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Saturday

Desserts, Desserts and more Dessert Recipes

I've been celebrating spring recipe ideas this week on my blog. Have you checked out the tasty recipes? They are all under my Dessert Recipe section. I hope you find some new ones to make!

Check out my Dessert Recipes here on my blog. If you want even more new dessert recipes, check out my Dessert Recipe Pinterest Board. Do you have any favorite Desserts? If you have blogged any recipe feel free to leave the link below and I will pin it to my board. I would love for you to share your favorites, favorite Pinterest board and/or Pinterest ID so that I can follow you back! In the Pinterest party, you can link up whatever you want!

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Here are a few of my current favorite Dessert recipes:

Lemon Curd Trifle with Fresh Berries
Kahlua Tiramisu
Tres Leches Cakes

Brunch Pear Puffs

Prosecco Cake

Friday

Ultimate Blog Party 2013 $50 Amazon Giveaway for 5 Minutes for Mom

Welcome to the 2013 Ultimate Blog Party hosted each year by 5 Minutes For Mom.

I'm so excited that you found your way here via the party!

You can find Family, Food and Fun (and zombies) here at my blog.
I'm the mom of 3 teen girls, 1 hubby and 3 cats.
I work full time as an online Virtual Assistant with emphasis on running Social Media accounts, Blog editor work, creating recipes for companies, creating content for websites and much much more! If you are looking for a Virtual Assistant feel free to email me (cafescrapper@gmail.com) and let me know what you need!
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A Party always involves food. Here are a few of my reader favorite recipes.

Buckeye Brownies

Lemon Curd Trifle with Fresh Berries

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Keep on partying! I hope to see you around. Don't forget to leave your party link so that I can come visit your blog, too!

Thursday

Quick Fix Tips For Busy Women

What are some of your daily quick fix tips that you use as a mom or as a woman? Ever safety pin a hem of your kids school pants? How how about a quick fingernail fix with a sharpie?

We had a two DOLE Fruit Crisp parties to celebrate these new tasty treats! Our parties were at home and on the college campus with one of my daughters. We had a lot of fun sharing these quick snacks with our friends.

The DOLE Fruit Crisp flavors are Peach, Apple Cinnamon and Apple Pear. We tried all of the flavors. By far the favorite flavor was the Apple Pear. If you are not familiar with the new DOLE Fruit Crisp, they are perfect for a quick after dinner dessert, mid-day snack or even a great addition to your brunch buffet. These are just like the fruit cups where they are easy to take no matter where you are going with a few added bonus. These cups are made to be a dessert served warm or room temperature.

The college students really loved the snacks. Yes, they enjoyed them because they were FREE for taste testing but all agreed they will pick these up at their local store. The DOLE Fruit Crisp can be enjoyed at room temperature or warmed up in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. The college kids loved the fact that they could "cook" warm these snacks up in the microwave and have a quick and easy dessert! Those who were short on time were able to grab the DOLE Fruit Crisp and eat it on the go.

The mom's wanted to know more about the nutritional value of the snack. We got online and checked the company website and found out that these are made with all natural fruit, whole grain oats and rich in Vitamin C. Head over there to find out more for yourself!

We came up with some quick fixes of our own. Such as:

Make lunches the night before.
Toss wrinkled shirts in the dryer with a damp cloth for 10 minutes.
Keep $5 of cash in the car at all times.
Keep sharpies handy to fix chipped nails.
Safety pin the hem of school pants.
Duct tape hems!
Dryer sheets to get static out of hair.
Dryer sheets to freshen up jackets, backpacks and gym clothes!

What quick fix tips do you have for your family? Leave them in the comments!

I wrote this review while participating in a campaign for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Dole. I received product samples to facilitate my party and review, and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

{Spring Recipe} Brunch Pear Puffs

Time to get out the spring recipe list and make lighter, smaller portion meals. These little pear puffs would be great for a brunch or a weekend meal.

Would you make these? Who would you make them for? Would you make this spring recipe for brunch?

Pear Puffs

Total Time: 60min | Cook Time: 20min |Level: Medium | Servings: 16 puffs

Ingredients

1 egg
1 sheet frouncesen puff pastry, thawed
5 tablespoons & 1 teaspoon semisoft cheese with garlic and fine herbs
2/3 cup canned diced pears, drained and thinly sliced

Directions

1-Preheat oven to 400F.

2-Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. For egg wash, in a small bowl, lightly whisk together egg and 1 teaspoon water. Set aside.

3-Unroll puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Using a rolling pin, roll puff pastry into a 14 x 10-inch rectangle. cut into sixteen 3 x 2-inch rectangles.

4-Spread 1 teaspoon of the semisoft cheese in a middle of a pastry rectangle. Top with 2 teaspoons of the pears.
5-Using a pastry brush, brush egg wash around the perimeter of the puff pastry rectangle.
6-Bring corners of the pastry to the center and pinch seams together. Repeat to make 16 puffs.
7-Arrange puffs, seam sides up, on prepared baking sheets.
8-Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Remove from refrigerator and brush tops with remaining egg wash.

9-Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.

10-Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

More Spring Recipe ideas

Lemon Curd Trifle with Fresh Berries
Prosecco CakeChicken Pineapple Kabobs
Kahlua Tiramisu
Tres Leches Cakes
Soft Brown Sugar Cookies
Easy Greek Salad
Greek Salad *lower calorie*
Hearts of Palm Salad

Wednesday

{Spring Recipe} Prosecco Cake

Add a little zing to your spring parties with this spring recipe. How do you do it? Try adding some Prosecco or sparkling wine to your holiday recipes!

Wouldn't this cake be perfect for a bridal shower? Family brunch? When would you serve it?

Recipe Courtesy: Sandra Lee

Total Time: 60min | Cook Time: 45min | Level: Easy

Ingredients

1 (16-ounce) box pound cake mix
2 eggs
½ stick butter, softened
1 teaspoon orange zest
⅓ cup Stellina di Notte® Prosecco or sparkling wine
⅓ cup orange juice
1½ cups confectioners’ sugar
¼ cup sparkling wine

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray two 9 × 5-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray and dust lightly with flour.

In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients for cake. Mix on medium speed until well incorporated. Pour into prepared loaf pans. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until top is golden brown. Allow to cool for 5 minutes then remove from pans and cool completely on a wire rack placed on a sheet pan.

To make glaze, put confectioners’ sugar in a large bowl and slowly beat in the Prosecco until consistency is thick but pourable. Pour glaze over top of cakes and allow to drip down sides. Let sit for 5 minutes to set.

More Spring Recipe ideas

Lemon Curd Trifle with Fresh Berries
Chicken Pineapple Kabobs
Kahlua Tiramisu
Tres Leches Cakes
Soft Brown Sugar Cookies
Easy Greek Salad
Greek Salad *lower calorie*
Hearts of Palm Salad

Tuesday

{Spring Recipe} Lemon Curd Trifle with Fresh Berries

Spring is here! Time for warmer weather and fun family holiday get-togethers. You'll find a lot of spring recipe here including this tasty, fresh berry recipe.

Spring Lemon Curd Trifle with Fresh Berries
by Guest Chef Renee and inspired by Tyler Florence

Ingredients
6 lg. egg yolks
1 c. sugar
4 lemons, zested & juiced
1/2 c. butter, cut into chunks
1 pint each of strawberries, blueberries and blackberries
2 cups sweetened whipped cream
1 angle food cake

Directions

Lemon Curd
1-Bring pot of water to a simmer.
2-Combine egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice and zest in a heat resistant bowl and whisk until smooth.
3-Set the bowl over the simmering water and whisk at least 10 minutes until the curd has doubled. It will be very thick and yellow. Don't let it boil.
4-Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk in butter, a few pieces at a time until all melted in.
5-Place in fridge until cold.

To make the Trifle
1-Fold the whipped cream into the chilled lemon curd.
2-In a large glass trifle bowl, line the bottom with the cut up angel cake.
3-Spoon the lemon curd over the cake.
4-Layer on berries.
5-Repeat the layers until all the ingredients is used up. Last layer should be berries.
6-Chill and serve.

More Spring recipe ideas

Coconut Dream Cake
Flourless Macadamia Nut Cake with Fruits
Italian Sub Salad
Crustless Spinach Quiche
Confetti Pasta Veggie Salad
Critter Snack Attack
Cucumber Cilantro Salad (VEGAN)

Monday

Menu Monday Plan with Leftover Ham Recipes

Welcome back to Menu Planning Monday! Thanks to all for stopping in and even linking up your tasty recipes and menu plans!

Monday- Featured Recipe of the Week (from last weeks link party) - Kristen's Kitchen Scalloped Chicken- what a great idea. I bet you could substitute that leftover Easter ham for the chicken.