North american mother's day recipes with 600 or more calories

Double Chocolate Cranberry Chunkies

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

Garlic Lovers Chicken

Chicken was on sale this week and Patti found a beauty, it was over 7lbs. so we had plenty left over for an awesome spontaneous picnic the next day…

Orange Marmalade Ricotta Cupcakes

My Favorite Cupcake

new yorker pasta

tips with paring knife,pull off tough skin from bottom of stalk toward broccoli flowerets. quarter or half if too larg. cut stalks into 2 inch…

Bourbon Chicken

A delicious dish that can be served best with rice or couscous.

Sweet Potato Soufflé

I absolutely love this dish‼️

Catalina Mexican Salad

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…

Banana Nut Bread

Van Halen Poundcake (custom tropical version)

My friend Jenni Field, aka The Balanced Pastry Chef (http://pastrychefonline.com/blog/) customized her famous…

Grilled Banana Parfait with Rum Sauce

You all know I love to make desserts on the grill! Bananas + ice cream + rum sauce = an insanely good dessert…

Blackberry Chocolate Tart

A fairly easy and elegant dessert. Raspberries are a great substitution, for the blackberries, as well.

Southwest Chicken Chili

Here is a great one pot chili with a little Southwest Flair

Exquisite Banana/apple bread

The taste when one combines bananas and apples, along with spices is exquisite. It is fun to experiment with a variety of fruits and vegetables.…

Almond Brownies

Found recipe on and absolutely fell in love.