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Have a Happy Heat Wave . . . with Mango Strawberry Popsicles! Popsicles sure have come a long way since I was a kid. (And I'm using the term "popsicle" in its generic sense here, just so we're clear.) Back then, the choices were awfully limited. We had orange, grape, and red (what flavor was that red one attempting to emulate anyway--cherry? Raspberry? Strawberry?

At the time, I thought they were darn good. Of course, these days, we're virtually adrift in frozen novelties. I can't honestly recall the first time I tasted a frozen bar that seemed as if it was comprised more from fruit than it was from sugar water, but it must have been a revelation to me. This super simple recipe satisfies the urge for an icy treat that's low in calories and only as sweet as you want to make it.

Homemade Mango Strawberry Popsicles (For a printable version of this recipe, click here!) Have your popsicle molds, and the wooden sticks, ready and standing by. Add in the yogurt, and pulse for a moment just to combine. And voila! Marshmallow Fondant Recipe.

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Eggless No-Bake Strawberry Cheese Cake. I bought strawberries having in mind 2-3 recipes and this cheese cake was the one among them. The waiting time for setting the cheese cake killed me but it is worth the wait :) Should admit, I couldnt wait to dig in, it was that tempting :) Cheese cake was never onto my todo list for 2 main reasons: 1. When I googled it called for cream cheese as a major ingredient 2.Spring form cake pan as both of them were out of my reach so never bothered to give a try. When I saw this recipe which used hung curd, I cudnt give any more excuses, so instantly tried it :) Also if you dont have spring form pan, you can make your cheese cake in a glass which is a easy way to serve in individual portions.

Mittu so so loved it and said amma make it daily...what more can satisfy a mother :) Strawberry Cheese Cake Recipe - Ingredients Recipe Reference : Saffron Trail Makes 3-4 small cups NOTE: Hang around 1.5 cups of curd for an hour to get 1/2 cup. Method : 3. 4. 5. My Notes: Chocolate Domo-Kun Heart Cookies. I’ve always seen Valentines Day as a non-event in my life. Partnered or not, for a whole 25 years the spirit of red roses and overwhelmingly cute plush bears has never resounded within me on February 14. If you have a wonderful man or ladyfriend in your life to care for shouldn’t you try and make them feel special every single day of the year? Shouldn’t you want to make everyone in your life feel that way anyway? Yeah. However. I now run a recipe blog. Admittedly I eyed off some pink food dyes and red sanding sugars and for a moment I thought I may have been turned. To make these Domo heart cookies you’ll need: A batch of sugar cookie dough + cocoa + red food colouring (Martha Stewart can help you out here)One large heart shaped cookie cutter (for the body)One small, rectangle cutter (for the mouth)Black candy beads (for the eyes)Royal icing (for the teeth).

Prepare cookie dough as per Martha’s instructions. 1.Roll out your chocolate dough and make some hearts with your cookie cutter. 2. Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread. I’m sorry. I know it’s Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It’s not fair. I know it’s not fair. I know that now you’re craving cinnamon rolls, and cream cheese frosting and chili fries and hot dogs. I am too… and I already ate half of this warm bread. You don’t deserve this sort of torture. This bread hits all the comfort spots in my soul. I’m sorry and you’re welcome and I love you. Let’s start at the beginning. I did this all without the use of a stand mixer and dough hook. This dough can be made and left to rise , then refrigerated overnight for use in the morning.

This is the dough just before it’s left to rise. After the dough has rested and risen for an hour, I knead it in a few tablespoons of flour. This is the part in the bread process where you can wrap the dough and place it in the fridge to rest overnight. Number 59: Mochi wrapped around strawberries.