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National Strawberry Shortcake Day!! Welcome Summer!

Strawberries are the first indication that summer has arrived! And it’s often celebrated with strawberry shortcake – but one man’s short is another man’s cake!

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Lavender Sugar

I love cooking with lavender. You can make a latte, hot chocolate, cook your clams in the lavender broth, make scones, and all kinds of other wonderful things that lavender can flavor. With the holiday season coming and all the … Continue reading

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Super Easy Cinnamon Swirl Bread

I’ve been craving some cinnamon bread, but I’m not fond of raisins and the loaves in the store, well, all have raisins. And I just happened to have some frozen white bread dough in the freezer – This bread is … Continue reading

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Brown Sugar and Pecan Baked Apples

Our local apple farm put all their apples on sale for $1 a pound!! I bought a lot!! And with some of them I made dessert. Well, we ate it all in one sitting so I guess it was more … Continue reading

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Dried Sugared Orange Slices

I’ve seen dried orange slices in the craft store, but I never thought of them as a snack (Please don’t eat the ones from the craft store). At one of our visits to Trader Joe’s (yes, we shop there often), … Continue reading

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