My friend Jenny (author of the blog, Picky Palate) loves creating cookies, and delicious recipes which are bound together in her beautiful cookbook called, The Picky Palate Cookbook. (A...
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Try these Saucy Cocktail Meatballs Recipe and create another meal “or two” by freezing them. Think outside the box – be creative with your cooking! You need to focus...
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Do you buy watermelon in January? Living in Oregon, I don’t think I’ve ever bought a watermelon in the month of January. But I’ve pleasantly learned that watermelon is...
Read More Tasty Watermelon Bites Served as an Amuse Bouche
Happy New Years, friends. Who has their Christmas stuff taken down and gifts all put away? I usually get one or two gifts for the kitchen each year, and...
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“Fear is often a jail cell locking us in so that we don’t form friendships.” Friends bring zest to life. Without friendships, we become lonely, isolated, and smaller than...
Read More Thankful for the Gifts of 2012
Hosting a New Year’s Eve dinner party is a great way to spend quality time with friends. But stress-free? Can that even happen? It really can, if you are...
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