Archive for Dessert

Happy Celebration of Chocolate Month!

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Jaime Gross signature Happy Celebration of Chocolate Month!Death by Chocolate RE Happy Celebration of Chocolate Month!Not that you need an excuse to eat chocolate, but I have something to share with you. February is National Celebration of Chocolate Month, hooray!

Before I go any further, let me just jump right in here and tell you that one of my all-time favorite chocolate recipes is from the Mr. Food Test Kitchen and it is Death by Chocolate. The name alone tells you it is gonna be a-mazing! If you invite me to your house and I need a dessert to knock your socks off, I am bringing this one; I don’t even have to think about it.

If you are thinking about a chocolate dessert for that someone special in your life with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, a better suggestion would be Chocolate Lava Cakes. They are rich and warm and gooey…do I have to go on?

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Sneak-Peek into Our Comfort Cookbook: Southern Peach Cobbler

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Kelly Rusin1 signature Sneak Peek into Our Comfort Cookbook: Southern Peach CobblerSouthern Peach Cobbler RE Sneak Peek into Our Comfort Cookbook: Southern Peach CobblerHappy 2012 everyone! I hope everyone had a great holiday and is ready for new and exciting adventures this year!

This past Christmas I decided to give the new Mr. Food Test Kitchen Comfort Cookbook out as gifts to some of my family and friends. Some had to be mailed but others were accompanied by one of the yummy dishes in the book, made by yours truly, which turned out to be a great idea!

Shortly after New Year’s I received an email from my cousin Janeen who said her 12 yr. old spunky little red-headed daughter Bekah wanted to make a recipe from the new book.

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Easy No-Bake Holiday Desserts

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Howard Rosenthal signature Easy No Bake Holiday DessertsItalian Christmas Cream RE Easy No Bake Holiday DessertsThe holiday countdown is in full swing. We all have so much on our plates we don’t know where to start first. Yes, we tried this year to get a jump start on everything like we have done in the past but no matter how hard we try…we always wait to the last minute.

Well, let me share a piece of advice so you’re not running to your local grocery store on Christmas Eve to make a dessert because you just ran out of time. Oh, by the way, you’re not alone – and that is why this year the entire Test Kitchen really worked hard to create a bunch of new no-bake dessert recipes. These are desserts that either go together in no-time or can be made in advance and frozen until you’re ready to serve ‘em up.

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Birthdays, Mr. Food-Style!

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Jodi Flayman signature Birthdays, Mr. Food Style!Scotchie Surprise Cupcakes2 RE Birthdays, Mr. Food Style!I know it’s December and everyone’s mind is on the holiday season, but birthdays - no matter what time of year - should never go unrecognized! And, there’s also the fact that as we age, we tend to say we’d prefer to skip our birthdays – but deep down, we all like to have a special day.

Believe it or not, until recently, we hardly celebrated birthdays at the Mr. Food office! That’s all changed, thanks to our “Birthday Sombrero”! Everyone’s name went into the sombrero, and as each birthday nears, the person celebrating picks a name out of the hat. Whoever’s name is drawn gets to make a special treat of the birthday person’s choice!

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Homemade Cookies for Holiday Gifts

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Kelly Rusin1 signature Homemade Cookies for Holiday GiftsCookie Ladies Homemade Cookies for Holiday GiftsThis is my favorite time of the year! All the Christmas lights and decorations are starting to go up, Starbucks has their yummy Peppermint Mocha coffee out and my kitchen turns into a bakery. I love to bake cookies and give them as gifts! If you need some easy homemade gift ideas, then you should try baking up some good old-fashioned cookies and give those away, like I do every year.

I started a few years ago baking cookies and giving them away as presents to some folks I see all the time…my hair dresser, my nail tech, the photo lab I go to, just to name a few. And every year they can’t wait to get them, so much so now that I’ve started to bake for more than just Christmastime. I even got a text the other day from one of my friends asking when the baking’s getting started because they were so anxious to get them!

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Halloween Memories & Leftover Candy Recipes

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Halloween Jellybeans RE Halloween Memories & Leftover Candy RecipesKelly Rusin1 signature Halloween Memories & Leftover Candy RecipesHi there!

The other day I was talking to my cousin about what her kids were going to be for Halloween this year and we started to reminisce about when we were growing up.

I started thinking about some of the costumes I wore growing up, and then I found this picture…Yep, that’s me, a bag of Jelly Beans! Nothing fancy, but a fun idea…

I guess I was into food even back then! Some of my favorite Halloween memories always included going over to my Aunt Barbra’s house in the evening to celebrate her birthday.

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Fun & Easy Drum Cake

Monday, October 17th, 2011

Patty Rosenthal Fun & Easy Drum CakeDrum Cake RE Fun & Easy Drum CakeAlright, I’ll admit it… I borrowed the idea.

A few months ago I was flipping through one of those fancy food magazines and saw a cake in the shape of a drum. It was adorable, but I also knew looking at the directions and the long list of ingredients that it was not designed to be easily replicated unless you were a trained pastry chef. Forget that!

I immediately knew this would be a perfect kids’ birthday cake, so I decided to make a much simpler version for a friend of mine’s son who was turning 7. What little boy wouldn’t want a birthday cake in the shape of a drum?

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