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Desserts

Ginger Christmas Cookie Truffles

If you enjoyed my Lemon Christmas Cookie Truffles, then you’ll love my Ginger Christmas Cookie Truffles.  It has the warm spices of the winter season and if Christmas could taste like a cookie it would have to be a ginger cookie. This is a fun dessert project for the kids […]

Desserts

Lemon Christmas Cookie Truffles

These Lemon Christmas Cookie Truffles are super easy, simple and delicious!  They require no baking which is even better.  All you need is your favorite store bought cookies and cream cheese frosting and white chocolate for the coating.  If you want to be a little more fancy just add in […]

Food Adventures

Birthday Bites with Hua – Part 1

I pass by the Minneapolis (MSP) airport everyday on my way to work and watch planes fly in and out asking myself “what fun adventure did you just come from and what fun adventure are you flying to?” It was finally my turn to go on an adventure to New […]

Desserts

Chocolate Chip M&M’S Cookies

My little niece is a chocolate lover and she loves my Chocolate Chip M&M’s cookies.  They are soft and chewy on the inside and crispy on the edges.  I use both butter and vegetable shortening.  The butter provides good flavor and gives it a crispy texture and the shortening makes […]

Desserts

Raspberry Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies

Christmas is my favorite holiday because it’s officially cookie baking season!  One of my favorite cookies I make every year is my raspberry shortbread thumbprint cookies.  Who doesn’t love butter and sugar?  The perfect combination for any sweet treat! My favorite fillings are raspberry jam and Trader Joe’s pumpkin butter […]

Main Dishes

Korean Short Ribs

Am I the only person who recently discovered ALDI?  I’m in love with this grocery store.  They have a variety of organic food options and did I mentioned the prices.  It originated in Germany in 1946 by two brothers, Karl and Theo Albrecht.  The business split into two divisions, ALDI […]