Choice Morsels

If you notice my blog layout looks different, that's because Google told me my previous blog theme wasn't "mobile device responsive," so I had to switch to this theme that is. I got A+ when they tested this themes responsiveness! ******* I decided to try some new dessert recipes I've saved from Pinterest, so this week's new recipe try was: French Coconut Pie! This is a super easy pie to make. It's an old-fashioned recipe, I think, like the kind Grandma's made in the 50's for Sunday dinner. It calls a few simple ingredients mixed together poured into a purchased pastry pie crust and baked.  (photo is my pie) It's pretty sweet. Great for the coconut lover.  I made it a second time, trying out an adjustment to make it a little less sweet and this recipe reflects that change: French Coconut Pie 3 whole large eggs, beaten 1 cup sugar 1 rounded cup flaked sweetened coconut 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter & cooled a litt...

I had a can of apple pie filling and a box of yellow cake mix I wanted to do something with, so I searched through Pinterest for dump cakes. Apple Dump Cake calls for 2 cans of pie filling, so that was out. I did have pumpkin. Then I found this:  Apple Pumpkin Dump Cake! It uses both apple pie filling and pumpkin and yellow cake mix! Perfect! It was so delicious, my guests gobbled-up the whole pan! It's super easy and only calls for 4 main ingredients! Nuts are optional. Apple Pumpkin Dump Cake Ingredients: 1 20oz can Apple Pie Filling 1 15oz can plain packed Pumpkin  1 box yellow cake mix 1 stick butter or margarine (1/2 cup) 1 teaspoon ground Cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground Nutmeg Optional: a handful of pecan pieces or walnut pieces. Directions: Preheat oven to 350 and s pray a 10 x 13 baking dish or pan with cooking spray. Open the Apple Pie Filling and dump it in the baking pan, then spread out over bottom. In medium bowl, a...

Ice Box Cake is Hubby's specialty! It makes a delicious, lightly sweet cookie or cake square, depending on how you slice it! Usually, it's  just plain white lite cool whip layered with graham crackers kind of like a graham cracker lasagna. But Cool Whip now makes "Cool Whip Mix-In's" in either Brownie or Oreo, so he's been experimenting with making Chocolate Ice Box Cake using both an 8 oz container of Lite Cool Whip and an 8 oz container of Brownie Mix-In Cool Whip. He's tried combining the two in a large bowl to make a lighter chocolate version and he's tried using the Double Chocolate Brownie Mix-In for the bottom layer and Lite Cool Whip for the next. Both are good, though I liked the lighter version using the two mixed together. To make your own Chocolate Ice Box Cake you'll need: 1 10 x 13 pan 1 box of Regular Nabisco Honeymaid Graham Crackers 1 8oz container Cool Whip Double Brownie Mix-In's 1 8oz container Regul...

My  Zumba class this morning was really extra fun! Since it's actually Halloween, everyone was invited to wear Halloween-themed clothing (whether a costume or just colors), then the 2 instructors covered any windows with black plastic, turned off the lights & plugged-in colored LED party lights that threw colored spots up on the walls! Today's Good Eating recipe brings back the taste of summer: Banana Cream Poke Cake! It's super easy dessert for a 9 x 13 pan, creamy & cool and oh, so yummy!  It tastes like banana cream pie! (My own photo of the actual cake.) It's a recipe I found on Pinterest. Banana Cream Poke Cake Ingredients: 1 box yellow cake mix (eggs, water & oil to make your cake as directed on box) 2 boxes of instant Banana Cream Pudding (3.4oz) 4 cups milk to make pudding (2% or whole milk) 1 8oz whipped topping (reg,lite or fat free) 1/2 cup Nilla Wafers, crushed (more if you like) Optional : sliced fresh bananas...