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Gelato, the natural ice cream with many health benefits

by Amber Edwards December 30, 2012
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Gelato has been considered to be a popular form of natural ice cream with lot of fresh fruits, vegetables, natural flavor and milk having many health benefits like high protein and vitamins but low fat content Making of Gelato Gelato is actually an Italian ice cream which is a sweet treat and is generally served [...]

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Doughnuts made easy, Doughnut Recipe in five minutes!

by Amber Edwards October 26, 2012
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A year ago I shared with you my experience with lazy man doughnuts. This last week, we hosted a fun Ladies night out where we all shared our favorite tips and tricks and treats. I shared with my friends how to make these delicious doughnuts. So now I thought I would share a complete tutorial [...]

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Raspberry Filled Gourmet Cupcakes Tutorial #CoolWhipFrosting #cbias

by Amber Edwards October 19, 2012
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This week we had Parent Teacher Conference and my boys performed above and beyond my expectations. It made me think about how well they have been doing at home. Did you know they each read 20 minutes a day every single day without fail? They have been doing so good keeping up with this task, [...]

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Velata Chocolate Fondue Give Away; Gifts for Girlfriends Give Away Event #GirlfriendGifts

by Amber Edwards September 19, 2012

Welcome to our Gifts for Girlfriends Giveaway Hop hosted by BloggerPR. September is Women’s Friendship Month, so we decided to celebrate our girlfriends!  In honor of these friendships, we have put together an event to highlight some of the best gift giving ideas for our girlfriends!  And we're giving away a Chocolate fondue set, but more [...]

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How to Fondue with Velata Chocolate Fondue and Chocolate pot.

by Amber Edwards September 19, 2012

I love chocolate! What woman doesn't right? What I love even more than chocolate is dipping things into chocolate! With the double boiler method it takes a lot of time to melt the chocolate and then you have to deal with a lot of steam and possible burning yourself with the hot steam, water or [...]

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Salvage Your Strawberries before Going Bad, Strawberry Short Cupcake

by Celeste July 3, 2012
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If you’re anything like I am, you have great intentions to eat those fruit and veggies, but don’t actually get around to doing anything with them until they are bad, and they go directly to the garbage. I know, I’m working on it. The other day I was looking through my fridge and say a [...]

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Oreo Truffles Recipe and DIY Tutorial: Favorite Holiday Treat

by Amber Edwards December 24, 2011
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Thanks to my boys deciding that they believe in Santa this year, they have also decided that we must should  leave Santa cookies on Christmas Eve. Well, seeing as someone will have to be eating these cookies (ie..ME) I decided we needed to make some cookies that “Santa” can really enjoy. So this Christmas Santa will [...]

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Christmas Traditions: The Holiday Treats for Neighbors and Friends

by Amber Edwards December 21, 2011
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We have a lot of Christmas traditions and one of the favorite is each year, we make plates full of delicious Holiday Treats to take to our neighbors and Friends. This is the second year that I’ve actually fulfilled this family Christmas tradition since getting married. We always did this when I was a kid [...]

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Christmas Treats, Chocolate Covered Pretzels DIY Tutorial and Recipe

by Amber Edwards December 20, 2011
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Have you ever made Chocolate Covered Pretzels before? Really it is quite simple and definitely one of my favorite Christmas treats! All you need is some Chocolate Almond Bark and your favorite pretzels. Easy Christmas Treats: DIY Chocolate covered pretzels It doesn't really matter the brand for the chocolate, but it does need to be Almond [...]

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Shortbread Cookies Recipe with Jam Center, AKA Split Second cookies, Christmas Cookie favorite

by Amber Edwards December 20, 2011
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 When it comes to Christmas, I always think of the desserts, cookies, and smells. Nothing says Christmas like delicious shortbread cookies! So I’m going to share with you today our favorite tried, tested and kids, family and neighbor approved Shortbread cookies recipe! Split Second cookies or Shortbread Cookies? I grew up knowing these cookies as [...]

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Donsuemor Gormet Bakery Peppermint Bark Cute Cakes Review Holiday Gift Guilde

by Amber Edwards November 23, 2011

Whenever I think of the holidays one of the first things that always pops into my head is definitely the delightful treats! We always are found baking around the holidays with cookies, pies, decadent desserts and of course a variety of items all dipped in Chocolate Almond bark! Oh the delights! But with all my [...]

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Brynn and Amie Artisan Food and Gifts Review and Giveaway

by Amber Edwards October 21, 2011

        I don't know about you, but I LOVE special homemade treats! The more natural and homemade the better! To me they just taste better and remind me of home when I was growing up cooking with my mom in the kitchen. This last week we had the opportunity to try out [...]

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Schoko Schnecke-Chocolate Filled German Pastry Recipe

by Amber Edwards October 13, 2011
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One of the things I miss the most from our time living in Germany was the Bakeries and the German Pastry. They always had Fresh Brotchen each day; and it was AMAZING. I don't know how; but Germans have this special way of making bread that affects the bread's taste and texture. You just can't [...]

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Best ever Lazy Man Doughnuts! (DIY)

by Amber Edwards October 9, 2011

Look what we made! I absolutely love DIY activities. And I love DIY blogs! I have a few favorites that I follow quite frequently; because their projects are so unique, very easy to follow and just SO much FUN! The one I want to talk about today is HowDoesShe. They have such a large variety [...]

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Chocolate Glaze Frosting Recipe, the Perfect Dessert Topping.

by Amber Edwards October 9, 2011
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I’ve never been a huge fan of the traditional Powdered Sugar Frosting or Glazes. To me they are just far too sweet. But when you make Doughnuts you have to have something on top! Otherwise it is just too plain and not enticing. So I experimented around with a few different traditional glaze recipes. I found I [...]

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Ganache Recipe (Chocolate Goodness w/ Many uses)

by Amber Edwards October 8, 2011
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Cake made by my Amazing Sister; frosted with Ganache! I‘ve just Recently Discovered the wonders of Ganache! Where has it been all my life? And it has so many different uses! Truffles, frosting, Fillings, OH MY! So I want to share with you our Ganache Recipe as a Lead-in into our next BIG recipe:  Schokoschecke [...]

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Snickerdoodles Cookie Recipe, Family favorite cookie

by Amber Edwards September 28, 2011
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I still remember my very first Snickerdoodle. I had just gotten home from the hospital after giving birth to our baby girl -JadeLouise.  A Friend of ours had taken care of our boys when I went into labor; and to help keep them busy she had my boys make “mommy” some snickerdoodle cookies. When I got [...]

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Grandma Maurine’s Red Devils Food Cake Recipe

by Amber Edwards September 27, 2011
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My grandmother was KNOWN for her baking. I never had the luxury to learn from her, but at least we still have her recipes. And let me tell you; I made this devils food cake recipe for my daughter’s birthday when she turned 2 and it is DIVINE! It has since been requested for each [...]

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Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

by Amber Edwards September 27, 2011
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One of our Favorite Frosting recipe! It's not too rich, but OH so tasty! And Very easy to make! Ingredients:  1 pkg cream cheese  (room temperature) 1 stick of butter   (room temperature) 1 tsp vanilla 4 cups (1 lb) powdered sugar.       Directions:    Put all ingredients into a bowl and blend together [...]

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Best Ever US Cheesecake No Bake Recipe

by Amber Edwards September 16, 2011
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One of my favorite desserts is a sweet and tart cheesecake. But it can't be any cheesecake! It has to be my family's no bake cheesecake! This recipe is very simple to make and full of flavor! It is the perfect blend of sweet and tart. I have yet to find someone who does NOT [...]

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