Spindles Designs by Mary and Mags
Mom taught us how ... now we create together
Our family loves chocolate cake. Agreeing with Mr. Biddle, Disney’s “Happiest Millionaire”, “Chocolate cake is the perfect food”. This Sour Cream Chocolate Cake truly is a family favorite. There is never very much left after a family party. In fact, the kids will often come back for a second or third piece and the pan is empty. Another great thing about this cake is you just stir it together in a sauce pan.
As summer approaches I am aching to be eating summer food like BBQ anything, fresh fruit, and popsicles. We tend to eat so much better during the summer than any other time of the year. I think it is in part because I do not like to heat the house by using the oven, so our desserts tend to be fruit, pudding, or ice cream. I think the other part is that we tend to be outside more and playing more and just eat less over all.
For the most part, fruit is all that we need to satisfy our sweet tooth after spending a day outside, however, every now and then it is fun to dress it up and have fruit dip. It is a little boring to look at, but it is full of flavor and compliments all fruit. We made the kabobs for a family party, we tried to incorporate favorites from most everyone in the family and still have it look pretty. We used wooden skewers and bit sized bits of strawberries, pineapple, grapes and “big” blueberries. I filled the skewers and put them on a platter. The fruit dip was of course optional for people to eat, but we did not bring any of it home. Which makes complete sense as it has yogurt and cream cheese in it, so it is a little cheese cake like, but dip like at the same time.
This post was originally shared at Simply Sweet Home.
My husband gets all the credit for this recipe. He and I were going through a healthy meat phase a while ago and found a lot of different recipes for turkey burger. We didn’t really like any of them 100% so, John came up with his own recipe.
Turkey Burgers1 lb lean ground turkey
1/4 lb lean ground pork
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
2 green onions, chopped
1 egg, well beaten
3 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 ground pepper
3 tbsp soy sauce
Orange Marmalade
In a blender mix green pepper, onion, egg, milk, salt, pepper, and soy sauce until smooth. Pour over bread crumbs. Let stand to soften. Mix pork and turkey, add crumb mixture. Mix well. Make into 6 – 3/4″ thick patties. In a non-stick frying pan (electric) heat and coat pan with 1 tbsp olive. Cook patties over medium heat until done. Brush with orange marmalade. Serve on whole wheat bun with tomato, lettuce and onion slice. YUM!
NOTE: You can grill them but they are very soft and have a tendency to stick and break into the flames.
Mary Ellen
