Sugar Free Apricot Pies & More

….. Things have been extraordinarily busy around here. Spent Saturday working in the yard and garden – perfect weather. I’ve got all my vegetable plants set out and David had some old coffee cans stashed in the red barn so we cut the bottoms out and pressed them into the dirt around the plants mole [...]

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Sugar Free Strawberry Trifle & Happy Birthday

Having a chance to share a holiday with Aunt Rose – she’s a spry 101 – is something everyone in the family enjoys – and this Easter weekend was no exception. After an iffy Friday in the weather department – Saturday turned off beautiful. We went to my cousin’s home in Crockett (Joe and Nancy [...]

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Blueberry-Apple Pocket Pie . . . Sugar Free!

While rummaging in the fridge looking for lost left-overs I found an apple. Being that apples seem to have a pretty good ‘shelf’ life – it looked OK – but I wasn’t sure if it was something I wanted to eat raw. But – on the other hand – not much you can do with [...]

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Sugar Free Cranberry Sauce

Ended up making two different sugar-free cranberry sauces yesterday. One using the sugar free cranberry Jello and the other without using the Jello . . . for those that might have trouble finding the sugr free  cranberry Jello at their store. I think they both taste good (for sugar free) – but there is a [...]

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Sugar Free Cream Puffs

Today it’s raining and the temperature is dropping – a good day to stay inside and bake. Thought I’d make some cream puffs. They are a little more labor intensive than most desserts – especially if you bake the shells from scratch – but they are soooo good. To make the puff pastry shells you [...]

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