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Save Your Butter Wrappers
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! OK, so say you’re making a recipe that calls for buttering a dish, but you reach in the fridge and you have no butter! Thank goodness you remembered to follow the advice from a...
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Asiago Portobello Cheese Souffle
With Arugula Chimichurri To say that I’ve been “wickedly” busy for the last couple of weeks would be an understatement. Ever since I was invited to play in the pit for the local run of the national...
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Maintain the Sharpness of Your Knives
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! I’m not much of a food processor kind of gal. Sure, if there’s a big job to be done, then it’s worth it to pull out the big guns. But for everyday chopping needs, I rely on my...
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8 Great Memorial Day Recipes
Fire up the grill, crank up the ice cream maker and start slathering the BBQ sauce, because it’s time to celebrate Memorial Day! Here are a few recipes that are perfect for any Memorial Day gathering:...
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Strawberry Apricot Swirl Ice Cream
I’m warning all of us now, I might just have to go a little ice cream slap happy this summer. Some of us may recall that I got a new ice cream maker awhile back, after thwarting off the purchase...
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Fresh Apricots
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! As I mentioned in my post for Strawberry Apricot Swirl Ice Cream last week, some beautiful golden apricots caught my eye at the store, and I just had to use them. They made...
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Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Parfait
As a kid, I was not a rhubarb fan. Heck, what am I saying. As an ADULT, I was never a rhubarb fan. Anything that requires copious amounts of sugar in order to just be edible didn’t seem appealing to...
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Rhubarb Basics
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! As mentioned in my Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Parfait post, I was never really too fond of rhubarb in the past. But because of the extreme tastiness of my neighbor Debbie’s...
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Grilled Salmon with Strawberry Rhubarb Salsa
What can I say, I had some rhubarb leftover from my last couple of posts, and HAD to find something to do with it! That’s when the method of my madness usually consists of seeing what’s in the fridge...
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Fresh Strawberries
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! I figured since I’ve been churning out so many strawberry recipes here lately, it was time to feature them as a Zippy Tip. After all, they’re juicy, they’re sweet, and they...
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You Know You’re a Flower Garden Nut When…
Can you believe that this post has nothing to do with strawberries? Or rhubarb? Or ice cream? Or any food, for that matter! Well, it’s true. I’m taking a trip down the unbeaten path for a minute to...
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Cookie Mise en Place
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! How many times have you started to make cookies, only to discover that you are missing an ingredient? It has happened to me more times than I care to admit, even though I know...
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6 Sensational 4th of July Recipes
Light the fireworks, tune up the marching bands and slap on the red white and blue, because it’s America’s birthday! Here are a few summertime recipes that are perfect for any 4th of July cookout....
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Brown Sugar Basics
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! When I was in school, my Home Ec teacher (Mrs. Berkebile) taught me the niftiest trick when it came to measuring firmly packed brown sugar. I have never forgotten it, even...
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Orange Cardamom Pistachio Ice Cream (Sandwiches)
…and The Tale of a Woman, a Motorcycle and one heck of a Thunderstorm Last week, I rode the bike to yoga, as I often do. Toward the end of class, a woman came in to tell us that a huge storm was...
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Orange Cups
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! What is it about fruit that lends itself so nicely to being a serving vessel? Can it be that God blessed fruit with the most wonderfully bright color scheme? Just crack me open...
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Blueberry Lemon Drop Popcorn
I’m so anxious to jump on the Dessert Challenge bandwagon again, since I had to miss it the last 2 months. To refresh your memory, Sheryl, at Lady Behind the Curtain, has picked 2 ingredients each...
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Use Cooking Spray to Measure Honey
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! It’s a sticky situation—measuring honey and other syrups. It seems like a vast percentage of the ooey gooey stuff stays stuck in the cup. But as this video shows, using cooking...
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Hot Peach Vidalia Cheese Spread
I rode the bike to church Sunday, and one of the first persons I ran into was my friend Loanna. She was looking all forlorn because she said she had brought me something and wasn’t sure I could carry...
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Storing Vidalia Onions
Last week, I spoke about my friend Loanna from church who graced me with those delightfully luscious Vidalia onions, which I promptly used in my Hot Peach Vidalia Cheese Spread. In our conversation,...
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