Chocolate and orange go wonderfully together in the wintertime. Enjoy these chocolate and orange drop cookies by the fire with hot chocolate, or set some out for Santa on Christmas Eve.
Chocolate Orange Drop Cookies
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Peppermint Cheesecake Cookies
Winter is the time for all things peppermint! Enjoy these delicious mini cheesecake cookies, with crunchy peppermint. Season’s greetings! Continue reading
Spiced-Apple Cookies
Fall is the best season for freshly-picked apples! Here in Washington we have plenty of delicious apples. Here’s a great cookie recipe for Spiced-Apple Cookies.
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Steamed Clams in Garlic, Butter and White Wine
Steamed clams are one of the best appetizers! Personally, I eat them as a meal because they are so delicious with a side of rustic bread! I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and Puget Sound clams are easy and fun to find, not to mention scrumptious. After picking up some wonderful fresh clams from a mobile seafood cart at my favorite local grocery store, The Moscow Food Co-op, I set out to make a meal of some delicious steamed clams.
Here is a wonderful recipe for Steamed Clams in Garlic, Butter and White Wine. Continue reading
Basic Sugar Cookie Dough
This recipe for basic sugar cookie dough is versatile enough to use every time you need cookies! Decorating them is fun and easy, add whatever ingredients you like.
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Basic Sugar Cookie Dough
Ingredients
3 cups white flour Continue reading
Roasted Garlic Homemade Hummus
Chickpeas, also called garbanzo beans, are the front and center of this creamy dip. This roasted garlic hummus is delicious with tortilla or pita chips. I usually make it in my magic bullet or blender, using dried chickpeas. You can also used canned chickpeas.
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Roasted Garlic Homemade Hummus Continue reading
Easy Roasted Garlic
Roasted garlic is delicious to eat, fragrant to make and is incredibly versatile. Spending an afternoon roasting your own garlic is an easy way to ensure you’ll always have this great ingredient on hand for breads, soups, pizzas or dips! It takes about 5 hours of non-hands-on watching, so great for cooking on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
The amount of effort to make 5 bulbs of garlic is the same as cooking 1 bulb, so cook as many as you’d like. If you don’t have time to peel the garlic now, it keeps well in the fridge and will be even easier to peel once it’s cold. Continue reading
Thanksgiving Stuffing
Though when cooked outside of the turkey it’s called dressing, Thanksgiving stuffing is one of my favorite Thanksgiving foods! Here is a recipe for my favorite Thanksgiving Stuffing.
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Thanksgiving Stuffing
Ingredients:
A whole loaf of cubed White Bread (or Whole Wheat) Continue reading
Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry sauce is a classic on Thanksgiving. I am a fan of anything cranberry so whipping this up for Thanksgiving will be a treat!
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Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 package frozen or fresh cranberries
Optional Spices: allspice, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, star anise, orange zest Continue reading
Medicinal Benefits of Garlic
Fall and winter cold season is upon us! Every time I start to feel sick, I remember that garlic is one of the best ways to avoid it. Ever since my friend told me eating raw garlic was the best way to cure a cold almost 7 years ago, this has been my go-to method of medication. I spread the word as often as I can and those brave enough to believe me are blessed with a healthy, cold-free winter. Put down the antibiotics, and pick up a clove of garlic!
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Crush garlic is the most beneficial way to eat garlic. Using a garlic press is usually too much for me and makes the garlic too strong for my stomach to handle so I chop it up into small pieces. Put it in a spoon and swallow it with a glass of water the same way you would a vitamin. Continue reading
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