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Cheesecake French Toast

June 6, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 64 Comments

This is the one of the BEST French Toast recipes I've ever had: Cheesecake French Toast, made with King's Hawaiian Hamburger Buns! It's SUMMER! Today is the last day of school. Jordan is going to be (gulp) a third grader! Let's not discuss the fact that, at this moment, I'm on an airplane to BlogHer Food and her last day photo was taken by my husband, after specific instructions on where to stand. I'm not going to let the mom guilt get to me for missing today, because it's SUMMER. And I can make it up to Jordan by making some awesome breakfasts for her. During the school year, breakfast is such a rush. She begs for pancakes. For waffles from scratch. For french toast. She ends up with cereal. Not during summer. In summer, I'll make … {continue reading}

Healthier Chocolate Gooey Cake Bars

June 5, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 69 Comments

Thanks to the sponsorship of Avocados from Mexico, these Chocolate Gooey Cake Bars have a healthy secret - NO butter! Remember when Food Network got really big? I remember watching Emeril and Bobby Flay back in 2000. Then Rachael Ray got into the mix and the network took off. All of a sudden there was this huge new concept: food TV. My husband and I would watch the night time shows and I became like a kid again on Saturday mornings: I'd be glued to my TV, but it was cooking shows I was obsessed with instead of Saved By The Bell and Jem. I don't remember when Paula Deen showed up but I liked her right away. I mean, any chick that uses sugar and butter that much in a 30 minute time frame is my kinda gal. The first episode I ever saw her … {continue reading}

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Dough Truffles

June 3, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 89 Comments

Who doesn't love cookie dough, oatmeal cookies, and peanut butter? If you love any of those things, these Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Dough Truffles are for you! Have I ever told you about the time when a sales lady thought my husband was my father? When I was on my honeymoon? I think I have told you before, but it was (1) forever ago if so and I'm too lazy to perform a search right now and (2) in my family, a story isn't told until it's told 100 times. So really, I haven't told you. For those of you who are new here, you may not know that my husband is, um, considerably older than me. People used to joke that he got his driver's license and then drove over to my house and watched over me in my crib. Right now, if you saw us … {continue reading}

Samsung Smart Camera: Wi-fi is awesome! #pixbundle

June 3, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 32 Comments

In anticipation of my summer traveling as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias, I am sharing my experience with the Samsung Smart Camera and all it's amazing capabilities - including Wi-Fi! I love my DSLR. A lot. It takes amazing pictures, but it's so freaking big! Lately I've been really wishing that I had a smaller point-and-shoot for the times I don't want to have a huge elephant around my neck. I'd been researching compact system cameras for awhile, in anticipation of our trip to Disneyland in June. I wanted more than just my cell phone to take photos with (my cell phone camera is good, but it's not real camera good, you know?) but I really don't want to carry my DSLR around the parks with me for 5 days. When the … {continue reading}

Easy Peanut Butter Cheesecake Ice Cream {June Dairy Month}

June 2, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 94 Comments

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For June Dairy Month as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias, I made the BEST Easy Peanut Butter Cheesecake Ice Cream you'll ever taste! Peanut Butter ice cream just got better - and you don't need an ice cream machine! It's going to be 100 degrees today. Welcome June to the Sacramento area! In fact, it's been in the high 80s and 90s more days than I'd like to think about over the past month. I know this very well because we just got our first "summer" electricity bill. We had to run the air this month - it just doesn't cool off enough at night before Jordan goes to bed to do the whole window-fan thing. I guess our electric company has raised some of the rates or something because our bill for May was the same cost that we paid … {continue reading}

31 Seven Layer Magic Bar Recipes

May 30, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 36 Comments

Seven Layer Bars. Magic Bars. Whatever you call them, I'm totally addicted! List an ingredient (any ingredient: candy, cookies, anything) and I will give you 10 versions off the top of my head. And, from the looks of it, my blog friends and all of you love them too, so I've collected some of my favorites from around the blogosphere! Enjoy! Please only pin the collage above from this site. If you see something you like, please click through to pin! Brownie Peanut Butter Magic Bars White Chocolate Macadamia Magic Pizza Caramel Snickers 7 Layer Bars by Sally's Baking Addiction Chocolate Peanut Butter 7 Layer Bars by The Domestic Rebel Magic Cookie Bar Pie by Rook No. 17 Magic Truffles by Pastry School Diaries Almond … {continue reading}

Strawberry Lemon Bellini {with a kid-friendly version}

May 29, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 66 Comments

Thanks to Staples, I was able to try out a wine fridge and share a giveaway with my readers! I made you Strawberry Lemonade Bellinis as a celebration - the perfect summer twist on a traditional cocktail! I used to love going to Las Vegas. We used to go all the time B.K. (Before Kid). My favorite place to go for a drink was at the Mandalay Bay: The Red Square. You may have seen it on travel shows and stuff; the bar is ice and they have a room for the big spenders that's like an igloo. You get to wear a fur coat and drink vodka out of ice glasses or something. We never did that. The drink I always got when we'd go to the The Red Square was a peach bellini. Ya'll know I don't really like peach but I sort of do. In drinks, I love it. I … {continue reading}

Seven Layer Ice Cream Pie

May 27, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 114 Comments

Thanks to Breyers, I was able to make this amazing Seven Layer Ice Cream Pie for you! Hot Fudge, Caramel, Chocolate Sauce, Ice Cream and a to-die-for crust...this Ice Cream Pie will blow your mind! Holy. Cow. Oh emmmmm geeee. Seriously, this is the BEST ice cream pie I've ever had. It's the best one I've ever made. Like, we devoured it (even my husband!) in three days. And it's fat-free! Kidding. It's not fat-free. But the ice cream I used was! That means something, right? I had so many ideas for how to name this pie: Magic Ice Cream Pie. Monster Ice Cream Pie. Vanilla Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Oreo Ice Cream Pie with a Oreo Pretzel Crust and Chocolate Caramel Sprinkle Swirl. That last one seemed like too much of a mouthful, so … {continue reading}

Cheesecake French Toast

Healthier Chocolate Gooey Cake Bars

Easy Peanut Butter Cheesecake Ice Cream {June Dairy Month}

31 Seven Layer Magic Bar Recipes

Strawberry Lemon Bellini {with a kid-friendly version}

Seven Layer Ice Cream Pie

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