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Oh my darlin' clementine!

I just wanted share my love of the darling clementine. I bought a box of the petite orange orbs the last time I was at the grocery store and have been enjoying one each day ever since. Yes, I do love them; let me count the ways: 1) They come in their

Posted Jan 08 2009, 02:58 PM by Peggy with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: recipes, baking

What are your gifts from the kitchen?

What are some of the gifts you are making ‘from the kitchen’ this season? This year, I think more and more people are looking to their kitchen cabinets instead of department store shelves to give gifts this year. Here are a few things I’m including in

Posted Dec 16 2008, 05:05 PM by Peggy with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: chocolate, recipes, holiday

Cream Soups Get a Makeover

It’s soup season and, for many of us, we long for the comfort of cream soups but rely on broth-based soups to warm ourselves without all of the fat and calories of most cream-based soups. It’s time to bring back your old favorites! Here are some tips

Posted Nov 13 2008, 10:34 AM by Peggy with no comments

Filed under: recipes, comfort food, light cooking tips

Have you heard?

The editors at Taste of Home have declared the second week of November National Cooks Who Care Week (that’s next week!). Cooks Who Care is a community group right here on the Taste of Home web site. I’m one of its 79 members who exchange stories, suggestions

Posted Nov 05 2008, 08:20 AM by Peggy with no comments

Filed under: cooks who care, Volunteerism

Butter or Margarine - Part 2

As promised in my previous blog, Butter or margarine?*, I wanted to share my basic nutrition philosophy – one that stands up to ever-changing nutrition recommendations and keeps me from becoming a nutrition cynic. Go with what we know (and have known

Posted Oct 31 2008, 02:54 PM by Peggy with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: processed food, nutrition recommendations

Banana Chip Muffins

I made Banana Chip Muffins last weekend and they were delicious. They are especially delicious with a cup of coffee and so quick to make. My favorite part is it that the recipe uses ingredients that I almost always have on hand. I added my own twist by

Posted Oct 22 2008, 03:53 PM by Peggy with no comments

Filed under: chocolate, recipes, baking

Butter or margarine?

This week a new recommendation came out from the American Academy of Pediatrics that infants, children and adolescents should get twice as much Vitamin D than previously recommended – now 400 IU. With ever-changing nutrition recommendations how do you

Posted Oct 15 2008, 08:25 AM by Peggy with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: nutrition recommendations

Staples

What are your grocery shopping staples – foods you use up each week and need to replace (because your universe would come to a screeching halt if you didn’t have your small glass of orange juice every morning with your breakfast)? Here are some of mine

Posted Sep 22 2008, 03:16 PM by Peggy with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: grocery shopping

Gardening - what I've learned so far this year

If you've read my previous blog post, How Does Your Garden Grow, you'll know that I'm a novice gardener with great expectations. Since it is now August, harvest is just about in full swing (most of my tomatoes are still bright green) so here's

Posted Aug 11 2008, 04:38 PM by Peggy with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: garden

Crisp season

Crisps are a great summer dessert. They are quick and easy to make and are a smart way to use up an abundance of berries and rhubarb. Here's one trick to make it even simpler - make up a double batch of crisp topping from and keep it in the refrigerator

Posted Jul 22 2008, 03:10 PM by Peggy with no comments

Filed under: baking

How does your garden grow?

I do not have a green thumb. I've been known to kill the hardiest of house plants. Despite this, I have great aspirations to grow fruits and vegetables and I'm not talking about just a few salad tomatoes. Ultimately I'd love to grow enough

Posted Jul 10 2008, 01:36 PM by Peggy with 10 comment(s)

Filed under: canning, garden

4th of July Foods

What are you making for your 4th of July parties? I'm heading to my husband's hometown this weekend and will be making Watermelon Slice Cookies and Patriotic Cupcakes. Not into cake mix? Neither am I but I love the look of those very cute cupcakes

Posted Jul 02 2008, 09:37 AM by Peggy with no comments

Filed under: recipes, holiday, baking

New web page

Check out a brand new page on the Taste of Home web site! Click on 'Recipes' in the top navigation bar and scroll to 'Recipes We Need' at the bottom of the dropdown box. The recipe requests listed on this page are direct from our Food

Posted Jun 19 2008, 09:27 AM by Peggy with no comments

We need your recipes

We know you make delicious recipes every day for your family and friends and we’d like you to share them with us. Right now Simple & Delicious magazine is in need of entrees that can be made in 30 minutes or less . They need entrees that include beef

Posted Jun 10 2008, 02:05 PM by Peggy with no comments

Filed under: recipes

Where's the food in my food?

There is a whole aisle of bread at my local grocery store but you wouldn't know it by reading the ingredients listed on the bread bags. Bread is basically four simple ingredients: flour, yeast, water and salt. I have a bread bag at my desk from one

Posted Jun 02 2008, 02:37 PM by Peggy with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: processed food, food additives, Michael Pollan

Peggy's Blog

Oh my darlin' clementine!

What are your gifts from the kitchen?

Cream Soups Get a Makeover

Have you heard?

Butter or Margarine - Part 2

Banana Chip Muffins

Butter or margarine?

Staples

Gardening - what I've learned so far this year

Crisp season

How does your garden grow?

4th of July Foods

New web page

We need your recipes

Where's the food in my food?

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