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Delicious Lemon Coconut Dessert

Necessity is the mother of invention so they say. Also of good recipes. This is another delicious coconut pie which came about because I didn’t have a tin of pineapple one time when I wanted to make it. Rather than rush up to the local store, which would have cost me more as they are expensive I opted to adapt. Yes, I know, if I’d planned ahead it wouldn’t have happened. But hey, we won’t go there. And tinned pineapple is usually a staple in my pantry. Anyway the result was an even more delicious dessert. Wheat and Gluten Free … Continue reading →

Pineapple Coconut Pie

Good recipes can result from experimentation and trying different things. They often come about by not having the correct the ingredients on hand and so substituting others for what a recipe says, or taking a little bit of a few recipes and combining them. The coconut topping for this recipe came from my mother years ago. Since then I have adapted it to lots of other recipes, all of different fillings in dessert pies. One of our favorites is Pineapple Coconut Pie. Here is the recipe for Gluten Free Pineapple Coconut Pie Pie shell 8 ounces of gluten free sweet … Continue reading →

Pineapple Desserts

Bring a taste of the tropics to your Labor Day picnic. One bite of the following pineapple recipes and you will feel as though you were transported to the Hawaiian Islands. PINEAPPLE CAKE Ingredients: 1 cup coconut 1 3/4 cups Splenda sugar substitute 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 3 eggs, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple, undrained 4 pineapple slices and 4 Maraschino cherries with stems attached, for garnish Fresh mint leaves, for garnish Ingredients for Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting: 1/2 cup butter 8 ounces cream cheese 1-1/3 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoon … Continue reading →

More Tropical Treats: Pineapple Quick Bread

Most of us are familiar with the taste of banana bread, zucchini bread and pumpkin bread, but when was the last time you sunk your teeth into a sweet piece of pineapple bread? The popular tropical fruit, which is often associated with exotic libations, can really add a punch to a traditional quick bread recipe. Growing up in Hawaii my grandfather would add pineapple to just about all of his recipes (pineapple shrimp, pineapple chicken, grilled pineapple kabobs, etc.). Ironically, it was after devouring a batch of his homemade pineapple Popsicles that I discovered (after being rushed to the pediatrician’s … Continue reading →

Desserts for Your Summer Potluck: Coconut Cream Casserole

I confess that I am known as the dessert lady. Whenever our church has a potluck–I am asked to bring dessert. That’s fine by me too–there are lots of advantages to bringing dessert. First of all, you can lick the bowl. You can’t really lick a bowl of marinade that had raw chicken in it–right? You probably wouldn’t want to lick the bowl of potato salad either (although I suppose that’s open for debate). Not only that but desserts are very forgiving as far as recipes go. If you don’t have something on hand, you can almost always substitute and … Continue reading →

Summer Christmas Desserts

Christmas pudding has never been on the radar at Christmas in our family, mainly because my dear husband won’t eat it. Instead Christmas dessert is more likely to be Lemon Meringue Pie, Lemon Delicious Dessert or Pineapple Coconut Pie. All of these recipes are up on the food blog. Pavlova is another favorite Aussie Christmas dessert, though not is much in our house as it is a bit too sweet for my liking. I’m actually just as happy with fresh fruit salad and frozen yoghurt. But this year I might just try something different for Christmas dessert, a recipe a … Continue reading →

How to Spice Up Your Holiday Party

Tired of the same ol’, same ol’ Christmas parties that feature tone-deaf Uncle Jack singing karaoke in the corner and Aunt Lucy forcing you to try her latest tofu creation? Then, consider hosting your own holiday fiesta this season with a spicy theme. If you don’t want to go whole hog by hosting an extravagant costume night (think elves, reindeer and Christmas movie characters), then go simple by decorating in a single color and having guests dress in red and green. Other theme options include: Hawaiian Christmas I was born and raised in Hawaii, and while we don’t typically greet … Continue reading →

An Inexpensive Christmas Gift

For me, trying to make exactly the same recipe again is like trying to re-crack an egg. It’s just impossible, because I can’t resist looking for ways to improve and alter it. That’s not a bad thing. Coming up to Christmas, handmade gifts are always appreciated. They’re good for the elderly and people in nursing homes. They’re good for the hard to buy person or those you simply don’t know well enough to know their taste but want to give a small gift too, people like a child’s teacher or a person who has helped you or done work for … Continue reading →

A Good Basic Recipe

Starting with a good basic recipe is important. From that point it’s easy to branch out and add your own individual touches or experiment. I’m a great one for experimenting in the kitchen. That’s often how the best recipes are created. This week I made the recent chocolate hedgehog slice I gave you. This was one Mick had made initially, but of course when I got near it I couldn’t leave it alone.Partly it was to do with what I didn’t have in the pantry at the time and sheer laziness in not feeling like going up to the shops … Continue reading →

Make Mine Chocolate

Mick doesn’t often venture into the kitchen to cook. More often than not that is my domain. When he does, he usually makes something sweet and chocolaty. The other day he decided to make a sweet treat to take with us to the football. This is the one he made. Occasionally you get a slice that is rich and almost impossible to resist. I defy anyone to not want to come back to for a second piece of this one or even a third. So although I am giving you a quantity here for one slice, I suggest you double … Continue reading →