Many families expect a certain dish to be on the table at every gathering. Citrus and Cream Salad started as a favorite of a particular relative who could be counted on to show up to the family potluck with a big dish of it in hand. Fruit, cottage cheese, and your favorite Jell0 all wrapped […]
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Aloha Chicken with pineapple and honey
This recipe started out as a crockpot recipe. It was definitely good! However, I use my crockpot most frequently when I am going to be tied up most of the day. You do not want to overcook this one. So I converted it to an oven baked chicken. I know, I know. . . . […]
Spiced Pineapple Carrot Cake
This is THE best carrot cake ever. Carrots are popular at our house. I had to work fast after my grocery buying trip to have enough to make carrot cake. And it was so worth it! Carrot cake is good. Spiced carrot pineapple coconut cake with nuts and raisins is celestial! This looks like a […]
Pineapple Bacon Bites
A Mad Men era scene pops up in my mind when I look at this appetizer recipe for Pineapple Bacon Bites. I picture the high heeled, full skirted, perfectly coiffed hostess fingering her pearls as she waits for the appertizers to finish. I have absolutely no idea why. Maybe because the recipe has been […]
Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!