Kid friendly mardi gras recipes with 600 or more calories

Banana Split Cake

Tasty desert reminiscent of a banana split but much easier to serve.

Sunflower oil pie crust

This pie crust is ideal for vegetarians AND vegans. Sunflower oil is used instead of lard. It has now become my goto pie crust recipe for all my…

Brigadeiros - Brazilian Chocolate truffles

This recipe is LOVED by kids. I no longer do it. My tween daughter is the one that takes care of this one. She…

Crispy Oat Drops

Cookies filled with M&M's oats, rice krispies, coconut and nuts. So good!

Marinated Grilled Chicken with Watermelon-Jalepeno Salsa

Island Cookies

Chocolate chip mixed with coconut and walnuts!

Double Chocolate Cranberry Chunkies

Chocolate chunks and dried cranberries or dried cherries if you like.

Orange Marmalade Ricotta Cupcakes

My Favorite Cupcake

Tembleque (Coconut Custard)

Guest Post by Anthony Thompson This weeks post is different and special at the same time. I asked my other half to do a guest post. Anthony has…

Tropical Macadamia Coconut Chunk Cookies

Love Macadamia nuts and white chocolate. This cookie adds yummy coconut to that combo!

Aztec Couscous

Couscous takes on a Latin flair with black beans, corn, jalapeno, cilantro, and cumin for a tasty vegetarian side dish.

Cream Cheese Frosting

My friend Annie asked if I would post this recipe to go along with my “Better Than Sex Brownies Recipe” I recently posted. When I do frost these…