A fun squidoo lens about the cheesecake obsession that you already know you have. Right now it covers strawberry and lemon cheesecake recipes, with more to come.

As winter drags on, it is becoming more and more difficult to find the wonderful bounty of fresh produce associated with warmer months. The cold weather brings thoughts of comfort food – mac and cheese, chicken pot pie, and beef stew – not fresh strawberries and salads of spring greens. See Whole Wheat Blueberry Pancakes Recipe.

Valentines Day ParfaitUse parfait glasses, the size glass you would like to use. Make a batch of raspberry, cherry or strawberry Jello.

This page has two chocolate waffle recipes. One is for chocolate strawberry waffles -- great for a Valentine's Day breakfast or dessert.

With her wellness playful enthusiasm, acclaimed raw chef Angela Elliott shows how to whip up mouth-watering lasagne, spaghetti marinara, stuffed mushrooms, broccoli in cheese sauce, apple pie, decadent whipped cream and strawberries, chocolate shake, and more all madein about five minutes, with easy-to-find ingredients. Offered below amazon's price

Kaiserschmarrn (German "Kaiser", meaning "Emperor's", and Austrian German "Schmarrn", "Mishmash") is one of the best known Austrian desserts, popular in most of the former Austro-Hungarian lands, as well as in Bavaria.It consists of pancakes, usually with raisins, that are shredded after preparation and served with a various fruit compotes, including plum, lingonberry, strawberry and apple among others. It is usually sprinkled with powdered sugar. Normally the pancake is caramelized and made with more than the usual number of eggs, and often including raisins, chopped almonds, apple jam or small pieces of apple. The pancake is split into pieces while frying, sprinkled with powdered sugar, and is served hot with an apple or plum sauce.Curiously and as it is a quite filling meal, in addition to dessert it can also be eaten for lunch at tourist places like mountainside restaurants and taverns in the Austrian alps.The translation of Kaiserschmarrn has generated some etymological debate. While “Kaiser” is literally translatable as Emperor, the same cannot be said for “Schmarrn”. “Schmarrn” has been translated as a trifle, a nonsense or fluff or even as a mild expletive. However, “Schmarrn” in Austrian German is more accurately a concept and hence no single correct translation is possible. It is generally agreed that the dish was first prepared for the Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph I (1830 – 1916). The genesis of its name is not agreed, there are several stories which all rank about Emperor Francis Joseph I. One story, likely apocryphal, involves the Emperor and his wife, Elisabeth of Bavaria, of the House of Wittelsbach. Obsessed with maintaining a minimal waistline, the Empress Elisabeth directed the royal chef to prepare only light desserts for her imperial palate, much to the consternation and annoyance of her notoriously austere husband. Upon being presented with the chef’s confection, she found it too rich and refused to eat it. The exasperated Francis Joseph quipped, “Now let me see what "Schmarrn" (read: "trifle?") our chef has cooked up”. It met with his approval apparently as he finished his and his wife’s serving. Thereafter, the dessert was called Kaiserschmarrn across the Empire.