I enjoy reading the blog Mennonite Girls Can Cook.  The Canadian ladies that write this blog are excellent cooks who use fresh basic ingredients in their recipes.  This morning there was a recipe for Lemon Coconut Bars, and I knew I wanted to try them.  I love coconut, and to think about it paired with lemon […]

There are some of you who stop reading when you know it is a recipe.  But not too fast you non-cooks.  This recipe is for you.  It is so easy.  Anyone can do it.  After all it is a DUMP CAKE, you just dump the ingredients into a pan, bake, and enjoy. Except for being one […]

Coconut lovers unite!  Have you heard about the Blue Bell Dipped Fruit Bars – specifically the coconut fruit bars?  If not, let me share. Sweet Mother of Pearl – These coconut fruit and dairy bars that are dipped in dark chocolate flavored coating are beyond wonderful. Good friend Mrs. Ralph raved about these bars from the […]

Excellent Cook Nancy brought Friend BB some cookies – Laura Bush’s Cowboy Cookies to be exact.  Mrs. Ralph ate one of said cookies, and declared it the best cookie she had ever eaten.  Mrs. Ralph did not mention said cookie just one time, I bet she mentioned it a bazillion times (Okay, I exaggerate.) but….  I […]

There is a need to tell you my failures.  Why?  Heaven only knows.  Could it be akin to confession – which is said to be good for the soul?  Sometimes I have such high hopes for a recipe, and then there is disappointment.  This was the case of a recipe that was on the back […]

I thought I had lost it.   It being – Uncle Raymon’s Coconut Pie recipe. Uncle Raymon was an interesting individual.  He was married to my mother’s sister, Aunt Lois. (Yes, the Aunt Lois that is 101 years young.)   He was a Junior High School principal, a shoe salesman, and an usher at the […]

Tuesday morning I was with some friends, and of course, the topic of what we were going to have for our Thanksgiving meal was discussed.   Shelly mentioned that she was looking forward to a fruit salad her relative always brought to their family gathering.  She related that the salad had pineapple, little oranges, coconut, […]

An idea has been mulling in my brain for some time.  Buttered Rum Banana Bread (click to see the original post)  is a favorite at our house.  I wrote about this recipe, and how easy breezy it is to make, (You mix it by hand.) and it is utterly delicious.  But I got to thinking, and […]