Bake Up Some Cookies For Family Fun

There’s lots of reasons parents are baking with their kids these days. The delicious result is of course on the list. But more importantly, baking with children is a great way to spend time with them and to teach them things at the same time you’re all having fun.

Baking...

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Bake It Easy

For either baking novices or seasoned pros, a dump cake is a no-brainer. To prepare one, you simply dump the ingredients into a bowl and beat them, then pour the batter into a pan and bake it. Although a dump cake is easy to make, it’s just as good as a more fancy cake. Perhaps...

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Avocado 101: How to Pick, Store and Handle ...

Avocado 101: How to Pick, Store and Handle the Perfect Fruit

Avocados. They’re not just for guacamole anymore. Delicious Hass avocados add great taste, lively color and a creamy texture to ordinary dishes, making them extraordinary. From pizza to salads to sandwiches, avocados add...

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Artichokes: A Fun, Quick & Healthy ...

If you’re looking for something to liven up your meal, artichokes offer a terrific, tasty solution. This culinary favorite is fun to eat, can be quick to prepare and completes a “green serving” of the 5 a Day the Color Way regimen.

Besides being delicious, artichokes are...

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Amish Bread Starter

Amish Bread Starter, creating a “Sour-dough” like bread. This starter makes a cinnamon bread, with optional raisins and nuts. From the “e-Cookbook” 65 Amish Recipes

2/3 c. sugar
2/3 c. milk
2/3 c. flour
2/3 c. oil
3 eggs
1/2 tsp....

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America, Get Ready: It’s Time to Cook ...

Just in time for the cookout season, the country’s top grilling cities were revealed, naming the Show Me State’s St. Louis as number one.

“St. Louis is known for its great barbecue and rubs, and we’ve got the grills going to prove it,” said Earline Walker,...

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Amazing Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This is our families secret chocolate chip recipe. We have a large family so this one makes over 4 dozen chocolate chip cookies. You can experiment with most cookie recipes to adjust to your own taste. Remenmber the more brown sugar you use the more chewy type cookie you create. I don’t...

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Almond, Almonds Everywhere

More people are calling almonds their favorite nut-and they are putting their almonds where their mouths are. Over the past six years, American almond consumption has increased by 11 percent per year.

From roasted and seasoned almonds in creative, portable packaging to almond granola...

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Add Tropical Flavor To Sunday Brunch

There are some mornings when savoring the warm gooey goodness of a sticky bun provides an escape from routine. What better way to give this American classic fresh new flavors than adding the tropical tones of mangos and macadamia nuts.

The world’s most popular fruit, mangos’...

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Adapting Your Recipes for the Slow Cooker

Now that youve started using your crock pot slow cooker regularly, youre probably wondering how you can adapt your traditional recipes to use in a crock pot. The ease of preparing a meal with a slow cooker has literally changed the lives of busy families. With the help of their slow cookers,...

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A Week’s Worth Of Tips For Empty ...

My former neighbor, Mary Young, a relatively new empty nester, remarked on how free she feels with her nine kids out of the house. This feeling is common. Joy Smith, author of “The Empty Nest Cookbook,” encourages people to take advantage of it: “For the first time in years you...

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A Sizzling Way To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo

Cinco de Mayo not only marks a heralded Mexican holiday, but also provides an opportune time to bring out the grill and turn your backyard BBQ into fiesta.

While tequila, Mexico’s most renowned export, is most commonly used in margaritas, it also makes an excellent marinade...

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