I made a potato salad a few days ago from a recipe in a book that my mom and I found a few years ago on vacation in Missouri. This is one of the best potato salads I’ve ever had!  Here’s the recipe: Ingredients 4 slices bacon, chopped 2 Tablespoons chopped onion 1/4 cup...
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Today, my mom told me about a cupcake frosting that she had which tasted just like marshmallows. It is called seven-minute icing, made by beating egg whites and sugar over a double boiler with a hand mixer for seven minutes. I tried it today and it turned out beautifully! Apparently, the recipe is an old...
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Foods that are “in season” can be a lot better tasting and a lot cheaper than foods that are out of season. This is because foods that are grown locally and at the peak of production are shipped over a shorter distance, making them more fresh and less expensive. Here is a map of the...
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Saint Patrick’s Day is a great time to try some new Irish foods! Little kids will love to dye foods green and older ones will have fun tasting foods that they may never have had before. I shared my mom’s Irish soda bread recipe last year (we make it together every year and it’s...
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Hello Everybody! Valentine’s Day will be here very soon! It’s always so fun for kids to exchange Valentines, especially if they are home-made or if they involve candy/sweets. Here are some ideas for the very best possible combination- homemade AND sweet!! * Use my almond toffee recipe to make delicious chocolate-covered toffee (you can...
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So, after the cutouts I made a few more types of cookies but then our oven broke and I couldn’t finish the last 2 recipes  I still haven’t finished the all of the cookies I had planned on making, but I have been cooking a lot aside from that. I made some delicious chocolate truffles (in peppermint...
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