Butternut squash makes a hearty soup
— December 23, 2020Here’s a rich-tasting, family friendly recipe of hearty butternut squash soup that you simply won’t want to pass up. No need to precook the fresh squash. Simply toss it in your…
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Pavlova is luscious meringue dessert
— November 19, 2020It was autumn a few years ago when Lisa and Gareth Hedges and their two children moved to America from New Zealand. Sure, they had heard about Thanksgiving through movies and books,…
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Give mayonnaise that personal touch
— September 24, 2020I spend hours every day thinking about food. I’m the director of a non-profit health outreach organization and a certified health worker tasked with sourcing and distributing food…
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Corn adds pop to salads
— September 9, 2020There’s an old saying that the best way to prepare freshly picked corn is to have a pot of water boiling in the corn patch so that you can cook it instantly. It’s best to cook fresh…
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Use your freezer to preserve the best of summer
— August 27, 2020It’s August, and that means I’m busily trying to figure out a way to preserve the smells and flavors of my favorite vegetables. I enjoy stocking my freezer with vegetables I’ve…
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Cactus is a prickly treat
— November 5, 2020I was shopping in an ethnic grocery store when I saw a huge pile of fresh Prickly Pear cactus pads in the produce section. Prickly Pear cactus is thought to be native to Mexico and…
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Tasty and healthy vegetable ribbon salad
— September 10, 2020Wrap up the last of summer’s harvest with colorful ribbons of orange, green, yellow and red. Abundant zucchini, summer squash and carrots can be woven together with fettuccine pasta…
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Fresh fruit, berry pie is late summer treat
— August 28, 2020Looking upward on a morning run, I was caught off guard when I spotted branches of leaves that were green, turning to yellow and orange. “Whoa,” I said between breaths, “not yet!”…
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