What is Provel Cheese?

Unique to St. Louis, one taste and you either love it or hate it (most do love it).  See the Wiki entry here .  Our family buys it in 5 lb blocks from the Italian Market on Bryan Rd.  Almost 1/2 the price we'd pay at a grocery!

Easter S'Mores

Everyone loves these anytime of year. Easter just gives us one more excuse to glamorize them. Easy-peezy and fun to do with the kids.

Ingredients:
Peeps - pick your favorite
M&Ms - Easter colors of course
Graham Crackers - I used Teddy Grahams for ease of assembly and yum-factor, sticks would be good for this purpose also

Directions:
Assemble ingredients by layers in a clear or glass container. The original recipe called for a small Mason jar but I used some fun glasses found at the dollar store.  Enjoy "raw" or warm for a very short time (no more than 10 sec) in microwave.

Clementine Cosmos

If you like Cosmos and you like oranges, watch out...this one's a tempting concoction! To make this perfect, you'll need martini glasses and a cocktail shaker. If you have suggestions on variations, please comment below. Click Read More for full recipe.

Individual Fruit Pizzas

I'm sure many of you have a favorite sugar cookie recipe so if you have one, feel free to substitute. I found this one online and made these for a baby shower and they were so yummy.  I used flower and butterfly cookie cutters and then used the fruits to decorate them. I used the sliced strawberries for butterfly wings and kiwis for centers of flowers with blueberries for petals. Cute and tasty.

Amish Cinnamon Friendship Bread

This recipe requires you have a starter bag of batter. You'll know when you get one. The main reason I wanted to list this recipe is for everyone to share their variations, do's and don'ts.  Please leave any comments you may have about this yummy bread.

Chocolate Martini

There are thousands of variations of this drink, I found great recipes on www.drinksmixer.com.  I found this one and altered it just a touch and think it tastes best made as below. Enjoy!

Homemade pudding

Just like my mom made. :)  No instant pudding here folks, be prepared to use a pot on the stove but it's well worth it!