One more thing to love about fall – this easy cream cheese pumpkin dip with gingersnaps! This pumpkin cheesecake dip is the dip you need for any fall or Thanksgiving. Add pretzels, graham crackers, fruit, and other dippers for an sweet fall dip. Admittedly, I don’t care for many pumpkin desserts aside from basic pumpkin…
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Easy 7 Can Chicken Tortilla Soup in 30 Minutes
Oh, chicken tortilla soup! How you warm my soul. If you know me, you know that Tex-Mex is pretty much my jam. I love to cook it. I love to eat it. Luckily, the Hubs and Scooter Britches see eye-to-eye with me on this one. We could probably eat Tex-Mex four-five nights a week. Today, I…
Panamanian Tortillas Asadas – Corn Tortillas – The Gifted Gabber
Today, I am proud to share my family’s Panamanian tortillas asadas. Last year, we traveled to Boston for spring break to visit family. I had such a wonderful time with my mom and my cousins. Minimally, I helped, my cousins make some of our favorite Panamanian dishes. Since I am the only of this group…
Delicious Green Platanos Fritos – Twice Fried Plantains
Few things can bring back my childhood than platános fritos, or deep fried plantains. They are also called platános verdes fritos, platanos fritos, or fried plantains – depending on where you are and who you are talking to! Additionally, you may hear these delicious crisps referred to by regional names – such as tostones from…
How to Make a Strawberry Lime Sherbet Drink
If you like frozen strawberry margaritas, you will love this strawberry margarita sherbet float! Despite the name, it is actually a non-alcoholic strawberry lime sherbet drink so it is a great treat for the whole family! Inspiration for this Frozen Strawberry Margarita Sherbet Float On an ice cream float kick this summer, I found some…
Easy No Bake Coconut Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie
Today, I’m super excited to share my tropical coconut and pineapple cream cheese pie recipe with you! Here in the southern part of the United States, tropical pies seem to entice me from everywhere during these hot summer months. The variety of flavored tropical pies is surely one of the best things about summer. I’m…
The Best Refreshing Blue Raspberry Frozen Lemonade
With summer bearing upon us, this blue raspberry frozen lemonade is a no-brainer! Made with ice cream, flavored lemonade, and fresh fruit, this ice cream drink with blue raspberry flavor is so refreshing! I have made this blue raspberry lemonade ice cream drink for years now. It can be made a variety of different ways…
Butter Pecan Praline Poke Cake is the Best Dessert
This butter pecan praline poke cake with butter pecan icing was a surprise creation that begin while visiting my parents in southern Arkansas one summer. This is an elevated butter pecan poke cake from a Betty Crocker butter pecan cake mix base. What can I say? We southerners love butter pecan everything! Since publishing…
Try this Platanos Maduros Recipe – Fried Plantains of Panama
Being part of a bi-cultural family has brought me many interesting experiences. And the twice weekly eatings of these delicious Panamanian fried plantains – platanos maduros – are no exception! On the one hand, there is the Latin flair gleaned from my mom’s upbringing in her native Panama. But, most people who visit my parents’…
Indian Fry Bread Recipe for Indian Tacos – The Gifted Gabber
Do a Google search to try to determine the difference between Indian fry bread, chalupas, gorditas, and tostadas. Just do it. Your head will spin. So What Exactly is Indian Fry Bread? I’m talking about the fluffy, fat pieces of fried dough with taco fixings on top. I always thought of a tostada as a…
