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Whip Up This Fruity Dessert for Your Valentine

Strawberry Cheesecake Mousse Cups for Valentine's Day dessert

This fruity, whipped delight is the perfect finish to a romantic dinner.

Strawberry Cheesecake Mousse Cups
For the graham cracker crust:

  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (from 1 sleeve of graham crackers)
  • 3 Tbsp. butter, melted
  • 1 tsp. sugar

1) Preheat oven to 350 F.
2) In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar, and stir well to combine.
3) Press into the bottom of an 8x8” baking dish.
4) Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until lightly golden. Let cool. Read more about Whip Up This Fruity Dessert for Your Valentine

Vintage Norwegian Krumkake Recipe

The holiday season is a time for tradition. Some traditions are adapted from those fun things we see others do that we want to include in our own festivities. But many traditions are cultural, including recipes that are handed down from grandparents or great grandparents who emigrated from far away lands many years ago. It’s likely not news to you that a large Scandinavian population has left its cultural imprint on many local family traditions and tastes.

Norwegian-American Edina Women Hand Down Lefse Tradition

They are two lovely Norwegian-American ladies, Marge Ellingson and Pam Olson. Both are members of Edina Morningside Community Church, who decided (“We were asked,” emphasizes Olson) to participate in a church-wide program called Morningside U, where participants share their talents with the community. Others before them had taught memoir writing and cartoon drawing. What was requested of Ellingson and Olson was a tutorial on how to make lefse, a soft Norwegian flatbread cooked on a griddle and made with potatoes, flour, butter and milk or cream. Read more about Norwegian-American Edina Women Hand Down Lefse Tradition

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