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    Yummy Fruit Salad

    My husband loves Chinese food, but I can’t stand it. I have tried going to different restaurants several times over the years to please him. On one of these trips, there was very little that I would eat, but there was a simple fruit salad. That is pretty much what I ate that night. It was sweet but very lightly sweet and I wanted to recreate that taste. I came up with a very simple recipe that has been a huge hit at every event I have ever taken it to. It is great for summer barbecues, Christmas parties, baby showers, weddings, or any other type of get together. The…

  • Strawberry Pineapple Trifle
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    Strawberry Pineapple Trifle

    I used to make a punch bowl cake when we were first married, everyone loved it especially my husband.  Well somewhere over the years, the recipe disappeared and I have not been able to find it again.  I have tried a bunch of recipes over the years but none are the same.  They are usually very good, though none are the same.  I pulled several elements from different ones over the years and this strawberry pineapple trifle was so good, that it was already gone when I got to the dessert table.  People were asking for the recipe and scraping the bowl to get a little taste.  I got a…