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Three Different Fruit Crisps {Simple and Quick Desserts}

Fruit Crisp is quick and straightforward to prepare.   You can use almost any fruit to create a scrumptious dessert using relatively few ingredients and even substitute sugars and flours to make them healthier.   Here is an excellent link giving you the differences between Crisp, Cobblers, Crumbles, and other fruit desserts.  For the Raspberry Crisp , I used a gluten-free baking mix and added chopped nuts for additional deliciousness. One of the reasons I made these three Fruit Crisp is I had fresh raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries sitting in the refrigerator that were needing to be eaten.   Actually, that is how fruit crisp came about.  English settlers in American made the dish as a way of using up seasonal fruit. I thought about making smoothies, and then I thought about making a cobbler using all of them together, but I really had my mind on making a crisp.   I had a small package of sliced peaches in the freezer that was too small to make a cobbler w

Grilled Summer Veggies ~ Add Them To Your Summer Menu!

Summer is here and what better time to get out and grill. This past Memorial Day Weekend, that is just what we did.  We Grilled Summer Veggies ~ purple onions, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, red bell pepper, and mushrooms which are not a summer vegetable, but oh so good on the grill! You can't go wrong with grilling most any vegetable.  Just use what you have on hand or what is coming out of your garden is even better.  Soak your wooden skewers in a pan of water and start adding the veggies.  Or you can use a grilling pan to grill them as well.  One thing to remember is to keep the veggies as much the same size as possible so  that they cook evenly. They are a quick and easy summer side dish that you are going to want to make often.  So many recipes out their using grilled vegetables from putting them in salads to adding them to casseroles.  I like to make a lot at one time and then do just that ~ add them to a salad.  This is a great way to get your children or

Gluten Free Strawberry Snack Cake

Gluten Free Strawberry Snack Cake, a deliciously moist cake made with fresh strawberries and the best part with gluten free flour.  Wonderfully easy to make and perfect for any time of the day. Here it is---My first Gluten Free blog post!  I am thrilled that I will be posting gluten free recipes periodically.   There are family members in my family that are gluten intolerant and welcome gluten free recipes.  These recipes will have easy and accessible ingredients that can be easily adapted to gluten free.   I was a little overwhelmed with all the wonderful gluten free ingredients that are out there and found some wonderful resources and incredible recipes on how to convert a recipe to gluten free.  Now to my first recipe post!   Although I may be using a new ingredient concept, I am still continuing to use my old classic baking techniques using my cast iron skillet to bake this snack cake.   This is a moist and delicious Strawberry Snack Cake that is made with my very fav