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On Cooking With Beets

On Cooking With Beets

Beets and zucchini, I’m convinced, are devious twins in a secret vegetable conspiracy. Okay, perhaps not quite twins — but both are vegetables, and both are devastatingly good for you so you really have to make an effort to eat them periodically, and both are often grown with great success in home gardens. This last [...]

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Preserve Family Traditions with a Time Capsule

Preserve Family Traditions with a Time Capsule

We are the only ones to blame when the old family memories start to fade or our traditions are lost to future generations. Kate Walling suggests a way that we can help to preserve the past— put together a family time capsule! Hey, if it was good enough for our skyscraper-building forefathers… Why not find [...]

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Ginger-Roasted Autumn Vegetables

Ginger-Roasted Autumn Vegetables

Here’s a new recipe I snagged last month from the Sobey’s advertising flyer and then adjusted a bit to better suit our family tastes. Nice with that leftover turkey! Ginger-Roasted Autumn Vegetables 1/4 cup olive oil6 carrots, peeled6 parsnips, peeled2-4 red potatoes, scrubbed, not peeled2 red onions, peeled1 small acorn or butternut squash, peeled1/3 cup [...]

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Creamed Shrimp

Creamed Shrimp

Doing a freezer inventory as part of my planning to have friends in for the evening, I found a shrimp ring that had been frozen for just a few weeks too long. The shrimp were still fine to eat, of course — just looking a little frost-bitten and rubbery. Solution: buy a new shrimp ring [...]

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Cranberry and Artichoke Spread

Cranberry and Artichoke Spread

This is the time of year for entertaining, and sometimes we get a bit tired of the same-old same-old cheese ball, dip, and veggie platter. Here’s a fancy and festive recipe for a hot appetizer spread that’s easy to put together but makes a big impression on guests! Cranberry and Artichoke Spread 1 Tbsp butter1 [...]

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