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Polish Beet Soup Recipe
Beets are your friend. They are colorful, very good for you and their sweet earthiness is unique and versatile. People enjoy them in salads, soups, sandwiches, pickled and even in smoothies. For...
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Italy Travel Journal part one
Hello Venice and helllooooo Irene! What a lovely gesture our AirBNB host left for us when we arrived in Venice via train. She has a lovely apartment that we enjoyed while exploring Venice. I still...
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8 Places to eat in American Fork, Utah
Who doesn’t love a great road trip that includes food? American Fork is a small town of about 37,000 people. There aren’t that many places to eat that aren’t large chains or franchises. There is a...
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Healthy Beet and Yogurt Smoothie Recipe
A simple and yummy way to get your dose of power foods. I love healthy smoothies, they can be a meal replacement if you add protein powder or almonds. They are also an easy complement to your meal....
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Italy Travel Journal part two
The birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence is the epicenter of northern Italy in a region known as Tuscany. Coming here is a pilgrimage for Italophiles and art enthusiasts. The museums here are...
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Apricot Salsa Recipe
It was literally raining apricots at my house, ouch! Caution. Regular, unexpected pelting of apricots is to be expected. Apricot dreams were permeating my thoughts, ‘What am I going to do with all...
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How to chop an onion
Watching a chef on TV demonstrate how to properly chop an onion sparked a thought, ‘How many other people, besides myself, don’t know how to properly chop an onion or any other vegetable for that...
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15 Refreshing Summer Drink Recipes
What is today? It’s refreshing Summer Drink Day AND it’s my birthday! Yup, I’m even more older than yesterday, hard to believe. I feel like a teenager sometimes but my body feels like a crash test...
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Pakora Recipe | Crispy Zucchini Fritters
The answer to any bumper veggie crop for the home gardener is PAKORA, yup, I didn’t know what it was either. A few years ago I had a bumper crop of spinach and started searching recipes on Google....
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Faces of Turkey from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo. A great story teller evokes emotion and thought in their audience. They weave their stories sometimes through pictures, words or music. The...
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Slow Cooker Venison Roast Recipe | With Peach Chutney
Friends. I have a confession…I really like venison. Really! When I hear people talking about venison I usually hear the words ‘dry’ & ‘gamey’. That is really unnecessary, venison is not dry or...
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Easy Lobster Bisque Recipe
Classic French recipes are always appealing to me. They are the basis for modern western cooking, you probably eat French-inspired food frequently without knowing it. Do you remember that sausage...
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How to peel a tomato | 2 methods
Peeling tomatoes occasionally is a necessary step in some recipes. The skin can get in the way of velvety sauces or tender salsas. Below are two simple ways to peel tomatoes so that you can get on...
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How to mince fine herbs | 2 Methods
For herbs on a stem like thyme, pinch the tip gently but firmly with thumb and index finger, using the opposite thumb and index finger pinch stem and slide leaves off of stem. You will be left with...
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How to hold a chefs knife | 2 Methods
Control Grip This grip is used frequently with the chefs knife. The thumb and forefinger cradle the blade and the remaining fingers curl around the handle. This hand position allows for the greatest...
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Lamb Curry Burrito Recipe
Soooo, this happened. ‘Hey did you know you have a pound of lamb in the freezer?’, queries Mr. C. Me not wanting to admit I might have forgotten said lamb replied, ‘Of course, I’m saving it for a...
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Easy Rustic Peach Galette Recipe
Peaches!! We are being smothered by this wonderful stone fruit, if that’s even possible. Between the peaches at the farm, our two peaches from our sapling and our friends peaches, we are set for...
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How to cut vegetables julienne style
Cutting your vegetables into planes Cutting vegetables into matchstick-like pieces, or julienned, is easy and this skill is handy to have in your cooking repertoire. The idea is to plane your...
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Backpacking the Wind River Range at Green River Lakes Trailhead
Anticipation was growing as we motored across rough, unpaved roads, jostling about the car and cursing grumbling about our discomfort. Following the Green River all the way to trailhead with its...
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Creamy French Scrambled Eggs Recipe | Oeufs Brouilles
A life spent searching for the perfectly cooked egg is a life not wasted. In my quest to cook the perfect egg, I have learned a few things. Although there is more than one way to cook scrambled...
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