A twist on one of my mother's most popular and easy recipes makes a wonderful summer treat that is somewhere between sweet and savory.

 

 

I have never been entirely sure where/who my mother got her recipe for Blackberry Wine Cake from, but I have always known that it is one of my…

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I have a confession to make. I love Hamburger Helper. Especially the Cheeseburger Macaroni kind. It's so easy to put together, and so, so cheesy. Inspired by my favorite boxed pasta meal, I decided to try to put together a version of my own. The cheese sauce is modified from a Parmesan cream sauce recipe, and everything else just came together. This cheesy hamburger macaroni boasts fewer preservatives and a more authentic cheese flavor than… Continue

Although I am vegetarian, I don't usually go all-vegan, but I found an egg- and dairy-free pancake recipe on about.com while I was looking for a simple alternative to a box of Bisquick. I tweaked it a little, as suggested by some of the comments. We usually add chocolate chips to pancakes in our apartment, but we were out of those, and most of them include milk anyway. Then I remembered reading that most chocolate syrup is "accidentally" vegan… Continue