Five star dessert! Chocolate yum topped with New York Style cheesecake. The chocolate is the lightest fudgy brownie ever! Not too sweet, rich chocolate, light as a feather. The cheesecake is just barely dense, creamy without sweetness, the perfect foil for the deep chocolate flavor of the brownie. Amazing! Fabulous! The best dessert for a […]
Busy Monday 202
Eighteen inches of snow — what a week! Nine great features from last week with some beautiful Valentine inspiration. For more Valentine ideas from last week, check out my Be My Valentine Pinterest Board. Featured from last week: A Cultivated Nest — 10 Tips to Help You Organize Your Home Rose Bakes – Best Strawberry […]
New Home Update — Week 22
A new coat of paint — well, several coats actually — changed that shiny, yellow faux oak but really metal fire door between the house and the garage into this. I love it! Although it may get a darker, grayer coat eventually because it does get a lot of traffic. We’ll see how it holds […]
Ham and Cheese Pinwheels
I have it on good authority if you serve these during a football game, your team will win. I’m collecting data and that’s absolutely true. . . . so far. Conduct your own test and see. In fact, the guys are so sold on this winning thing that they are willing to watch any game, […]
Busy Monday 201
Check out Be My Valentine, my pinterest board for great ideas that were linked here last week — and more! Pssst! Tip to bloggers — to have your post title show up on a pin, make sure you type it on the “Alt Text” line when you insert it in your post. It will automatically […]
Bacon Corn Chowder
Bacon Corn Chowder is a quick meal. It takes about half an hour to make it from start to finish. The word chowder comes from the French word “chaudiere”, meaning a three-legged cauldron used by fishermen to make seafood stews. When the fishermen returned from sea, each village had a large chaudiere waiting for a […]
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!