My favorite recipe for carrot cake can be found in a little cookbook called “Cooking With Kenny Rogers.” It’s a collection of yummy recipes featuring Dole pineapple. Dole and Kenny collaborated to make this fun cookbook, and every recipe I’ve tried so far has been delicious! This cake is amazingly rich, moist, and delicious. It’s…
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carrot cake banana bread
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Are you ready for this? It’s soooooo good! My new favorite treat to enjoy with my afternoon cup of tea! This little loaf is truly the best of both worlds… Carrot cake flavors in an easy, delicious banana bread. Mmmmmmmm. We like this either sprinkled with powdered sugar or drizzled with the same cinnamon milk…
carrot cake zucchini bars + lemon buttermilk icing
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Ahhhhh, it’s finally Friday. My favorite day of the week. I’m headed up to the library to return some books and take out more. I’ve been reading like books are going out of style this summer! One after the other. I’ve stopped a couple mid book. Just couldn’t get into them for whatever reason. There…
carrot cake overnight oats jar
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Oh yes! Last night I created another overnight oats jar and this one really turned out good. It’s super healthy and the perfect way to start your day! 1 cup rolled oats (not quick cooking) 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt 1 small banana, peeled and sliced 1 smallish carrot,…
creamy carrot souffle casserole
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Serve this yummy, savory carrot bake with your favorite meat entrees. We like this even more than mashed potatoes! ~ Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. ~ 1 lb. carrots, peeled and sliced into uniform pieces 1 large onion, coarsely chopped 2 and 1/2 cups chicken stock or broth 1 teaspoon salt 3 large eggs,…
mrs. mcgregor’s carrot tea cake
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It’s that time of year again. Birds are chirping, butterflies are floating from flower to flower, and May has arrived. I adore springtime tea gatherings in the garden, on the front screened-in porch, or under the little green umbrella on our deck. Nothing says spring like carrot cake, and this one is extra special because…
classic carrot salad
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I hit the cookbook jackpot today while antiquing and thrifting downtown Red Wing. I found several vintage volumes that make me so happy, including the Tassajara cookbooks, a few by the Frugal Gourmet (Jeff Smith), a Mark Bittman classic, a hardcover copy of Beard on Bread that looked like it had never even been opened,…
carrot cake paradiso
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It stormed here a couple days ago. The kind of dreamy snow storm with the huge, puffy snowflakes. I have been dreaming about the beach lately, sort of wishing we were planning some exotic, warm, tropical escape…but there’s something awesome about getting snowed in too. When the snowflakes start to fall, and they call off…