scones but since we are all big fans of blueberry anything (especially in the morning for breakfast) these are the most asked-for and just perfect for folks with busy lifestyles for a fast grab-and-go.

These were getting so expensive in those favorite coffee shops I use to frequent, now I just make them myself and they are so much fresher and tailored exactly to what we all like in flavor or fruits.
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Scones are perfect with a cup of tea, cold milk and such a delicious treat any time of the year.

The best part about this recipe is it's so basic you can add any fruits you like to the dough, just get creative and change it to whatever you like with the same measurement.



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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Cranberries and Balsamic

Saturday, October 1, 2016
I was so excited to serve and taste these brussels sprouts.


Did you ever make something so easy that wowed everyone?


Well, these brussels sprouts with cranberries and balsamic vinegar did just that.


First of all, besides being a totally easy recipe, I was over the moon that they were featured in "Taste of Home Magazine!"


That was a huge compliment, tried and true and was featured in their Holiday issue.


If you love brussels sprouts, just have to try these.


A little sweetness compliments these little cabbages perfectly!


One of my very favorite ways to serve brussels sprouts, a vegetable that really doesn't get enough attention.





these are mini cabbages roasted in a hot oven with spices then tossed with cranberries and balsamic for a pretty holiday colored table side dish


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