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No Bake, Just All "WOW" for Labor Day
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Hi Reader, Creamy, chilled, melt-on-your-tongue treats that come together without so much as a preheat? No-Bake Labor Day TreatsScoop, slice, serve. No sweat, literally. WHAT'S INSIDE...
Serradura ~ Portuguese Sawdust Pudding⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.73 from 11 votes
Sawdust pudding, or serradura, is a Portuguese dessert that's perhaps the easiest and best last course ever. It's made by layering crushed tea cookies with sweetened whipping cream. Three ingredients. And elegant enough for entertaining.☞ Try this recipePortuguese Chocolate Salami ~ Salame De Chocolate⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.89 from 18 votes
This chocolate salami is an easy, traditional Portuguese no-bake dessert made with butter, confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, tea cookies, and Port wine. It can be customized with your favorite nuts or dried fruits, and is made ahead of time, so it's ideal for entertaining.☞ Try this recipeIcebox Cake With Condensed Milk Whipped Cream
This easy icebox cake comes together in just 20 minutes and requires only 5 ingredients.☞ Try this recipeBirthday Cake Fudge
This birthday cake fudge tastes just like your favorite birthday cake, but comes in convenient bite-sized fudge pieces.☞ Try this recipeEasy Strawberry Icebox Cake
Thin layers of strawberry puree, homemade whipped cream, and vanilla wafers make this easy no-bake icebox cake a classic that you'll want to make all summer long.☞ Try this recipeNo-Churn Coffee Ice Cream
In this no-churn ice cream recipe, which is made without eggs, homemade coffee ice cream gets a boost from a rich chocolate ganache swirl.☞ Try this recipeGiant Peanut Butter Cup
If you're a fan of the iconic Reese's peanut butter cup, then this is the perfect dessert for you.☞ Try this recipeEasy Tiramisu
This easy tiramisu is darn close to the classic and, dare we say, better. It's simple, it swaps the usual marsala for that lovely coffee-imbued rum known as Tia Maria, and quite frankly, it's the best.☞ Try this recipeEggless Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.89 from 35 votes
This eggless chocolate chip cookie dough tastes just like Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough except it's specifically made without eggs. But it boasts exactly the same flavor and mouthfeel as the real deal. Safe for children and anyone else a little leery of raw eggs.☞ Try this recipe |
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Hi Reader, It's Monday evening. You didn't shop. The counter still has the last of the weekend's tomatoes, a zucchini that's seen better days, and a hunk of Parmesan that always looks smaller than you remember buying.You have everything you need.Pasta forgives. Salt the water, boil it hard, and let whatever's in front of you become dinner. A handful of herbs, one last eggplant, shrimp if you're feeling flush, or the ragù you froze in July.The kitchen fills with the sound of garlic in olive...
Hi Reader, Every August, I have the same conversation with myself."How many tomatoes did I really need?"The honest answer is never the one on the counter.Here's what happens when tomato season hits: a friend presses a bag into your hands. A farmer's market vendor insists you take "just a few more." You convince yourself you'll make one salad, just one, and suddenly your kitchen looks as though the San Marzano mafia has taken over.I love this problem.Tomatoes ripen fast and unforgivingly. Miss...
Hi Reader, Every year around now, someone leaves zucchini on my doorstep. No note. Just zucchini, the way other people get left flowers.My neighbor's garden has clearly turned on them, and the only humane response to a zucchini glut is to spread it around before it spreads to you.I have stopped resisting. A good zucchini summer is a fun problem to have, because zucchini works just about anywhere: shredded into a cake, sliced into a gratin, grilled in slabs, folded into pasta, fried into the...