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Apple Jellies

April 18, 2012 By Zoe Leave a Comment

There are a lot of great chocolate, caramel, and peanut buttery treats out there. Any assortment of those is always fine by me, however, when I come across my favorite fruit gummy snack- its as if nothing else exists! There is a picnic coming up, so I thought I would bring something a bit different- a fruity candy for a lighter treat. In hopes of making the candies a bit healthier, even if slightly, I set my sights on a wealth of online recipes. Whenever I look for new candy recipes, it seems to … [read more...]

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Homemade Bagels

April 16, 2012 By Lindsay Leave a Comment

Every now and then, I like to experiment with turning food that my husband and I regularly purchase from the store into something I can make in my own kitchen. I do this because I find that homemade food almost always tastes better, and it’s usually healthier, too. That’s why I recently decided to try my hand at making bagels from scratch. I’ll be honest. My first two attempts at homemade bagels were less than perfect. By my third try, however, I had a few tricks under my sleeve to help me … [read more...]

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Lemon Marmalade

April 13, 2012 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

Marmalade, typically made with oranges, gets an extra zing when made with Meyer lemons. This recipe makes a wonderful sweet and tart accompaniment for toast or croissants, and it can also be used as a glaze for broiled meats or seafood. With your custom-designed labels on the jars, lemon marmalade becomes a great gift for just about anyone. This recipe makes a marmalade that is the perfect consistency - not too thick, not too thin. Meyer lemons have a sweet, fragrant taste and a thin skin with … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Food & Drink, Jams & Preserves Tagged With: canning, gift, homemade, marmalade, preserve, recipe

Homemade Pizza Sauce

April 6, 2012 By Zoe 2 Comments

As soon as the days become noticeably longer, I start spending all of my time outside; and I thereby start neglecting the kitchen. So many evenings during the winter months are spent cooking at my leisure and to my heart’s content- but I feel the mood changing. I want to be bike riding around town, reading in the park, and gardening. If you start feeling like I do when the sun stays to chat rather than just peek out, you want quicker meals. My favorite thing to do is to precut a medley of ingredients … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Condiments & Flavorings, Featured, Food & Drink Tagged With: homemade, labels, pizza, recipe

Citrus Salt

April 2, 2012 By Lindsay 3 Comments

When I saw this recipe for citrus salt on 101 Cookbooks, I knew it would be the perfect host/hostess gift for an upcoming dinner party that my husband and I were invited to. This salt is particularly amazing because it can be used in so many different ways, and works especially well as a finishing salt for fish, chocolates, caramels, or the rim of a margarita glass. My personal favorite way to use it is over air-popped popcorn with a smidge of sugar and melted butter. For this batch, I decided … [read more...]

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Kylenari Wedding Cookies

March 30, 2012 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

When our son Kyle and his fiancée Ari got married, David and I, as parents of the groom, made bottles of lilikoi liqueur to give out to all the guests. It was very special, we felt quite satisfied and looked forward to the wedding with anticipation. But as the wedding date approached, something began to nag at us, something about the children guests... What about them? They were not going to get liqueur. If I were a child at this wedding, I would be most unhappy to be one of the few who would not … [read more...]

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Homemade Coffee & Berry Liqueurs

March 28, 2012 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

Spring is a great time to start crafting a homemade liqueur. The bottles can age for a few months and be ready for a summer wedding, or for a few months longer and be perfect to hand out during the holidays. The recipes we've included are surprisingly simple and provide a good excuse to spend an afternoon in the kitchen... and several evenings doing taste tests! Served in (or given with) tiny glasses and paired with chocolate, these liqueurs become special gifts for loved ones, or festive thank-yous … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Cocktails & Mixers, Featured, Food & Drink, Gifts & Favors, Grown-Up Party Ideas, Occasions, Thank You, Wedding Tagged With: beverage, favors, food, gift, homemade, labels, Occasions, party, recipe, weddings, wine

Easter Egg Cookies

March 26, 2012 By Lindsay 1 Comment

One of my favorite things to do every year for Easter is to decorate Easter egg cookies and give them away as gifts. I personally enjoy making my cookies giant sized (4” x 5”) so that there’s more room for frosting and icing, but you can make them any size you want. And since I don’t have an oval-shaped cookie cutter, I draw myself an egg-shaped template on cardboard that I cut out with scissors, and I use that to assist while I trace shapes out of the dough with a paring knife. Over the … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Easter, Featured, Food & Drink, Holidays, Treats & Desserts Tagged With: cookies, easter, gift, holiday, homemade, kids, labels, recipe

April Fools’ – Snakes In A Can!

March 19, 2012 By James Leave a Comment

Ever since I was a kid, I've been a little bit of a trickster. I loved being a little devil. All mostly harmless of course, but there was nothing more fun than watching someone turn rosy out of embarrassment from a well placed whoopee cushion. I used to love going into magic shops and novelty stores to buy all the gags I could. Fake mustaches, color changing gum, soap that makes you smell bad, a dollar bill on fishing line - I loved all the classics. And now that I've grown up, not much has changed! My … [read more...]

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Yogurt Covered Berry Clusters

March 16, 2012 By Zoe Leave a Comment

I’m so excited for the arrival of Spring! In Orlando, this close to the equator, I get to receive it pretty early, (as a Portland native, I’m still getting used to it). Spring weather quickly melts into the hot and sticky summer of the South. I intend to celebrate the fleeting - cooler and more bearable - sunshine by turning some ordinary dried cranberries and blueberries into melt-in-your-mouth morsels to share with friends at work. I experimented with a few different recipes before deciding … [read more...]

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